Seeing it work

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.

Tip

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 Chapter 15, Backup, Maintenance, and Upgrades. Until cron jobs are automated, you can run a cron job manually by navigating to admin/reports/status and clicking on the run cron manually link under Cron maintenance tasks. 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...