Using your Blog

Create a Blog Post

Blog posts can be created from the Blog tool's Blogs screen.

Blog Post Info

1. Click “Create Post” from the Blogs screen.
   
2. Title your post.
 The title field appears on your blog listing page and may appear on your post detail page depending on how the Blog tool is configured for you.
   
3. Enter Author names to appear with your blog post.
   
4. Select a Status.
   The status displays on the Posts page within the Blog tool and alerts other AMM users as to the status of your post.
   
5. Enter a Publication Date.
 Posts can be set for future publish, otherwise they will be time stamped with the date and time the post was created.
   Note about Status and Publication Date: Posts with a status of “Draft” but a publication date that is current or in the past will be published when you select “Save and Publish” from this page. (Clicking Save and Publish with a date of current or in the past overrides the draft status.)
   Note about Publication Date and scheduled publishes: A post’s Publication Date is different from scheduled publish times. For example, if you set the publication date for a post to tomorrow at noon but the next scheduled publish does not occur until tomorrow at 1 PM, the post will not be published until 1 PM. Furthermore, if prior to tomorrow at noon you change the publication date to tomorrow at 3 PM, but you leave the next scheduled time as 1 PM, the post will not publish until the next publish time after tomorrow at 3 PM.
   
6. Enter any notes you would like to include with your post. Notes are not displayed on the live site.
   
7. Add tags that you want to associate with this post. You may select a tag from ones that have been entered already by clicking Show Popular Tags then click the tag you want to add to this post. Or, enter a new tag in the field and click Add. Tags can be used to control which Blog Posts appear on other pages in your AMM.
   
8. If the Comments Active box is checked, users will be able to make comments to your blog post.
   
9. Excerpt, Full, and Additional Content. 
The Blog tool's content areas function similarly to AMM content areas: you can insert a variety of components (headlines, images, rich text, links) into the area as needed. Please reference the “Content Builder” guide in the AMM manual for in-depth content building information.
10. Enter an Excerpt.
 The excerpt is a brief summary of the post. You can then choose to display this excerpt on your site pages.
    
11. Enter the full contents of your post in “Full.”
    
12. Enter any additional content you may have in the Additional Content section.
    Note: Your Blog themes must be set up to display Additional Content if desired. Check with your Super User to find out if your blog uses Additional Content.
    
    
13. Save your work by clicking Save Blog Post. You may also choose to “Save and Publish” – see the Publish a Post section in this manual for more information on publishing.