Guestbooks, Blogs and Forums via XML
Sitekit CMS Guestbooks and Forums can be inserted anywhere on a page with XML data islands, similar to <navigation> and <breadcrumb>.
The following code is used to accomplish this for forums:
<FORUM><FORUMID>528</FORUMID></FORUM>
The following code is used to accomplish this for Guestbooks:
<GUESTBOOK><GUESTBOOKID>339</GUESTBOOKID></GUESTBOOK>
Currently the only way to find out the ID number of a guestbook or forum is to locate it in the page source of the "Guestbooks" or "Forums" area of Sitekit CMS. Then change the number in the code above to the guestbook or forum ID.
It is advised that both types of island are used on the same page as there is some conflict on certain display modes.
The feature is particularly useful when using a specific content type, and add additional information above and below the guestbook or forum. This also enables easier and more flexible guestbook and forum styling.
This also makes it possible to add guestbooks to layouts or even global variables to appear on multiple pages.
An extension of the Guestbook XML island is the Blog XML island. This can be specified by using:
<GUESTBOOK>
<BLOG>1</BLOG>
</GUESTBOOK>
The following variables can be set in the XML island. These can be used even if the guestbook is not a blog:
|
Variable |
Application |
Possible Values |
Default Value |
|
|
Whether the blog is moderated via email |
1, 0 |
0 |
|
|
The email address that moderated emails will be sent to |
any email address |
|
|
|
How long before the blog archived |
1 or above |
365 |
|
|
If the user is required to post their email with their blog |
1, 0 |
0 |
|
|
Whether the address will be shown beside blog |
1, 0 |
1 |
|
|
Whether the telephone number will be shown beside blog |
1, 0 |
0 |
|
|
Whether the profession will be shown beside blog |
1, 0 |
0 |
|
|
Show Captcha Field |
1, 0 |
1 |
Blogs are archived after the specified period above. When there are 1 or more blogs in the archive, the island will automatically display a "View Archive" button.
Please note, the "add a submission" form for guestbooks and blogs is displayed at the bottom of the XML island, below the archive button. "Require email" is explained to the user in the "Add a submission" form.
The XML island for guestbooks and blogs does have security features such as a unique GUID for every submission which is valid for 1 hour.
The name of the new automatically created guestbook needs to be unique and will be of the format:
Blog_#PAGEID#_#LANG#
Where #PAGEID# is the unique id from the editorial table and #LANG# is the language of the page
Rather than use this guestbook name in Headings/buttons etc the following fixed text is used from the multi-lingual Sitekit CMS dictionary:
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