Posts
Posts are the articles of your blog. This page covers the post list, every field of the post form, the editor, attachments, previewing, scheduling and deleting.
The post list
The list shows the posts of the selected blog, newest publish date first.
Filters
| Filter | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Filter by Post Title | Posts whose title contains the text. |
| Author | Posts by one author, or All. |
| Published | Yes: active posts whose publish date is today or earlier. No: inactive posts, or posts scheduled for a future date. |
Columns. Image, Title, Published, Publish Date, Author, Actions. Title and Publish Date can be sorted.
Published badge. A post shows Published when it is active and its publish date has passed, and Unpublished otherwise. Scheduled posts show Unpublished until their date arrives.
Actions. Click a row or choose Edit to open the post. Remove deletes it after confirmation.
New Post opens an empty form.
The post form
The form has five sections: Post Content, Attachments, SEO, Marketing and Settings. Save and Cancel appear at the top and bottom. Creating a post shows "Post created" and returns to the list. Saving an existing post shows "Post saved" and stays on the page.
Post Content
| Field | Required | Rules | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Title | Yes | 1 to 100 characters | The headline on the site and, unless overridden, the browser title. Until you edit the Path by hand, the Path is generated from the Title. |
| Author | No | One of the blog's authors | Shown as "By Name" when the blog displays authors. An author that was later removed shows as "(deleted)". |
| Image | No | JPG or PNG, up to 5 MB | The banner image. It is also used as the card image in lists and as the social sharing image. Landscape images work best: featured posts show it at 350 px tall across the full width. |
| Intro Description | Yes | 1 to 1000 characters | The summary on list cards. It is also the default meta description of the post. |
| Categories | No | Any number of the blog's categories | + Add new Category creates one without leaving the post. |
| Tags | No | Any number of the blog's tags | + Add new Tag creates one without leaving the post. |
| Content | Yes | 1 to 1,000,000 characters | The article body. See The editor. |
The Live Preview link at the top right of this section opens the post on your site without saving it. See Live preview.
The editor
The content editor is a full rich text editor. The toolbar offers, from left to right:
- Undo and redo, show blocks, find and replace, select all.
- Heading (paragraph, headings) and Styles (presets such as Article category, Title, Subtitle, Info box, Side quote, Marker, Spoiler and two code styles).
- Font size, font family, text colour and background colour.
- Bold, italic, underline, and a formatting menu with strikethrough, subscript, superscript, inline code, horizontal line and remove formatting.
- Special characters and page break.
- Link, Upload image, Insert table.
- An insert menu with highlight, block quote, media embed for videos, code block and HTML embed.
- Text alignment, bulleted, numbered and to-do lists, indent and outdent.
- Source, which shows and lets you edit the HTML.
Images in the content. Click the upload image button, or paste or drag an image into the editor. Images must be 5 MB or smaller. They are stored in the blog's image folder under post, with a timestamp added to the file name. After inserting, click the image to set alternative text, a caption, alignment and size (original, 50% or 75%).
Videos. Use the media embed option and paste the video URL from YouTube, Vimeo or a similar service.
Links. External links open in a new tab. When you add a link, a Downloadable toggle marks it as a file download.
Pasting from Word. Pasting from Microsoft Word keeps the formatting. Use Remove formatting if the result is messy.
Source mode and HTML embed let you insert scripts and any markup, and the site renders it as is. Only give editor access to people you trust with the site.
Attachments
Attachments are files visitors can download from the post page.
- Save the post first. On a new post the section reads "Save the post first to add attachments".
- Click the upload area or drag files onto it. Any file type is accepted, up to 100 MB per file, several files at once.
- Each attachment shows its original name and a Link Color (hex) field. Enter a colour such as
#007bffto colour that download link on the site. The format must be#RGBor#RRGGBB. - Download opens the file from the File Cabinet. Delete asks for confirmation and removes both the attachment and the file.
On the site, attachments appear after the content as "Download File: name" with an icon based on the file type. When there are two or more, a Download All Files link appears. Files are stored under Live Hosting Files/attachments with a random name and are available without login, but visitors see the original file name.
SEO
| Field | Required | Rules | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Path | Yes | Lowercase letters, numbers and hyphens, up to 100 characters | The last segment of the post URL. Generated from the title until you edit it. Punctuation and accented letters in the title produce an invalid path, so correct it before saving. |
| Publish Date | Yes | A valid date and time | When the post becomes visible. See Scheduling. |
| Meta Title | No | Up to 100 characters | The browser title and search result title. Defaults to the post Title. |
| Meta Keywords | No | Up to 300 characters | Defaults to the names of the post's tags. |
| Addition to Head | No | Free text | Raw HTML added to the <head> of this post's page only. Use it for a tracking snippet or a custom meta tag. |
| Meta Description | No | Free text | The description meta tag and social sharing description. Defaults to the Intro Description. |
If two posts of the same blog share a path, the site shows the one with the newest publish date and the other becomes unreachable. Keep paths unique.
Marketing
| Field | What it does on the site |
|---|---|
| Related Items | Products shown in a Related Items grid under the post, with image, name, rating and price. |
| Side Nav Featured Items | Products shown in a Featured Items block in the sidebar of the post. With a single item the block stays on screen while the visitor scrolls, so one item gets the most attention. |
Type at least one character to search. The search matches the start of the item name, display name or caption, and lists items that are active and displayed on the website. Matrix child items are excluded. At most ten matches are shown, so be specific.
Both fields also feed the product page: when the blog has posts on product pages enabled, a product's Documents tab lists every post that has that product in either field.
Settings
| Checkbox | Effect |
|---|---|
| Featured | The post card spans the full width of the list and shows a larger image. It does not change the order of posts. |
| Inactive | Hides the post from the site, from the sitemap and from lists. Use it as the draft state. |
| Disallow Comments | Hides the comment list and form on this post. Only shown when the blog has Post Comment available on. |
| Don't show in Homepage | Saved with the post, but the current storefront does not read it. The post still appears in the list. |
| Required Access Level | Only shown when the blog has a Permission Source List. Pick the levels that may read this post. Leave it empty for a public post. See Restricting posts. |
Remove at the bottom left deletes the post after the confirmation "This action cannot be undone. This will permanently delete the post." If NetSuite refuses because other records reference the post, the dialog shows the error and suggests marking the post Inactive instead.
Scheduling a post
Set Publish Date to a future date and time and save. The post shows Unpublished in the dashboard and stays hidden on the site until that moment, then appears on its own. No job runs to publish it: the site compares the date with the current time on every request.
- The time you enter is interpreted in your browser's time zone and stored in UTC.
- The site converts to your company time zone using an offset that a daily job maintained by BrokenRubik keeps current. If scheduled posts appear an hour early or late around daylight saving changes, contact us — see Changes only we can make.
- The sitemap includes scheduled posts as soon as they are saved.
Live preview
Live Preview opens the post on the Live Preview Domain set in Blog Settings, in a new tab, with the content currently in the form, even if it is not saved and even if the post is inactive or scheduled. Use it to check layout before publishing.
What preview shows differently from the live page:
- Related items and sidebar items are shown.
- Attachments, campaigns and comments are not shown.
- Author and tag links are disabled.
- The banner image may not show in preview. Save the post to see it on the live page.
Preview visits are not counted as views.
Deleting versus hiding
Deleting is permanent and also breaks any external links to the post. Prefer Inactive for posts you might bring back. Attachments are not deleted with the post, so remove them first if you want their files gone.
How the post looks on the site
From top to bottom: a Go back link, the title, the banner image, the author and date line, the Share links, the content, the attachments, the tags, the campaign banners, the Related Items grid, and the comments. The sidebar holds the search box, categories, the archive and the featured items. See Your blog on your site for details.