Posting to Your Blog |
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Adding posts to your blog is as simple as word processing with the familiar XSite Content Editor. To post to your blog...
- Hover over XSite in the top toolbar and click Blogging in the toolbar that drops down.
- Click New Post in the Blogging pane on
the left.
- In the screen that appears, type a Subject for your new
post. This text appears on your blog page separating each entry. The date and
time of your post are added automatically.
Hint: The subject and date items are listed on your blog page using the same color scheme as your "Left" or "Secondary" navigation settings, depending upon the Theme you choose. To change these colors, just edit your Theme Preferences.
- Click to place your cursor in the main Content Editor section and write your post.
- When you're done, click Save as Draft to save your work and return to post it later OR click Submit Post to place the post on your live blog immediately.
Editing Your Drafts |
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If you saved your work as a draft, you can go back and edit it at any time. To edit a draft on your blog...
- Hover over XSite in the top toolbar and click Blogging in the toolbar that drops down.
- Click Drafts in the Blogging pane on the left.
- Then, do one of the following:
- To edit your draft - Click the Edit
icon
to the right of the draft which you wish to modify. In the Content Editor, write your post and then
click Submit Post to post it to your live blog OR click
Save as Draft to simply update your draft.
- To delete your draft - Click the Delete
icon
to the right of that draft.
- To post your draft - Click Post to the
right of the draft you'd like to submit to your live blog.
- To edit your draft - Click the Edit
icon
Updating Previous Posts |
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At times, you may find that you've posted a comment to your blog that you'd like to change. All of your entries are kept and can be modified at any time.
- Hover over XSite in the top toolbar and click Blogging in the toolbar that drops down.
- Click Previous Posts in the Blogging pane on the left.
- Then, do one of the following:
- To edit the post - Click the Edit icon
to the right
of the post which you wish to modify. Make your changes and then click
Submit Post to submit the update to your live blog OR click
Save as Draft to remove this post from your live blog and
place it back in the Drafts section.
- To delete the post - Click the Delete
icon
for any previous post to delete it completely from your site.
- To edit the comments on the post - Click the Comments link to edit the any of the comments your readers may have left on your site.
- To edit the post - Click the Edit icon
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Hint: If the post you need to edit is not displayed, look in the Archive section at the bottom of the screen for items you may have posted in the past. | ||
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