Hi Lawson,<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> I&#39;m trying to start a blog from scratch, but I can&#39;t get it to use the built-in functionality unless I subclass the PRDistribution code and add a &quot;first entry&quot; post within the method &quot;blog&quot;.<br>

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What am I missing, or am I missing anything?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Not sure I understand what you&#39;re asking. Is it how do I create a new blog entry? If so:</div><div><br></div><div>login using admin/pier (login link bottom left)</div>
<div>navigate to /pier/blog</div><div>click on commands:add (link bottom left)</div><div>click on the add button</div><div>on the next form fill in &quot;source title&quot; &quot;contents&quot; and press the &quot;current&quot; button for the &quot;publication&quot; field then press &quot;save&quot; button</div>
<div><br></div><div>If instead your question is how do I define my own site which incorporates a blog? Then look at PRDistribution&gt;&gt;root as a starting point for your site&#39;s structure. Experiment by removing and adding components until you end up with a structure that works for you. In particular you might find the following lines within PRDistribution&gt;&gt;root a useful starting place for understanding how to customise the look and feel of your site:</div>
<div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">	</span>self rootPage localEnvironment: self mainEnvironmentPage.</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">	</span>self blog localEnvironment: self blogEnvironmentPage.</div>
<div><br></div><div>which will lead you into examining:</div><div><br></div><div>PRDistribution&gt;&gt; mainEnvironmentPage</div><div><div>PRDistribution&gt;&gt; blogEnvironmentPage</div><div><br></div><div>Hope that helps</div>
<div><br></div><div>Nick</div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>   </div></div>