Creating a blog post

1. On Blogs page perform one of the following:
   • Click Create a post link under the name of the blog.
   • Click the blog.
     The blog posts page appears, displaying one of the following:
     • If you have not created any posts, the system displays the following in the center of the screen:

       

       NOTE: If you are working in multilingual mode, the first blog post you create is in the default language.

     • If you have already created one or more posts, the system displays a list all created posts and the following button in the toolbar of the page:

       

       NOTE: If you are working in multilingual mode, before creating a blog post, you must first choose the language in which you want to create the post. Select the language from Languages dropdown box in the right of the page.

     • For more information about different languages, see Managing languages.
2. Click Create a post button.
   The Create a post page appears.
3. In the Title input field, enter the title of the post.
4. In the text editor, enter the post itself.
   For more information, see Using the text editor.
5. In Summary input field, you can enter a summery for the post.
6. You can classify your blog post using the Categories and tags section.
   For more information, see Adding categories and tags to a content item.
   Classifying content helps you organize it. For more information about classifications, see Classifying your content.
7. By clicking More options, you can change the following:
• The automatically generated URL of the post.
  To change it, click Change and enter a new URL name.
• Allow or forbid comments.
  To allow or forbid users to leave comments about the post, select or deselect the Allow comments checkbox.
• Configure multiple URLs for the blog post
  1. To configure a blog post to have more than one URL, select Allow multiple URLs for this item... checkbox.
  2. In the input box, enter the additional URLs that you want this blog post to have.
     Enter one URL per line.
  3. If you want all the URLs that you have entered to point to the default URL of the post, select All additional URLs redirect to the default one checkbox.
     If you uncheck the checkbox, each URL will display the blog post without redirecting.
8. If you have added any custom fields for blog posts, displaying all created fields, appear after the More actions section.
   Using custom fields, you can, for example, add an image to the blog post.

   IMPORTANT: Some of the above fields may not be displayed when you create a blog posts, because they have been hidden.

   For more information about creating custom fields and hiding default fields, see Adding custom fields to content items.

9. When you are finished creating the blog post, you must set its status, using the buttons on top and at the bottom of the blog post. For more information, see Setting the status of a new page or content item.

   NOTE: While creating you blog post, you can use the Preview button to see a preview of the blog post and its properties.