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Apache Roller 4.0 - Beginner's Guide

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Apache Roller 4.0 - Beginner's Guide

Overview of this book

Apache Roller enables you to build a fully-featured, multi-user blog server apt for all kinds of blogging sites. It is an ideal tool to create your own blogging network with unlimited users and blogs, forums, photo galleries, and more! While it is exciting to have a list of interesting features it can offer you, it might be a little difficult to get started with it by your self. This book will teach you how to get started with Apache Roller and make the most of all its features using step-by-step, detailed instructions. You will learn how to establish your internet presence with an Apache Roller blog and use the latest web tools to enhance your posts and attract visitors. You will also learn how to promote your blog on popular social bookmarking services and customize it to suit your need. This hands-on and practical book introduces you to Apache Roller. Starting off with the configuration and installation of your own blog, you'll then quickly learn how to add interesting content to your blog with the help of plenty of examples. You'll also learn how to change your blog's visual appearance with the help of Roller themes and templates and how to create a community of blogs for you and your colleagues or friends in your Apache Roller blog server. The book also looks at ways you can manage your community, and keep your site safe and secure, ensuring that it is a spam-free, enjoyable community for your users.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Apache Roller 4.0
Credits
Foreword
About the Author
About the Reviewers
Preface
Pop Quiz Answers
Index

Time for action — showing your weblog's blogroll and most recent entries


Now you will use the Velocity Template Language to show your weblog's bookmarks (blogroll) in your custom template, along with the most recent entries:

  1. Go to your custom template editing page, and type the following code just above the </body></html> line:

    </br> These are my favorite Web sites: </br> #set($rootFolder = $model.weblog.getBookmarkFolder("/")) #showBookmarkLinksList($rootFolder false false)
    
  2. The entire code of your template should look like the following screenshot (the code you have to add is highlighted):

  3. Save your changes and click on your template's [launch] link to open a new tab in your web browser and see how your template will look like:

  4. Now close the results tab to return to the Front Page: Templates window, and add the following lines of code right after the code you added in steps 1 and 2 of this exercise:

    </br>
    And these are the most recent entries in my weblog: &lt...