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Blogs

Within the “Blogs” tab all blogs of the portal are listed and can be managed.

Blog index​

The table contains the following information:

  • Title: The name of the blog entry.
  • Blogger: The user who created the blog entry.
  • Approval comment *(VIMP Enterprise and Campus only)***:**Lists the approval comments of the blog entry.
  • Created at: The creation date of the blog entry.
  • Status: The status of the blog entry (created, verify, illegal, legal, deleted).

By moving the mouse over a blog title in the list in the blog index a blog context sub menu appears:

VIMP blog index

  • Edit: Clicking “Edit” opens the “Edit Blog” page. Modify the blog entry settings here.
  • Status change: Depending on the current status of the blog the status can be changed (e.g. “Lock”).
  • Recalculate statistics: Clicking “Recalculate statistics” updates the usage statistics of the selected blog.
  • Comments: Clicking “Comments” lists all comments of a blog entry.
  • Delete: Clicking “Delete” marks the blog entry as deleted from the portal. Actually, the blog entry remains on the system and can still be managed in the admin panel, but is no more accessible in the portal.

Irrevocable deleting a blog post (purge)​

By activating the status filter “deleted” all blog posts that have been marked as deleted (and thus aren’t active in the portal anymore) will be listed.

They can be deleted irrevocable (complete deletion from the database) by clicking the “Purge” link in the context menu of the according blog post.

You can also delete several or all deleted blog posts by checking the blog post checkboxes and then executing the according batch action. Note that the batch action “Purge” only works within the filter “deleted” respectively only for blog posts with status “deleted”.

Blog information​

By clicking the title of a blog post the blog info view opens.

VIMP blog information view

In this view all information about the blog is shown in a brief overview.

Clicking the “Edit” button in the lower left corner leads you directly to the “Edit blog” page.

Editing a blog post​

In this view all settings of a blog can be modified.

Main information​

VIMP blog main information

Within the main information form, the blog post title can be modified, and the owner can be changed.

Furthermore, tags can be added and modified.

Teaser​

VIMP blog teaser

The teaser text appears on the blog overview list.

Text​

VIMP blog text

The text of the actual blog post can be edited here.

Save your changes by clicking the “Save” button or discard them by hitting the “Cancel” button.

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