BlogPost Type

A container for blog post data and for a hierarchy of blog comments.

Type Template

<...>
    <ID>xs:long</ID>
    <objectType>xs:int</objectType>
    <attachmentCount>xs:int</attachmentCount>
    <blogID>xs:long</blogID>
    <body>xs:string</body>
    <commentCount>xs:int</commentCount>
    <commentStatus>xs:int</commentStatus>
    <creationDate>xs:dateTime</creationDate>
    <imageCount>xs:int</imageCount>
    <modificationDate>xs:dateTime</modificationDate>
    <nextPostID>xs:long</nextPostID>
    <permalink>xs:string</permalink>
    <plainBody>xs:string</plainBody>
    <plainSubject>xs:string</plainSubject>
    <previousPostID>xs:long</previousPostID>
    <!-- List of ... -->
    <properties>
        <!-- Contents of Property -->
    <properties>
    <publishDate>xs:dateTime</publishDate>
    <status>xs:int</status>
    <subject>xs:string</subject>
    <!-- List of ... -->
    <tags>xs:string</tags>
    <trackbacksEnabled>xs:boolean</trackbacksEnabled>
    <unfilteredSubject>xs:string</unfilteredSubject>
    <user>
        <!-- Contents of User -->
    <user>
<...>

Note: Element descriptions are split into information that's relevant when you're creating an instance of this type and information relevant when you're receiving an instance of it. Occasionally these will differ.

Elements

Element	Description
attachmentCount	Setting Sets the number of attachments this blog post has. Getting Returns the number of attachments this blog post has.
blogID	Setting Sets the blog ID this post belongs to. Getting Returns the blog ID this post belongs to.
body	Setting Sets the body of this post. If body is larger than `message.maxBodySize` the body will be truncated. Getting
commentCount	Setting Sets the number of comments this blog post has. Getting Returns the number of comments this blog post has.
commentStatus	Setting Sets the comment status of this blog post. Getting Returns the comment status of this blog post which may be any one of the following: 1 (COMMENTS_NONE) -- no comments allowed 2 (COMMENTS_OPEN) -- comments are permitted 3 (COMMENTS_CLOSED) -- comments were permitted but are not allowed now Defaults to 2 (COMMENTS_OPEN) .
creationDate	Setting Sets the creation date of this post. In most cases, the creation date will default to when the post was entered into the system. However, the creation date needs to be set manually when importing data. In other words, skin authors should ignore this method since it only intended for system maintenance. Getting Returns the date that this post was created.
ID	Setting Getting
imageCount	Setting Sets the number of images this blog post has. Getting Returns the number of images this blog post has.
modificationDate	Setting Sets the date this post was last modified. In most cases, last modifed will default to when the post data was last changed. However, the last modified date needs to be set manually when importing data. In other words, skin authors should ignore this method since it only intended for system maintenance. Getting Returns the date that this post was last modified.
nextPostID	Setting Sets the next blogpost ID that has been published. Getting Returns the next blogpost ID that has been published.
objectType	Setting Getting
permalink	Setting Sets the permalink for this blog post. Getting Returns the permalink for this post, where the permalink is a composed only of unreserved characters: unreserved = ALPHA / DIGIT / "-" / "." / "_" / "~" as according to RFC 3986: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3986.txt Space characters and characters not in the list of unreserved characters are replaced with a hyphen character. If an entry is composed entirely of spaces or characters not in the list of unreserved characters, the permalink will instead be the ID of the blog post from . Example: subject: New Stuff in Jive Jive SBS 3.0 permalink: new-stuff-in-jive-clearspace-3-0
plainBody	Setting Sets the plain body. Getting Returns the plain body.
plainSubject	Setting Sets the plain subject. Getting Returns the plain subject.
previousPostID	Setting Sets the previous blogpost ID that has been published. Getting Returns the previous blogpost ID that has been published.
properties	Setting Sets the properties associated with this blogpost. Getting Returns the properties associated with this blogpost.
publishDate	Setting Sets the publish date of this post. In most cases, the publish date will be the date that the post was initially created. However, if the user chooses, he / she can provide a date in the future or in the past to allow for future publishing or post dating. Getting Returns that date that this post should be published.
status	Setting Sets the publishing status of this blog post which may be any one of the following: 1 (STATUS_DRAFT) -- post has status of unpublished 2 (STATUS_PUBLISH) -- post has status of published . Getting
subject	Setting Sets the subject of this blog post. Getting
tags	Setting Sets the tags associated with this blogpost. Getting Returns the tags associated with this blogpost.
trackbacksEnabled	Setting Enables and disables trackbacks for this blog post. Default is true. Getting Returns true if trackbacks are accepted on this blog post, false if not. Default is true.
unfilteredSubject	Setting Sets the unfiltered subject. Getting Returns the unfiltered subject.
user	Setting Sets the id of the user. Getting Returns the ID User that authored this blogpost. If the blogpost was created anonymously, this method will return `0`.