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Blogs (web logs)
You can create your own personal Web logs (blogs) using the Notes® blog template (dominoblog.ntf). After you create a blog application, you can then open it as you would any other Notes® application (NSF) file. From your blog application, you can create and manage content and blog discussions.
Advanced Blog topics
In addition to the initial setup and configuration, there are advanced views, forms, and tasks that you can use to manage your blog.

Blogs (web logs)
You can create your own personal Web logs (blogs) using the Notes® blog template (dominoblog.ntf). After you create a blog application, you can then open it as you would any other Notes® application (NSF) file. From your blog application, you can create and manage content and blog discussions.
- Getting started with Blogs
  View, post, and comment on blogs created with the Notes blog template.
- Blog quick reference
  Quickly find some of the most common and more advanced tasks for Web logs (blogs) and how to get started doing them.
- Advanced Blog topics
  In addition to the initial setup and configuration, there are advanced views, forms, and tasks that you can use to manage your blog.
  - How can I create a blog?
    When you create a blog application, a Site Setup document is created. The information you provide in the Site Setup document is used to populate a Configuration document and a User Profile document, which are created when you save the Site Setup document.
  - How can I secure a blog application?
    You control access to the blog using an Access Control List (ACL) for the blog application, just as you would any for HCL Notes® database or application.
  - Managing blog resources
    If you have the admin, webadmin, or webcompose role for a blog application, you can manage blog resources using Advanced views.
  - How can I create stylesheets for a blog?
    You can create a stylesheet for your blog.
  - How can I create JavaScript for a blog?
    In addition to the JavaScript™ provided in the blog template, you can create new JavaScript for your blog.
  - How to use HTML templates to control how a blog looks and feels
    HTML templates control how your blog looks and feels. Each template combines HTML with special system tags to display the resulting Web pages in a browser.
  - How can I create an HTML template for blogs?
    You can create HTML templates to supplement the HTML templates that are included in the blog application.
  - Configuring blogs
    If you have the admin, webadmin, or webcompose role for a blog application, you can configure your blog by using Advanced views.
  - Does the blog support RSS Feeds?
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  - What is the difference between using categories and tags?
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Advanced Blog topics

In addition to the initial setup and configuration, there are advanced views, forms, and tasks that you can use to manage your blog.

The forms and views used in the Advanced section are based on the HCL Domino® 8.x blog template. You must have the admin, webadmin, or webcompose role for a blog application, in order to use the Advanced views.

To open the Advanced tab, click Advanced in the navigator.