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Webzine Board

Webzine Board
Plugin Liferay 25 Mar 2016 Chalermpon Sirichaiya

OMB Webzine is the portlet which displays news or messages in the web magazine style. It allows users to read threads and leave comments to them. Also it provides the widget to collect the specified number of recent messages. This plugin consists of three portlets: Webzine Administration, Webzine, and Mini Webzine. Webzine Administration on Control Panel manages bulletin boards with numerous options. Mini Webzine provides the widget to collect the specified number of recent messages to provide the simplied view. And Webzine is the main portlet for webzine bulletin boards.

Composition

Webzine Administration Portlet
Webzine Portlet
Mini Webzine Portlet

Installation

Download Webzine from Liferay Marketplace.
Go to Control Panel > Apps > App Manager > Install, and then upload the downloaded plugin.
You can add the plugin in Add Application section after uploaded.

* You can also install this plugin on Control Panel > Apps > Store more easily.

Installation

Webzine Administration Portlet

Login by administrator
Go to Site Administration > Content > Webzine Administration

Add Webzine Board

Click Add

General Tab

Title (Required) : Board title
Initial Page : First Page when portlet start
- List Page
- Message Page
Color Scheme : Color of Theme
Search Enabled : When enabled, messages which are not secret can be found on Liferay Search portlet. You may also need to add this custom entry (com.ombcrew.portlets.webzine.model.BbsMessage) on configuration panel of Search portlet. For more information, please refer to the documents regarding how to configure Search portlet on Liferay. After changing this value, you should reindex the search indexes for getting results properly. Be aware that it may cause sensitive messages to be published to public.

Message Tab

Sticky Enabled : Allow sticky function.
Secret Enabled : Allow secret message function.
Anonymous Enabled : Hide writer.
Editor Enabled : Allow HTML Editor in content.
File Count (Required) : Number of files can be uploaded.
File Size : Maximum file size.
File Extension : File type can be uploaded.
- * : All extension
- .jpg, .gif, .png : Separate by ,(comma)
Message No (Required) : Number of message in page.
Hot Icon (Required) : Number of view count for show hot icon.
New Icon (Required) : Period for show new icon.
Message Emailed : Send new message to admin’s email.
Message Emailed By : Sender’s email.
Email Title (Message) : Email title.
- You can use following mail-tags: [$title$], [$writer$], [$date$]
Email Content (Message) : Email content.
- You can use following mail-tags: [$title$], [$writer$], [$content$], [$full_content$], [$date$], [$link$]
Default Message Content : Default Content when add new message.

Comment Tab

Comment Enabled : Allow comment function.
Comment Editor Enabled : Allow HTML Editor in comment section.
Comment File Count (Required) : Number of files can be uploaded in comment section.
Comment File Size (Required) : Maximum file size.
Comment File Extension : File type can be uploaded.
- * : All extension
- .jpg, .gif, .png : Separate by ,(comma)
Comment Emailed: Send comment to writer’s email.
Email Title (Comment) : Email title.
- You can use following mail-tags: [$writer$], [$date$], [$message_title$], [$message_writer$], [$message_date$]
Email Content (Comment) : Email content.
- You can use following mail-tags: [$writer$], [$content$], [$full_content$], [$date$], [$link$], [$message_title$], [$message_writer$], [$message_date$], [$message_content$], [$message_full_content$]
Default Comment Content: Default Content when add new comment.

View Display Tab

Show No in View : Show No in view page.
Show Category in View : Show category in view page.
Show File in View : Show files in view page.
Show Comment Count in View : Show number of comment in view page.
Show Writer in View : Show writer in view page.
Show Date in View : Show date in view page.
Show View Count in View : Show view count in view page.
Show Content in View : Show content in view page.

Message Display Tab

Show Category in View Message : Show category in message page.
Show File in View Message : Show file in message page.
Show Comment in View Message : Show comment in message page.
Show Writer in View Message : Show writer in message page.
Show Date in View Message : Show date in message page.
Show View Count in View Message : Show view count in message page.
Share Enabled: Show share button in message page.
Share HTML: Share HTML.
- You can use following tags: [$title$], [$url$]

Comment Display Tab

Show File in Comment : Show file in comment section.
Show Date in Comment : Show date in comment section.

Category Management

Click Actions > Category

Add, Edit, Change order and Delete

Permission Management

Click Actions > Permission

Permission management page

Edit and Delete Board

Click Actions > Edit for edit and Actions > Delete for delete

Webzine Portlet

Configurable

Click Configuration

Choose Board

Add Message

Clcik Add

Title (Required) : Message title.
Category : Choose Category (Can choose more than 1 category).
Secret : Check to set as secret message.
Anonymous : Check to hide writer.
Comment Enabled : Check to allow comment for this message.
Sticky : Check to set as sticky message.
- Sticky Begin Date : Begin date
- Sticky End Date : End date
Content : Content.
File : Attach file.