Once you have Created a Blog and setup the two pages needed to Display your Blog on the Website, you can then add/edit posts your blog posts via the Admin Console (available for any organization that has the articles/blogs feature enabled). You must also be an authorized author to add/edit posts.

To Add/Edit a Blog Posting in the Admin Console

1. Choose Components > Articles/Blogs
2. Choose the group that contains your blog
3. Next to your blog, click the "View/Edit Posts" link
4. To add a new post, click the "New Post" button. To edit an existing post, click the "Edit" link next to that post. NOTE: To delete a post (and all of its comments), click the "Delete" button next to the name of the post.
5. Continue with the instructions below.

Adding/Editing a Post: Details

Use the following fields when adding/editing a post:

• Settings tab:
  • Title: This is the title that will appear above your post. It will also show in the Headlines list and in any search results that are produced in other areas of the website. NOTE: if you are creating a new post, you will be required to enter a title before moving on to the other options below.
  • Intro: This is a summary or first few sentences of your post. It is optional, but will be very helpful to readers looking through the list of headlines. The Intro is also used in search results on your site to offer more detail on the contents of a link before the reader clicks it.
  • Keywords: Enter the keywords or terms that should be used to index this posting. These keywords will not be shown on the website, but they will be used in the search index. Multiple keywords can be separated by commas or spaces.
  • Post Date: This defaults to today's date, but you can change it to any date in the past or future. If you click the "Choose Time" box, then you can also specify a specific time for this post (helpful if you anticipate having multiple posts each day).
  • Viewable: The default is to have the post viewable Indefinitely. But if you select the "choose dates" option, you can manually specify the start and end dates for your post. This allows you to "expire" content after a certain point or to "delay" it from being published until a certain date.
  • Show with recent posts: Choose this option to have this post appear on the list of recent items in the blog.
  • Image: If your website design supports it, you can associate an image with each blog post. If you want to do this, then specify the image here. You can type in the path to your image, or click the "Choose" link to use the File Manager.


• Topics tab: Check the boxes next to the topics you want to associate with this post. For more information on this feature, see Working with Topics.


• Body tab: Use the body editor to enter the actual text/content of your post. You may enter plain text or any form of HTML code.


• Comments tab: If your blog allows readers to post comments, then a record of those comments will appear here (comments may only be added from the public website). You can read, edit, or delete any comment in the list.


• Contact tab: You may decide whether to show contact info next to your post.