TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
Navigate to: CMS > Blog
Administrators can create and edit Blogs articles/posts from this section.
Blog Details
Detail | Description |
Page Title | Indicates Page Title of the Blog. |
Comments | Comments added by the user can be seen by clicking on the link from the list page. |
Store Name | Indicates the store for which the Blog article is created. |
Activation Date | Indicates the activation date of the Blog article. |
Expiration Date | Indicates the expiration date of the Blog article. |
Creation Date | Indicates the date on which the Blog article was created. |
Is Active | Indicates the status of the Blog article on the Storefront |
Publish Status | Indicates the publish status of the Blog article |
Is Allow Comments | Indicates if the comments on Blog are allowed on the Storefront |
Additional Details of Blogs for Add/Edit screens
Detail | Description |
| Code | Add unique value which identifies Blogs |
| Store | Select the store for which the Blog needs to be created. |
| Image | Add an image for the Blog |
| Page Title | Add Page title for the Blog |
| Overview | Add overview of the Blog |
| Tags | Add Tags for the Blog |
| SEO Title | Add SEO Title for the Blog |
| SEO Keywords | Add SEO Keywords for the Blog |
| SEO Description | Add SEO Description for the Blog |
| SEO Friendly URL | Add SEO Friendly URL for the Blog |
| Is Active | Select this field to activate Blog/News on storefront |
| Comments Are Allowed | Select this field to enable comments for the created Blog article. |
| Activation Date | Select the date from which the Blog will be active. |
| Expiration Date | Select the date till which the Blog will be active. |
Adding a Blog Page
- Click on the “Add New” button.
- Add all the required details.
- After adding the details click on “Save or Save & Close”.
- The Blog article is added.
Editing a Blog Page
- Click on “Edit”
- Edit the details and click on “Save” or “Save & Close”
- After saving Publish the Blog (optional)
Deleting a Blog Page
- Click on “Delete”
- Confirm the action by clicking “OK”
- The Blog is now deleted.
Publish Blog
Navigate to: CMS > Blog
Before blogs can be seen in the webstore, it needs to be published. It can be published from the Action section or from the edit page.
Important
The Znode publish to preview feature works independently for CMS modules based on a setting (available in web.config file in code).
This feature works in conjunction with the global preview feature:
- When the global preview is on and the CMS-based preview is off, the publish-to-preview feature will be turned off for only the CMS module.
- When the global preview is off and the CMS-based preview is on, the publish-to-preview feature will be turned off globally.
- When both the global preview and CMS-based preview are off, the publish-to-preview feature will be turned off globally.
- When both the global preview and CMS-based preview are on, the publish-to-preview feature will be enabled globally.
Viewing Blogs
To view the blogs, User needs to add <domain>/blog for blogs with the website's URL.
Links to these pages can be added via the link widgets in the Header or Footer sections available in Store Experience module.