Create a blog for the community
Use a blog to share information with the community in an efficient, dynamic style.
When we are a community owner, we can create a blog for the exclusive use of community members.
Where the blog displays and how other users interact with it depends on whether it is public, private, or moderated. Users and owners can access community blogs in the following ways:
- Blogs created for public communities are public blogs. In addition to being available to people who join or visit the community page, they are displayed on the Blogs Home page and are available for all to read.
- Blogs created for restricted communities are available only to the community members. This type of blog is not available from the All Blogs list on the Blogs Home page, but we can view and manage it from the My Blog page.
If we create a blog for a restricted community, but then change the community to a public community, the blog is displayed on the Blogs Home page and is available for all to read.
To create a blog for the community.
- Click Blog on the Community overview page.
- Choose New Entry to create the first blog entry.
- Return to the community. The new entry displays in the Blog area.
Certain rich-text items that you add to a blog entry appear as plain text if you view them from the community overview page. For example, if you show the details so we can view an entry from the community overview page, links appear as plain text and emoticons do not display. When you open the entry we see the link in its proper format and be able to view the emoticon.
What to do next
From the community, we can do the following:
- Create a blog entry by clicking Create Blog Entry.
- See all entries for the blog by clicking View All to open the Blog page.
- Change blog settings, such as the title, description, tags, time zone, member access, and whether the comments should be moderated, by clicking Community Actions > Edit Community, and then clicking the Blog tab.
The community blog that you create also displays on the My Blog page. We can edit the settings for the blog from that page as well as from the community.
Parent topic:
Work with a community blog
Related concepts:
Who can see my blog? Creating public and restricted blogs
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