Blogs, Activities, and Events

Owned by Kevin Franco (Deactivated)
Last updated: Jul 15, 2020 by Denny Meredith-Orr (Deactivated)
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Available on Cloud websites, the blogs, activities, and events pages are a quick and easy way to provide quality content to your guests. 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.


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

  1. Start by navigating to the Dashboard

  2. Blogs, Activities, and Events are available under Content Manager

  3. 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.

  1. Select either Blogs, Activities, or Events under the Content Manager settings in the Dashboard

  2. Click on the blue button on the top right as follows:

    1. For Blogs, click on Blog Categories then Add blog category

    2. For Activities, click on Activity Types then Add activity type

    3. For Events, click on Event Types then Add event type

  3. Enter a Name for the category. The subsequent fields are optional: (see sample below)

    1. Page Headline (if left blank the term name will be used)

    2. Description

    3. Page Title (provides a description of this term to appear in the <title> tag which search engines can use in search result listings)

  4. Hit the Save button at the bottom and the category is now ready to use

  5. Repeat Steps 3-4 for each Category you wish to add

     

How to Add New Blogs, Activities, and Events

If you are setting up Blogs, Activities, and Events for the first time, see the section titled How to Add New Categories to get started.

How to Add a New Blog Post

  1. Click on Blog Posts then Create blog post

  2. Click on the Content tab if it’s not selected already

    1. Enter a Title

    2. Select a Category

    3. Provide additional text content in the Body

    4. Upload a Header Image by clicking on the Browse button, Choose File, Upload, Next, and Save

  3. Hit the Save button at the bottom of the page when you have completed the setup

  4. You can preview a Blog Post after it has been created by clicking on the title in the lists of posts you have created

How to Add a New Activity

  1. Click on Activities then Create activity

  2. Click on the Content tab if it’s not selected already

    1. Enter an Activity Title

    2. Provide additional text content in the Body

    3. Upload an Activity Image by clicking on the Browse button, Choose File, Upload, Next, and Save

    4. Select an Activity Category

  3. 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

  4. Hit the Save button at the bottom of the page when you have completed the setup

How to Add a New Event

  1. Click on Events then Create event

  2. Click on the Event Content tab if it’s not selected already

    1. Enter an Event Title

    2. Provide additional text content in the Body

    3. Enter the Date and Time for the event

      1. For multi-day events, click on Show End Date to enter a start and end date

      2. 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

    4. Upload an Event Image by clicking on the Browse button, Choose File, Upload, Next, and Save

    5. Select an Event Category

  3. You can preview an Event 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 events you have created

  4. Hit the Save button at the bottom of the page when you have completed the setup

Examples of Blogs, Activities, and Events

What do they look like once they’re ready? See below for some examples:

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