Gradual has just unveiled a new blog and resource editor that allows for more customization and better handling of PDFs, images, videos, and more.
New icon styles and options
Local PDF upload support
Better handling of alignment and resizing for images, videos, and PDFs
Better handling of table formatting, and additional elements supported within tables like images, videos, and more
Captions and link generation for images, videos, and PDF elements
Ability to apply code formatting to code blocks
Creating a Blog (with the New Blog & Resource Editor)
Creating a blog with this new editor does not change much from the legacy editor, but there are new icons and features displayed in the editor menu.
Sign into your dashboard.
Select the Content tab from the main menu, and then Blogs from within that menu.
Select the +Create New Blog button in the upper right.
Fill in the necessary information like Title, URL Slug and Sub Title. The Sub Title populates under the Title on the Resource page and should be a one-liner description.
The Summary populates under the Title on the Content page and, while not necessary, provides another opportunity for a one-liner description.
Sub Title and Summary can be the same text.
Fill the Content description with your content. You can embed pdfs, links, tables, images and iframes in the content block.
Upload a Cover Image and select, or add a category. If you would like to include tags to the post, and gate or limit access by spaces, make those selections.
Preview and publish. Before a blog is published, you can preview the post using the preview link, found in the upper right hand side of the Blog detail page in the dashboard.
Note: This link is a special tokenized link that will expire after 24 hours to prevent blogs from being viewed before they’re published.
💡 Pro Tip: You can also copy and paste blog content from a markdown editor or Google docs. Just be sure to double-check as some formatting doesn’t always copy over when copying and pasting.
Here are links to more helpful articles around blogs:
Resources
If your blog has organized content that would be better suited with a table of contents for easier navigation, build a Resource instead - which also received the update to the editor menu and features.