Configuring the Blogs App

You can control how the app behaves for all blogs in your site.

1. Open the Site Menu ( ) and navigate to Content and Data → Blogs.

2. Click Options () at the top-right of the app.

   

3. Configure the available options below.

Export/Import: Export or import a LAR file that contains the blogs app’s content. See Exporting/Importing Widget Data to learn more about the process.

Entries Permissions: Configure the permissions for blog entries. You can control which roles can add an entry, configure entry permissions, and subscribe to entries.

Configuration: Configure the following options for the blogs app, in these tabs:

Email From: Define the From field in the email messages sent from blogs.

Entry Added Email: Define a subject and body for the emails sent when a new blog entry has been added.

Entry Updated Email: Define a subject and body for the emails sent when a new blog entry has been updated.

RSS: Enable RSS subscription and choose how blogs are published to RSS readers.

• Maximum Items to Display: Choose the total number of RSS feed entries to display on the initial page. You can choose up to 100 to be displayed.

• Display Style: Choose between Full Content, Abstract, and Title for the entry display in the RSS feed.

• Format: Choose which format the RSS feed uses to deliver the entries: Atom 1.0, RSS 1.0, or RSS 2.0.