Blog Content Types
The Blog content types provide the tools necessary to post articles, generate an RSS Feed, and feature the feed throughout your site.
Important Information
The Blog content type(s) require a slightly altered page layout in the Terminalfour system to ensure proper metadata is used if shared on social media. Please contact websupport@uwf.edu for assistance before using on your website.
The Blog content type(s) allow you to post articles, stories, updates, how-tos, etc to the web. The main content type will automatically generate a secondary webpage. This means that you do not need to create sub-sections for each item.
At a Glance
- Requires Placeholder: Yes
- Placement: Any Section
- Special Setup: Yes
- Image Sizes: --
Blog Entry contains the following elements:
- Name - Used in Sitemanager only. This does NOT show up on your webpage.
- Headline - This will be your content heading (<h2>). Larger, bold text with extra spacing.
- Author - Field to credit the blog post's author.
- Email Address - Field that properly formats an email address link.
- Release Date - Field to note the blog post's date.
- Teaser Text - Paragraph callout text meant to describe your page or content.
- Blog Content - The main area for your content. In this case, the blog post content.
- Image - Use this to select an image from the Media Library.
- Image Caption - Describe your image here, this is very helpful for accessible images.
- Dividing Bar - Helps to separate pieces of content.
