Today I have som problems to update the blog from A20 to A21......
And I get some help witth the ACP to

User Blog Mod 1.0.14

Open: index.php
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    // Output page

Before, Add:

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    // Output Blog Entries
    $blog_limit = 5;

    $user->add_lang(array('mods/blog/common', 'mods/blog/view'));
    include($phpbb_root_path . 'blog/functions.' . $phpEx);
     include_once($phpbb_root_path . 'includes/functions_display.' . $phpEx);
    $blog_data = new blog_data();

    $recent_blog_ids = $blog_data->get_blog_data('recent', 0, array('limit' => $blog_limit));
    $blog_data->get_user_data(false, true);
    update_edit_delete();
    if ($recent_blog_ids !== false)
    {
       foreach ($recent_blog_ids as $id)
       {
            $blog = $blog_data->handle_blog_data($id, $config['user_blog_text_limit']);
            // edit the blog text here.
            $template->assign_block_vars('recent_blogs', array_merge($blog_data->handle_user_data(blog_data::$blog[$id]['user_id']), $blog));
       }
    }

Open: styles/prosilver/template/index_body.html
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<!-- INCLUDE forumlist_body.html -->

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    <!-- IF .recent_blogs -->
    <div class="post bg3" style="text-align: center;">
       <span class="corners-top"><span></span></span>
          <strong>{L_RECENT_BLOGS}</strong>
       <span class="corners-bottom"><span></span></span>
    </div>
    <!-- BEGIN recent_blogs -->
       <div class="post bg1<!-- IF recent_blogs.S_REPORTED or recent_blogs.S_UNAPPROVED --> reported<!-- ENDIF --><!-- IF recent_blogs.S_DELETED --> deleted<!-- ENDIF -->" <!-- IF recent_blogs.POST_COLOR and not recent_blogs.S_REPORTED and not recent_blogs.S_UNAPPROVED and not recent_blogs.S_DELETED...

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Attachment Plugin work here...

...but not by my site

I'm working on figuring out how to use the css box to customize blog styles. Here's how I got rid of the header:

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.header_img {
background:transparent none no-repeat scroll 50px center;
height:0;
}

Just visit your blog, use Firebug to Inspect whatever part you want to change, make the changes through firebug, then copy and paste that css code!

I like this User Blog Mod!
I have a garden board with phpBB2+Gallery2+The Blog Mod, and we will try to upgrade to phpBB3 as soon as we have everything working on the test board(s). I guess I will use User Blog Mod, as nothing really is happening with The Blog Mod. I have tried convertion from The Blog Mod + phpBB2 to User Blog Mod + phpBB3, and it is getting better and better

What I would like for the future is a possibility to have som "individual look" for the blogs. Not so much, and maybe not coloured backgrounds on blogs. I'm to old for that, sometimes it is impossible to read No - I think about some possibilities for background image maybe where the descriptions field is now. Where I have put some pictures now. I have tried this on my board with title/description (with some images) on right side, that looks OK if the screen is not to small... It could be possible on left side as well, but profile and archives are there, so it's not so much space left.

On the main blog page (for all users) I use only recent blogs. What I would like is a possibility to view more (recent) blog pages there, as I dont know how my moderators could find them else

My last wish today is a possibility for categories (and convertion of categories from The Blog Mod). I don't think the convertion will not be a problem, as categories are only a field in the blogs.

But again: I love this mod!