The Blog Section of your profile allows you to insert as many articles in your newsletter as you wish.  The articles added will show beginning with the fourth article in the newsletter.

Articles can be used for many purposes including inserting your own articles, tips, ads, offers, marketing messages, invitations – even show videos, podcasts, display social media posts and more.

The following explains how to add, edit, manage and delete your blog posts.

After logging in, click on Edit Your Profile & Blog in the menu.

That will open this page.

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The total number of existing blog articles is shown in the blue “Blogs” icon.

Below that is the Create New Article button used to add a new blog post. Below that you will see a list of existing blog entries (also called “posts” and “articles”). their display category status and when they were created.

There are 3 Categories:

  1. Current Edition – Posts in this category will be shown in your newsletter. Posts in this category are picked up and included only when the next edition of the newsletter is created. (See Manage Content Newsletter Help & FAQs).
  2. Show Online Only – The title of the posts in this category immediately show in the online version of your newsletter after the Subscribe/social icons as “Just Posted,” Clicking the title will show the full article. These articles will NOT be automatically picked up and included in your newsletter.

    USES: Some ways you can use this are to immediately show an announcement, offer, ad, or timely article. Because you can use the URL of the article, you can post the link in Facebook, LinkedIn, etc., and direct people to a live web page. Being able to do that gives you what amounts to an instant web page of your own that you can use.
    2017 09 08 how to post blog articles show online onlyIf you have no posts in this category, nothing will show.

  3. Archive – The The Archive category is used to store entries you are working on but do not want to show in your newsletter right now or to hold former posts for modification and/or use in the future.

Each blog post must be assigned to the Current Edition, Show Online Only or Archive category.

Bonus Tip: Want to create a post that will show if you send someone to your post but not have the title show in the Just Posted area? You can, here's how:

Create your post in the Show Online Only category. Look at your newsletter now (you may need to reload the page) to see the link to your just posted article. Open the article and COPY the URL Link showing in the browser and save it where you can retrieve it.

Now, change the category of your post to Archive and save it. The article title will not show in the Just Posted area but you can go to the page you created by using the URL Link you copied. Simply put that URL Link in an ad you run externally or even another post in your newsletter and when clicked, your newsletter site will show your post.

You just created your very own web page and there is no limit to how many of these you can have!

Here is how to add a new blog post.

Begin by clicking the “Create New Article” button.

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You will see the page “Create Your Article” It has a set of initial fields you will set and two content fields below those. We’ll walk you through each and explain their use.

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The first field is the “Published” status button.  It is used to display or hide an item so it does not appear in your newsletter, even if it is in the Current Edition Category.

When would you un-publish an article? Say you want to create a post and hide it while you work on it, you can use the “Published” drop down field and select “No”. Once done, you can change it to “Yes” so it will show in your newsletter. It is also useful to immediately stop the article from showing online.

The Category Field allows you to set the display category status for the entry: Current Edition, Show Online Only or Archive.

The Title Field is required. The title entered will appear as the title of this post when shown in the newsletter.

Next are the two content areas used to add your post.

(See the video “How to Use – WYSIWYG Editor - Segment 1 - Introduction to Edit Panel” on using the blog content editor for information on how to use the editor.)

Part 1 is always required and is the Intro and summary section which will always appear in the current edition of the emailed and online versions of your newsletter.

Part 2 is the full article content that show when it’s “Read More” link is clicked in the current newsletter and is optional.

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Why are there two edit areas for the content of your post?

Part 1, the required Intro/Summary, is used to display a short, usually under 400 word, “Readers Digest” summary of your full post. However, it has many uses such as to make a marketing offer, show an image or link to a video, add a cartoon or make an announcement.

Be aware that if you do not include any content in Part 1, only the title of your post and the “Read More” Icon will appear in your newsletter.

Part 2, the optional “Article’s Full Content” contains the complete article that will show online when it’s “Read More” link is clicked in your newsletter.

If you plan on showing the same information in both Part 1 and Part 2 simply fill in Part 2 with the same content as you have in Part 1.

Normally, the content showing in the edit panel will be show what your final result will look like. However, because of technical reasons, it may not be exactly what appears online.  For example, complex formatting and some types of html links only display in the online version or may display different content. However, it will give you a good approximation of your layout, styling and content.

When you are finished with your post, save it by clicking the “Create Your Article” button at the bottom of the page.

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Existing Entries

You can edit, delete or un-publish a post previously created using the “gear icon” that appears next to any existing entry.

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To edit an entry, mouseover the gear icon to display the menu options and click on “Edit”. That will open the post for editing using the same familiar layout that was used to add a post.

You can also un-publish, that is hide from display online, or delete a post using the drop down menu.

Be sure to save your changes by clicking the “Update Blog” button at the bottom of the page.

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