How to set up a blog
A blog can be used for many things. For example, you can build a podcast, post your latest news and press releases, post event details, or report about events after they have happened. It's a good way to connect with your audience in a timely manner. By adding commenting capabilities, you can encourage your audience to interact with you by offering a chance to respond to your post.
To configure your blog:
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Click the red "New Entry" icon (fig. 1, C).
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Above the "Add News / Blog Aggregator" Button, put a title for your blog, and click the "Add news/blog aggregator" button. This will then take you to the architecture panel, which you are already familiar with. Place your new blog in the navigation.
Now, you have a page that looks just like your other standard content pages. In the content editor, place some text that describes your blog. In order to display your blog posts, you now need to configure a "headlines module" on that page.
Build a headlines module
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Click on any "Edit Module" button on the page. The location and number of these buttons vary, because this is something that your designer has built into the program. For this particular page, we have the headlines module set in Module Two. Fig. 3 shows what it looks like in the admin section of this site.
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This will open the Module Editor dialog (fig. 4). Select "Headlines" from the first field (fig. 4, A). The options shown in fig. 4 will appear.
You are given options that change how your blog posts will display. The headline of your blog post will alway be displayed, because that will be the link to the full article. By default, the headlines module is called "latest" (B), it will display posts from all blogs on your site (C), it will not show entry subtitles (D), it will display all posts (E), and will not show any teaser text. (F). In general, these settings are most logical when creating an entire archive of your blog posts. There are several reasons you may want to change these options. For example, if you are creating a "latest news section" on your homepage, you may want to display only the most recent post (type "1" in E), with a subhead (Select "true" in D), and the first paragraph of the entry (select "true" in F, select "paragraphs" in G, and type "1" in H).
Click the "update module" button (I) to save your changes. In order to see your new module in action, you need to create your first blog post.
Create a blog post
Click the "New Entry" button (fig. 1, C).
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Above the "Add News/Blog Entry" button, put a title for your first blog post. Click the "Add News/Blog Entry" button. You are taken to what appears to be a normal content page. Insert your content as usual, and save your page by clicking "Apply to Web."
Now that you have created your first post, click your Architecture Icon (fig. 1, B) and click the gray circle next to your blog title to make it visible in the navigation. This new page will appear in your site navigation, complete with a configured headlines module and your new blog post.