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Blogs work similarly to News Pages where they allow the ability for information to be posted on an area on your website which will provide updates to your membership. They also allow anyone who views your Blog(s) to comment or add feedback to your information on the page. This can be used to provide feedback discussions about your club, website, events etc.

Creating a Blog Page


1. The first step to creating a Blog page is to select where you would like it to be displayed on your site. The Blog page type can be created at the root level of your site or as a sub-page of any previously created page.
2. Click 'New' in the upper left corner of Club Central to create a new page. A menu will appear in the content area displaying the various page types you can create. Select 'Blog'.




3) Below is an example of what needs to be completed when creating a Blog Page. Make the appropriate adjustments and setting changes for how the members and guests can view the blog.





4) Click 'Save' to create the page.


Creating a Blog Page Type


1) Select the Blog Page recently created to hold the Blog page and click 'New' in the upper left corner of the Content Tree.

2) Select 'Blog Month' or 'Blog Post' from the list of available page types.

• Blog Month – for the creation of blogs categorized by month
• Blog Post – a single blog

** Select the Blog Month when creating several blogs within a month period.



3) After choosing the page type, complete the information for the month.



4) Once the form is completed, Click 'Save'.


Creating a New Blog Post Page Type


1) Select the Blog Month where the new blog post should be added and select 'New' in the upper left corner of the Content Tree.

2) Select "Blog Post"




3) Complete the information that should display for the blog post.




4) Once the information is completed, click 'Save'


This is an example of what the live website will appear when viewing the blog post.



When a person comments on the blog, the administrator has control to edit or remove the post from the blog page. This ability will allow administrators manage unnecessary or unwanted blog posts. Below is an example of  the edit menu.



After editing, adminstrators can save the post and display it on the website.





What is an RSS feed?


A RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feed provides frequently updated content published by a website. The feeds are commonly used for news and blog websites allowing members to view current club information without having to log on to the website. A feed can have the same content as a webpage, but it's often formatted differently. When a person subscribes to an RSS feed, the internet browser automatically checks the website and downloads new content so subscribers can see what is new since they last visited the feed.

For members to subscribe to an RSS Feed of the blog they just have to simply select the RSS link :



which will take them to the following page to subscribe to the RSS feed to the Blogs. This will work like any other RSS feed that the member has subscribed to with regular updates as the Blog continues to update.

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