Chapter 6. Blogs, WYSIWYG Editors, and Social Networking

In the intranet website, bookpub.com of the Palm Tree Publications enterprise, it would be nice to let small teams work together on specific projects, share files and Blogs about project processes, use WYSIWYG editors to create or update files and Blogs, and also employ RSS feeds. The Blogs portlet provides a straightforward Blogs solution with features such as RSS support, user and guest comments, browse able categories, tags and labels, and an entry-rating system. The RSS portlet with subscription provides the ability to frequently read RSS feeds from within the portal framework. At the same time, What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) editors provide the ability to edit web content, including Blog content. Less technical people can use WYSIWYG editors without sifting through complex code.

This chapter will first introduce you to working with WYSIWYG editors, how to build Blog content with WYSIWYG editors, and how to configure...