This section describes how to manage blogs and articles, including managing commenting.
Navigate to Site Content / Blogs and click the "add new blog" button.
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Field |
Explanation |
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Title |
Title of the blog |
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Identifier |
Required, must be unique. Recommend using lowercase letters, no spaces. The identifier makes up the last part of the gallerys URL (e.g. www.fakoli.org/identifier) |
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Image |
Optional. Upload or select an image to appear with the blog. You may also insert images into the blog descriotion via the rich text editor. See "Description" below. |
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Description |
Optional. A description of the blog. |
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Read Access |
Select all roles who can read this blog. If no roles are selected, the blog can be read by anyone. |
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Write Access |
Select all roles who can write to this blog. If no roles are selected, anyone can add articles. |
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Default Article Order |
Order articles in the blog will be listed. The choices are:
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Articles per page |
How many articles are listed on the the blog summary page. |
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Blog type |
The following blog types are available:
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Allow comment |
Can users comment? (See Managing user comments below for more on how this works) |
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Published |
Can remove the blog from publication, only available to administrators |
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Enable RSS Feed |
Makes the blog content available in an RSS feed. |
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Max # of Articles in RSS Feed |
If you wish to limit the number of articles in the feed. |
The two main comment configuration options are as follows:
| Setting |
Description |
Options |
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Allow anonymous commenting |
Does the comment form appear on blog posts for all users, or just for logged-in members? |
Currently set to YES. All website visitors may use the comment form to submit a comment. |
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Publish automatically |
Does a comment get published automatically, or does it get stored in an unpublished state until an administrator decides to publish it? |
Currently set to NO. All comments are stored in an un-published state. The administrator may view un-published comments on a blog post page and can choose to publish them. |