Available on Cloud websites, the blogs, activities, and events pages are a quick and easy way to provide quality content to your guests.
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. Each of these areas can be setup with Categories, to which you can assign a specific activity, for example. Category names can be the same for any or all of these areas, but must be entered individually in each. Categories can then be used as filters by people visiting your site and can be included in the Main Menu navigation.
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You will require Content Manager privileges or higher to access this area of the website. See your website administrator for assistance.
How to Access Blogs, Activities, and Events
Start by navigating to the Dashboard
Blogs, Activities, and Events are available under Content Manager
Click on either Blog, Activities, or Events to view existing Categories and/or entries or create new ones
How to Add New Categories
Categories are optional, but starting by adding them is a good first step. They can also be added later and added to a blog post, activity or event after it has been created. The process of setting up categories starts by selecting which area to which you want to add the category or categories.
Select either Blogs, Activities, or Events under the Content Manager settings in the Dashboard
Click on the blue button on the top right as follows:
For Blogs, click on Blog Categories then Add blog category
For Activities, click on Activity Types then Add activity type
For Events, click on Event Types then Add event type
Enter a Name for the category. The subsequent fields are optional: (see sample below)
Page Headline (if left blank the term name will be used)
Description
Page Title (provides a description of this term to appear in the <title> tag which search engines can use in search result listings)
Hit the Save button at the bottom and the category is now ready to use
Repeat Steps 3-4 for each Category you wish to add
How to Add New Blogs, Activities, and Events
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Click on Blog Posts then Create blog post
Click on the Content tab if it’s not selected already
Enter a Title
Select a Category
Provide additional text content in the Body
Upload a Header Image by clicking on the Browse button, Choose File, Upload, Next, and Save
Hit the Save button at the bottom of the page when you have completed the setup
You can preview a Blog Post after it has been created by clicking on the title in the lists of posts you have created
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How to Add a New Activity
Click on Activities then Create activity
Click on the Content tab if it’s not selected already
Enter an Activity Title
Provide additional text content in the Body
Upload an Activity Image by clicking on the Browse button, Choose File, Upload, Next, and Save
Select an Activity Category
You can preview an Activity as you are creating it by clicking the blue Preview button at the bottom of the screen. After it has been created you can preview it by clicking on the title in the lists of activities you have created
Hit the Save button at the bottom of the page when you have completed the setup
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How to Add a New Event
Click on Events then Create event
Click on the Event Content tab if it’s not selected already
Enter an Event Title
Provide additional text content in the Body
Enter the Date and Time for the event
For multi-day events, click on Show End Date to enter a start and end date
You are required to enter a Start and End time. The Hour choices are presented as a 24 hour clock. Choosing 13-23 for the hour will display 1 -11 pm on the Event page, i.e., choosing 21 will display 9 pm; choosing 0 will display 12 am
Upload an Event Image by clicking on the Browse button, Choose File, Upload, Next, and Save
Select an Event Category
Hit the Save You can preview an Event as you are creating it by clicking the blue Preview button at the bottom of the page
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How to Add New Categories
The process of setting up categories is very similar for Blogs, Activities, and Events.
Start by selecting either Blogs, Activities, or Events under the Content Manager settings in the Dashboard
Click on the blue button on the top right as follows:
For Blogs, click on Blog Categories then Add blog category
For Activities, click on Activity Types then Add activity type
For Events, click on Event Types then Add event type
Enter a Name for the category. The subsequent fields are optional:
Page Headline (if left blank the term name will be used)
Description
Page Title (provides a description of this term to appear in the <title> tag which search engines can use in search result listings)Hit the Save button at the bottom and the category is now ready to use
screen. After it has been created you can preview it by clicking on the title in the lists of events you have created
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of the page when you have completed the setup
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Examples of Blogs, Activities, and Events
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