Create application/views/helpers/LoggedInUser.php

<?php
class Zend_View_Helper_LoggedInUser
{
    protected $_view;
    function setView($view)
    {
    $this->_view = $view;
    }
    function loggedInUser()
    {
        $auth = Zend_Auth::getInstance();
        if($auth->hasIdentity())
        {
            $logoutUrl = $this->_view->linkTo('auth/logout');
            $user = $auth->getIdentity();
            $username = $this->_view->escape(ucfirst($user->username));
            $string = 'Logged in as ' . $username . ' | <a href="' .
            $logoutUrl . '">Log out</a>';
        } else {
            $loginUrl = $this->_view->linkTo('auth/identify');
            $string = '<a href="'. $loginUrl . '">Log in</a>';
        }
        return $string;
    }
}
 

Change the contents of application/views/scripts/index/index.phtml with

<?php if (count($this->paginator)): ?>
<?php foreach ($this->paginator as $post ): ?>
<div class="post">
  <div class="title"><a href="<?php echo $this->baseUrl()."/posts/view/id/".$post['id']; ?>"><?php echo $this->escape($post['Title']); ?></a></div>
  <div class="description"><?php echo nl2br(substr( strip_tags( $post['Description']), 0 , 300)); ?></div>
  <div class="commentscount">Comments( count )</div>
</div>
<?php endforeach; ?>
<?php endif; ?>
<div class="pagination"><?php echo $this->paginationControl($this->paginator,
                                    'Sliding',
                                    '/partials/my_pagination_control.phtml'); ?></div>

Change the contents of application/views/scripts/index/login.phtml with

<?php echo $this->errors; ?>
<?php echo $this->loginForm; ?>

Change the contents of application/views/scripts/index/logout.phtml with

<div>Successfully Logged out</div>

Create application/views/scripts/partials/my_pagination_control.phtml with (  You can place partials in a different folder too . I forgot to change that )

<?php if ($this->pageCount): ?>
<div class="paginationControl">
<!-- Previous page link -->
<?php if (isset($this->previous)): ?>
  <a href="<?php echo $this->url(array('page' => $this->previous)); ?>">
    &lt; Previous
  </a> |
<?php else: ?>
  <span class="disabled">&lt; Previous</span> |
<?php endif; ?>
<!-- Numbered page links -->
<?php foreach ($this->pagesInRange as $page): ?>
  <?php if ($page != $this->current): ?>
    <a href="<?php echo $this->url(array('page' => $page)); ?>">
        <?php echo $page; ?>
    </a> |
  <?php else: ?>
    <?php echo $page; ?> |
  <?php endif; ?>
<?php endforeach; ?>
<!-- Next page link -->
<?php if (isset($this->next)): ?>
  <a href="<?php echo $this->url(array('page' => $this->next)); ?>">
    Next &gt;
  </a>
<?php else: ?>
  <span class="disabled">Next &gt;</span>
<?php endif; ?>
</div>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php
/*
 * Drop down paginaton example
 */
/*
?>
<?php if ($this->pageCount): ?>
<select id="paginationControl" size="1">
<?php foreach ($this->pagesInRange as $page): ?>
  <?php $selected = ($page == $this->current) ? ' selected="selected"' : ''; ?>
  <option value="<?php
        echo $this->url(array('page' => $page));?>"<?php echo $selected ?>>
    <?php echo $page; ?>
  </option>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</select>
<?php endif; ?>
<script type="text/javascript"
     src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/prototype/1.6.0.2/prototype.js">
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$('paginationControl').observe('change', function() {
    window.location = this.options[this.selectedIndex].value;
})
</script>
*/?>

Change application/views/scripts/posts/add.phtml with

<div><?php echo $this->postForm; ?></div>

Change application/views/scripts/posts/edit.phtml with

<h2>Edit Post</h2>
<div><?php echo $this->postForm; ?></div>

Change application/views/scripts/posts/view.phtml with

<div class="title"><?php echo $this->post['Title']; ?></div>
<div class="description"><?php echo $this->post['Description'];  ?></div>
<?php
    $acl = new Model_Acl(); 
    $identity = Zend_Auth::getInstance()->getIdentity();
    if( Zend_Auth::getInstance()->hasIdentity() && $acl->isAllowed( $identity['role'] ,'posts','edit') ) : ?>
<div><a href="<?php echo $this->baseurl().$this->edit; ?>">Edit</a></div> 
<?php endif; ?> 
<div class="comments">
    <?php if( count($this->comments) ) : ?>
        <?php foreach( $this->comments as $comment ) : ?>
            <div class="postedby"><a href="<?php echo $comment['Webpage']; ?>" ><?php echo $this->escape( $comment['Name'] ); ?></a> on <span><?php echo $this->escape( date( 'd-m-Y', strtotime($comment['Postedon']) ) ); ?></span></div>
            <div class="comment"><?php echo $this->escape( $comment['Description'] ); ?></div>
        <?php endforeach; ?>
    <?php else : ?>
    <div>No comments</div>
    <?php endif; ?>
</div>
<div class="newcomments">
<?php if( Zend_Auth::getInstance()->hasIdentity() ) : 
        echo $this->commentsForm;
    else :
        ?>Login to Post comments<?php 
    endif;
?>
</div>

I hope I have not missed any when adding to the blog . If there is any erros  do let me know . You can grab the working copy from git , that will be good if there is some errors . I have got many helps from more than 50 blogs . I have made a custom search engine for the zend framework learning too . In the earlier post I have posted .

Thanks and I hope you will enjoy my small blog, and If there is any confusing part let me know it. You can post comments rather than directly mailing to me . You can grab the piece of code from http://github.com/harikt/zendblog and don't be shy as Jon Lembord of http://zendcasts.com says . . Thanks for the wonderful facility provided by github and git .

I have also posted a new post for those who are looking for a module and admin layout. Do check it and get the files from http://www.harikt.com/content/base-files-start-your-zend-framework-project . This may be useful for you to start your zend framework project .