Setting up a Blog app

This feature is available for:

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  • Module: Modern Intranet

To use the Blog app, you first have to set it up. You need to be an admin of the page or community and have "Manage apps of a page/community" permission to configure the app.

For information on showing your app's name in other languages, read Providing app names in other languages. You can also provide your blog articles in multiple languages to ensure users can read the content in their preferred language.

Set up the app

After adding a blog app, you can configure the following settings:

  • Name: Give your app a meaningful name that best reflects its topic and use case.
  • Activate this app: Activate the app immediately or leave it in the deactivated mode. A deactivated app is only visible to page or community admins. Learn more in Activating and deactivating apps.
  • URL: By default, the URL is generated from the app's name, but you can change it to something else. Any old links leading to the app won't work anymore after you change it.
  • Default teaser images for new articles: Select images to be the default images for every article created via this blog app. You can still change the images per article. The selected images need aspect ratios of 1:1 and 3:1, respectively.
  • Authors: Define if Admins, Everyone, or select persons (Custom) can create blog articles in this app. Depending on your decision, you will define the character of the app. If you want to use the app for official communication, only admins (and maybe a few select persons) should be able to create articles. Admins can always create articles, even if you choose Custom.
  • Publishers: Define who can publish created articles. You have the same options as above. A common best practice is to define that select persons can create articles, but only Admins can publish them. This way, you can implement an approval cycle. Admins can always publish articles, even if you choose Custom.
  • Users can comment on blog articles: Define if users should be able to comment on single blog articles.
  • All articles get shared on the timeline automatically: Define if articles published through this app should automatically appear on the timeline of a person who subscribed to the page or community on which the app is installed.
  • Archiving: Set a default archiving date for articles published via this app. Of course, you can adjust or delete the archiving per article.

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