# Forum Weblogs

### Coder’s Guide

Ah, so you’ve made a weblog. Now it’s time to design the weblog to suit your needs. Well, this is the place to start. This is a guide to tell you how to edit your weblog “face”. This is what appears in the list of weblogs on the main page. It has your box of whatever you want on it (within reasonable limits of course).

If you look at the Weblog Face HTML box, you’ll see you weblog face in its HTML format. If you know HTML, you can go straight ahead and start messing with things. If you don’t know HTML, you should learn HTML so you can code your own weblog. The weblog face is a little snippet of code, rather than a full blown HTML page.

There are a few things to keep in mind while coding the weblog face:

- Your weblog face is dynamic; it will change based on certain circumstances (such as a new entry). You will see some new code that will allow the page to change.
- Dynamic parts usually have a “{“ and a “}” as well as a “<!--” and a “-->”. These are used to create dynamic pages.
- Braces that surround something may change (e.g. {L_WEBLOG}).
- Dynamic parts starting with “L_” are usually Labels. You can usually tell what they are, or you can refer to the list towards the bottom of this page. These are usually meant to change if the board has more than one language. This does not mean you should just use your own labels; these will change to the viewer’s chosen language.
- Dynamic parts starting with “U_” are usually links. These will contain the complete link to a different page. To use them, you have to stick them in the href=”” part of the <a> tag.

Here is the list of all the dynamic parts that you may be interested in:

Dynamic Part: | What it Does:
{catrow.forumrow.U_PAST} | Contains the link to view your weblog.
{catrow.forumrow.USERNAME} | Displays your username.
{catrow.forumrow.AVATAR_IMG} | Displays your avatar.
{catrow.forumrow.FORUM_NAME} | Displays the name of your weblog.
{catrow.forumrow.LAST_ENTRY} | Displays the time of your last entry.
{catrow.forumrow.LAST_POST} | Displays the time of the last post (reply or entry) in your weblog.
{catrow.forumrow.ICON} | Displays the mood icon of your last entry, if there is one.
{catrow.forumrow.WEBLOG_DESC} | Displays your weblog’s description
{L_VIEW} | Displays “View”
{L_LASTENTRY} | Displays “Last Entry”
{L_LASTPOST} | Displays “Last Post”
{L_LATESTMOOD} | Displays “Latest Mood”
{L_WEBLOG} | Displays “Weblog”

Well, that’s it. The rest is up to you. I’m sorry if the above looks a little daunting, but you’ll get used to it.