Bitmask access for managing blog content

A server for managing content for use on a blog website, comprising:

• a memory for storing data;
• and
• a processor that employs the stored data to perform actions, comprising:
• receiving a content item from a contributor for storage in the database;
• receiving from the contributor a selection to directly control an attribute associated with the content item;
• based on the selection from the contributor, selectively setting one or more bits within a bitmask for the content item in the database, the one or more bits directly controlling the selected attribute of the content item;
• associating the bitmask with the content item in the blog database;
• and
• providing the bitmask to the blog database, wherein the bitmask is examined in response to a request for the content item to determine a selective display of the requested content item on the blog website.

A computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that when implemented within a computer device causes a computer program to execute a computer process for managing content associated with a blog, the instructions comprising:

• receiving a content item from a contributor for storage in the blog;
• receiving from the contributor a selection to directly control an attribute associated with the content item;
• selectively setting one or more bits within a bitmask for the content item in the blog based on the selection received from the contributor, wherein the bitmask enables the contributor to directly control the attribute associated with the content item;
• associating the bitmask with the content item;
• and
• providing the bitmask to the blog such that the bitmask is examined in response to a request for access to the content item to selectively display the requested content item on the blog.

A client device that is configured to manage a database over a network for use in a blog website, comprising:

• a transceiver for receiving and sending information over the network;
• and
• an application that is configured to perform actions, including:
• providing a content item to the database;
• receiving from a contributor of the content, through the client device, a selection that enables the contributor to directly control an attribute for the provided content item;
• selectively setting one or more bits within a bitmask that correspond to the received selection
• associating the bitmask with the content item in the database;
• and
• providing the bitmask to the database such that the bitmask is examined in response to a request to access the content item to determine a selective display of the requested content item at the blog website.

A server for managing content for a blog site, comprising:

• a memory element comprising a blog database, wherein the blog database has an attribute associated with content in the blog database,
• the blog database being further configured to store a bitmask associated with the attribute, the bitmask being arranged to enable a contributor of the content to directly control an option of the attribute for the contributed content;
• and
• a processor that is configured to perform actions, including:
• in response to a request to display the content, examining the bitmask to determine a selective display of the requested content based, in part, on the option of the attributed controlled by the contributor;
• and
• selectively displaying the requested content on the blog site based on the examination and determination.