Getting Started

The ATLAS Blog features a tag cloud generated by the tags added to each of the blog posts. It's valuable to consider gathering a document of tags that could be important to the blog audience. The tags are added to each blog post.

In addition, each blog post page can be categorized by selecting "Categories" from the Properties menu. Categories are an additional way to filter blog posts appearing in the Blog List widget.

1. While the Blog Month is selected in the Pages Application, click the plus icon to add a new page to the content index
2. Select ATLAS - Blog Page Post Page Type from list of available page types
3. Select ATLAS Blog Details Template and click "Continue"

4. Complete properties listed below
5. Click Save

If your blog post is dated to the present, the post will be published to the blog automatically and immediately. If you set a publishing date in the future, the post will not appear until then.

Properties

PROPERTY	DESCRIPTION
General	Post title (required) – text entry field for a concise blog post title Post date (required) – Select date from calendar interface (note dating in the future means that you can schedule when a post will appear) Post summary – short descriptive paragraph (recommended) Post text (required) – Full text of blog post which may include photos, graphics, text and links. Tags – Enter tags separated with comma. Example: dogs, “angry birds”, cats
OG Tags	Facebook OG (Open Graph) Tags – the Open Graph protocol enables you to tell Facebook how your shared content should be displayed. Adding these insures the highest quality Facebook post. Defining these four is recommended: og:title – by specifying this tag, set the title of the blog post as it will appear on Facebook without any extraneous data og:image – insert the url of the image that appears when someone shares the content to Facebook. Using additional image properties, such as og:width and og:height can help achieve a high-quality preview image. Not specifying this means the default main blog post image will appear. og:url – add the specific URL of the blog post detail page og:description – provides blog post summary - a brief description of the content, usually between two and four sentences. This will be displayed below the title of the post on Facebook. Facebook Image – Select image from Media Library Application. The ideal image size for a Facebook image post is 720px, 960px, or 2048px wide, with flexibility in the corresponding height
Title Image Alt Text	This attribute provides alternative information for an image if a user for some reason cannot view it (because of slow connection, an error, or if the user uses a screen reader). Optional but recommended.
Sidebar Title	The title appears at the top of the right side of the page. Tiles could be "Read More," "Related Articles," "Recent Articles," etc. Note: if left blank, the sidebar section will not be displayed on the blog post page.
Sidebar List Type	Select from: Recent Blogs – this selection will display the most recently published blog posts. Blog Tags – this selection will display posts that contain the selected tag or tags.
Number of Article to Display	Enter number – this will control the number of articles listed in the sidebar on that blog post page
Sidebar Tags	Enter tags separated with comma. Example: agronomy, crop, corn, "ag news", "digital ag", etc.
Custom Fields	Title Image – clicking the Select button opens a dialog box allowing you to select an image via the Media Library Application. This image displays on the list on the page displaying all blog posts. It is recommended to use 175 x 175 px, otherwise the image could be cropped.
Publishing	Publish from – Select date from calendar interface Publish to – Select date from calendar interface

Examples

We have created an example blog to share for demonstration purposes.

See Example Blog Post

Atlas Blog Post Page Type