The Blogs Summary portlet

The IBM® Connections Blogs Summary portlet gives you a targeted view of your blogs activity from within IBM® WebSphere® Portal.

Purpose

Use the Blogs Summary portlet to display a targeted view of blogs, such as most popular blogs.

The Blogs Summary portlet has two views:

  • Recommends displays the most recommended blogs.
  • Date displays blogs with the newest first.

Editing the shared settings for the Blogs Summary portlet

You must have at least editor access for the page and for the portlet to be able to edit shared settings for Connections features. For more information on access levels, see the WebSphere® Portal product wiki. Settings that you enter on this page can be overridden by settings on the Personalize page for a portlet. Choose Edit Shared Settings from the portlet menu and choose which view to display in the portlet:

Configuring the Blogs Summary portlet

You must have administrative access to the portlet to be able to configure it. Choose Configure from the portlet menu and configure these options:

Option Description
Homepage Handle Enter the Homepage Handle for your Blogs deployment.
Display link to open IBM Connections in a browser window Opens IBM Connections in a browser window so that users can interact with the full application.