In this chapter, we have built the framework for the student blog, and started to build out the functionality that will support various types of interaction and discussion between people on the site. Now that we have built out this functionality, it's time to see how it fits together.
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The backlinks functionality uses the site's search index to track links. The search index gets updated when cron jobs are run. We will discuss how to automate cron jobs in Chapter15: Backup, Maintenance, and Upgrades. Until cron jons are automated, you can run a cron job manually by navigating to http://yoursite.org/cron.php when logged in as a site administrator. If your backlinks are not showing (or any time search gives you unexpected results) triggering a cron job manually can help resolve the issue.
In this section, we will add some sample content to illustrate the functionality we have just built. To start, add some sample student users as described in Chapter 5. For this example, we will...