About Blogs
"Blog" is an abbreviated version of "weblog," which is a term used to describe websites that maintain an ongoing chronicle of information. A blog features diary-type commentary and links to articles on other websites, usually presented as a list of entries in reverse chronological order. Blogs range from the personal to the political, and can focus on one narrow subject or a whole range of subjects.
Generally speaking (although there are exceptions), blogs tend to have a few things in common:
- A main content area with articles listed chronologically, newest on top. Often, the articles are organised into categories.
- An archive of older articles.
- A way for people to leave comments about the articles.
Wikis Versus Blogs
Blogs and wikis share the same basic functionalities since both are websites, are comprised of user-generated content and allow users to comment on the content.
However, there are distinct differences between blogs and wikis:
Wikis |
Blogs |
Multiple users are allowed to create, modify and organise web page content in a collaborative manner. |
Usually a single author. Sometimes can have multiple contributors. |
Includes content that has been edited by a group or team. |
Includes content posted by one author, and other users comment on the post. |
Content is based on discussions. |
Content is based on opinion sharing. |
Contains links to other wiki pages or websites. |
Content links to other blog pages or websites. |
Blogs and Advanced Groups
Blogs are site-wide, that is, you cannot create blogs that are unique to a specific domain or Advanced Group.
If this feature is enabled:
- The Blog shortcut is available to all users regardless of the domain or advanced group the user is a member of.
- A company administrator in any domain or advanced group can create a public blog, which is accessible to all users in all domains and advanced groups on the site.
- A company administrator in any domain or advanced group can create a private blog, which is accessible only to users who are explicitly assigned to the blog.
- The system permits you to manually specify the user name when assigning a user to the blog.
Therefore, to restrict membership in a blog to a specific set of users (for example, to the users in an advanced group or in an organizational group), please ensure that you manually enter the appropriate user names of the users.
Note: You cannot assign users to a blog at the group level.