Template:Blog post/doc

To be used at the top of blog posts. These are usually located at User: Username /Blog/ Blog post title. For more information, see Help:Blog.

Usage
Parmaters:


 * : The date and time of the post. Defaults to the time of the most recent revision to the page. If a time is specified it will be assumed to be in UTC; the timezone can be set specifically (e.g. in ISO8601 format:  where the   at the end is your current time offset from UTC).
 * : By default, the date that is displayed is of the form ""; use this parameter to change this to anything to want.
 * : Set the punctuation to be used at the end of the displayed date. Defaults to a full stop (period).
 * : Any value will prevent the post from being categorised, and will display a message box alerting readers to the fact that the post is a draft.

InputBox
To display a page-creation form, use the following InputBox code. It uses the preload text that's stored in Template:Blog post/preload.

This results in the following:

Blog home page
A blog home page can be created to list all blog posts. For more information, see the blog template.

Microformat
This template also adds a Microformat following the Datetime Design Pattern, by wrapping the displayed date in a  element. For example: