Do More with Blogging in Joomla 1.5

In my previous article I discussed a few of the features the blog function of Joomla 1.5 offers. All the functions cannot be covered in one mere article. Thus I decided tow rite further on it and share the secrets of blogging with Joomla 1.5 with all my readers.

We lastly talked about Joomla Blog archived and the functionality to allow users to leave a comment on your respective blogs. This is done using the Joomla comment component. Although is component is free to use however there are reporting of bugs in the component. One thus has to be very cautious while using the component code. You would never like you code to be all mingled up. Although prone to bugs, if used with caution the Joomla comment component works well.

If you still are afraid to not be able to handle it properly and meddle up everything, you can then divert to some other commercial component. The Jomcomment is the most famous one till now. Setting up the comment component is as easy as 1,2,3!

Next comes Blog feeds into the scenario. Blog feeds play there part once you have properly set up your blog using the Joomla 1.5 content management system and tested it well. You will then have to add a nice amount of content in the form of articles to your blog. Once you have a nice amount of readers you are now ready to move towards Blog Feeds. The best thing for you to do now is to keep your reader/users updated about your additions to your website or blog. The blog feed or syndicate is used for this purpose. However it is better again to use a third party feed component. You can install the component and add content that is to be sent to your users. The feed can then be published on your blog using the mod_html component. Adding feeds may not sound that easy currently. But once you are into the blogging game it won’t seems too difficult.
There are a few other blogging components used widely. They however are commercial ones but are greatly accepted all over. RSS Feeds , Technorati pings, Support for multiple blog users , Avatar support , Most popular blogs are just a few of them
One thing to keep in mind while using 3rd party components is that you may have to compromise on the security of your website. Make it a habit to read the terms and conditions agreement thoroughly before using any third party component.