To date I have only used the blog module on a personal site so I am uncertain to what extent the module could be used.

I have a member website where I would like members (a user role/s) to be able to have their own blogs.

I am thinking a page where other visitors can view the latest blog entries of all users (possibly public & private mix but just public would be ok), and possibly a list of the members that have blog entries.  

Might it also be possible for users to view the entries for a specific member, and for that member to also be able to link to his own blog section (eg from his own site, or his profile page on our site)?

Not all members would use the blog feature, just some so I am unsure if this might somehow be filtered?

Members would be free to start their own blogs on the site, but not edit or affect any other member blogs.

I am unsure of the setup for this with pages too, I would like it all accessed from a single page, or possibly a small choice of pages if needed, but I would hate to manually setup pages for each member so they have their own blog section (not grouped). 

I do hope this makes sense and any direction would be appreciated.

Thanks

David

Deleting test blogs is not a problem.

A couple of things of slight concern, which I am wondering about now...

Can blog settings be controlled/limited for users?  We would like Captcha enabled on all,  limit options to avoid confusion (eg. trackback), have all set to RSS feed and so on

I think it is a DNN thing, but the text editor with items such as images can give the user access to look into our entire folder and I expect upload images anywhere, use any other images etc (not tested).  Is there any way to restrict this? Possibly have user access to a user folder of their own?

There is also a 'Published' check box... I presume this is to allow preparing and checking an entry before posting, particularly since after posting an entry can not be edited (looks that way anyway). When set to not publish, the entry just appears to disappear. Is it stored somewhere the user can access?  I would hate for someone to put the work in only to lose it because the feature is shown but not working!

It is showing a comments overide... I can only think this defaults to the blog setting to allow it to be changed, otherwise it is confusing to know which is primary (if not matching default). Is that right?