To add a Blog:

• Click on Maintain Blogs.
• Click on the Add New Blog link.
• Enter in the Blog Title.
• Display Posts - select how you would prefer blog posts display: Oldest to Newest or Newest to Oldest.
  
• Show on Site - select Yes or No. Select Internal Only to have the Blog displayed for staff only.
• Password Protected - to password protect the Blog on the public site, enter in a password (optional). This field is limited to 20 characters.
• Enter in a description of the Blog (optional).
• Comment Options:
  • Allow Comments - Select 'Yes' if you would like to allow people or students to comment on your Blog postings or 'No' if you do not.
  • Automatically Authorize Comments - To automatically authorize comments, select 'Yes'. If you select 'No' to not automatically authorize comments, you would have to approve them first before they're posted.
  • Show Comments - To display the posted comments, select 'Yes' or 'No' to not show comments.
  • Show User Email - Select 'Yes' to display the email address of the posted comment. If you do not want email addresses displayed of those who posted a comment on the front end, then select No.
• Hit Next.
• Enter in a Posting Title. You must add at least one posting in order for people to be able to post comments to your Blog.
• Enter in the content of your first blog post.
  
• Hit Save.
• Images tab - to add an image to your blog, click on Maintain Blogs, then on the link under the Posts column. Click on the edit link next to the posting, then on the Images tab. Click Browse, select your image, hit Save.
• Files tab - to add up to 3 files to your Blog for reference, click on the Files tab. Click on Browse, select your file, enter in a friendly file name and hit Save.

To link to an existing Blog:

You can link to a page that displays all active blogs for your site using blog.cfm as the URL.  To link to a specific blog follow the steps below.

• Click Maintain Blogs.
• Click on the title of the blog you wish to link to.
• Scroll to the bottom of the Maintain Blog page and click view page on site.
• Copy the URL from the front end of the blog page (for example:  blog.cfm?blogID=12973).

Note:  You can decide where you'd like the link to your blog to display on the website.  For example, it can be a Quick Link on the homepage, a Home Page Banner, a GoTo subpage, a related link on a typical webpage, etc.

To edit a Blog:

• Click on Maintain Blogs.
• Click on the hyperlink of the Blog you wish to edit.
• Make your updates.
• Hit Save.
• To hide commenters email addresses per Blog, select yes or no to display the email address of the commenter. For Blogs that have been already established, the default value is set to 'Yes'.

• Blog Ownership: Each blog can have up to four 'managers' (including the original creator) who can edit the Blog. When you click on the hyperlink to 'add owners', you can select three more site admins.

To add a posting to an existing Blog:

• Click on the Add Post link when editing a Blog.
• Enter in the posting title and description.
• Hit Save.

Sorting your Blogs:

• Click on Maintain Blogs.
• Click on Sort Blogs.
• Change the Blog sort order.
• Hit Save.

To View/Authorize Comments:

• Click on Main Menu in your admin area.
• If there is a comment waiting to be authorized, there will be a blue hyperlink below Maintain Blogs.
• Click on the X comments needing authorization link.
• Click on the blue link # under the Authorize! column.
• Click on # comments link.
• Review the comment. If you are ready to approve, check the Authorized box and click Save.
• Click the edit comments link to change the comment before authorizing.

To Delete Comments in a Blog:

• Click on Maintain Blogs.
• Click on the number link under the Posts column.
• Click on the number of comments link (For example, 4 comments). **Please note: if it says 0 comments, then click on the edit link instead and make your updates.
• If the comment you wish to delete is displayed, click on the edit comments link, then Check Here to Delete This Comment. Hit OK.
• If you do not see the comment you wish to delete displayed, click on the Show All link. Click on edit comments, then Check Here to Delete This Comment. Hit OK.