
The SkywayBlog project demonstrates the implementation of a Spring MVC blogging application using Skyway Builder 6.3.
Features:
- posting
- commenting
- rss feeds
- tagging
- wysiwyg editting of posts and comments (using tiny mce)
- archive summaries
- tag cloud
- deploys as a Spring application using Spring MVC
- using sitemesh for layout
Notes:
- Skyway Builder 6.3 CE - This project was tested with Skyway Builder 6.3 Community Edition. If you are using an earlier version of Skyway Builder, you must upgrade to Skyway Builder 6.3.
- Database Connection - The project's data store is configured for a database connection call "SkywayDB". To deploy this project, you will need to either create a database connection called "SkywayDB" or reconfigure the Data Store to use your own database connection.
- Configuration - The blog is configured by modifying the resources.properties (located in WebContent/WEB-INF/classes folder). You can configure the title, tagline, url, list size (for pagination), admin userid/password, and auxuliary page titles.
The SkywayBlog project is available to Skyway Community members. If you are already a member, please login to download the project. If you aren't a member, you can register here.