Blogs

Having a variety of content for community members is a great way to engage and share information to draw your members to the community. Blogs where you can create and publish written content for your community to consume.


Customization of the 'Blog' name

Some communities don't use the name 'Blog' for their written content and prefer terms like 'Article' or 'News'. Gradual now allows you to customize what written content is referred to in the main menu and throughout your community.

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Sign into the dashboard and navigate to the Content menu, and to Blogs.
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In the upper right hand side select the button that reads 'Name'

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You'll be led to the Blog Name Customization page where you will can select 'Edit' to enter the name you'd like to use. Click 'Save' and the name will be updated immediately across the dashboard and front end of your community.

Names can be up to 10 characters and should be entered in the singular as the system will automatically pluralize it when needed.


Creating a Blog

Here’s how you can create a blog post on Gradual.

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Sign into your dashboard
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Select the  Content tab from the main menu, and then Blogs from within that menu
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Select the  +Create New Blog button in the upper right
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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. 

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    Fill the Content description with your content!
    You can embed links, tables, images and even iframes in the content block 
    Here are links to more helpful articles around blogs: 
    Twitter Embed blogs
    Add a table to blogs
    Embed iframes or videos
    Add LaTex Equations to blogs
💡 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.
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Upload a Cover Image and select, or add a category. If you’d like to include tag(s) to the post, and gate or limit access by spaces, make those selections.
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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.

Resources

If your blog has organized content that would be better suited with a table of contents for easier navigation, build a Resource instead!

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