Blogs

 Blogs are a great way to facilitate community interaction by providing short opinion and commentary pieces that are comment enabled.

Creating a Blog:

1. Click on "Community" in the left navigation
2. Under "Modules," select "Blogs"
3. Once in the Blogs interface, click "Create new blog"
4. Fill in the blog name
5. Select a limit, which will control how many posts appear on your blog's main page.
6. Select a sort method, such as "start date" that will dictate the method in which your posts should appear.
7. Select one or more Content Type (i.e. "blog post") that represent the content type(s) of your blog posts.
8. Select taxonomy categories to determine in which areas of your site your blog should appear.
9. Fill in all relevant information such as security policies and tags
10. Click "Create blog" to submit.

Adding New Posts to a Blog:

To add new posts to a blog:

1. Click "Content" in the left navigation
2. Under "Modules," select "Pages"
3. Click "Create new page"
4. Select Content Type "Blog Post," which is the default blog content type included with the system. If your blog is set up to include a different Content Type, use that type when creating your post.
5. Fill in relevant information such as the blog title, content, description, and start date.
6. Click "Create Page" to submit the new post.
7. If you now navigate to your blog home page your new post should be included in the list. (This is of course dependent upon start date, sort method, etc.)

Editing Blogs:

1. Click on "Community" in the left navigation
2. Under "Modules," select "Blogs"
3. Once in the Blogs interface, navigate to the group you would like to edit, click "Edit" and under "Actions" on the far right.
4. Once in the edit form, make any changes necessary, including updating blog taxonomies, sort methods, content types, and tags.
5. Click "Save blog."

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