History: Article vs Blog
Preview of version: 6
Articles & blogs are very similar features. Why choose one over the other?
In general,
- blogs: one person sharing their thoughts on a variety of subjects.
- Articles:many contributors posting information usually regrouped in topics.
With Tiki blogs, it is possible to restrict read (tiki_p_read_blog) and/or write (tiki_p_blog_post) to different groups whilst in articles, reading can be restricted by topics (tiki_p_topic_read).
| Feature | Tiki-Articles | Tiki-Blog |
| Date of post | publication and expiration date selectable by user | automatic and can not be manually entered. |
| Trackback | no | yes |
| Send this article to a friend | no | yes |
| Comments | commments on individual articles | comments on blog post and/or comments on blog |
| Spellchecking | yes | yes |
| QuickTags | yes | yes |
| Can use wiki syntax | yes | yes |
| Can use html | yes, if activated | not working for me in Branch-1-9 |
| Data saved in | ?wiki format? | ?html? |
| Multilingual | yes | no |
| Ranking | ? | yes |