Blog Portlet

Requirements

Post Authoring

• Sufficiently-permissioned users may create blog posts using a WYSIWYG interface
• Blog posts are organized by topic and/or tagged
• Blog post data includes
  • date
  • author
  • title
  • abstract
  • post body
• Blog posts support rich elements such as images and charts

Post Viewing

• Posts may be bookmarked
• Portlet offers RSS feeds
• Users may comment on blog posts
• Portlet integrates with uPortal 4 search

Administrative Features

• Create, edit, and remove blog topics and tags
• Control blog posting permissions
• Remove posts and comments

Implementation

Recommended Technologies:

• JSR-170 for storing images (and perhaps content itself?)
• Fluid Rich Text Inline Editor for WYSIWYG editing
• OWASP AntiSamy for preventing script injection in user-input data