Add existing blogs or blog libraries to a page

You can add a JSR 286 Web Content Viewer to a page to point to an existing blog or blog library on the site.

Refer to the following steps only when you are adding a Web Content Viewer portlet from the Page Properties menu and configuring this Web Content Viewer to point to an existing blog or blog library.

To create a new blog or blog library, use the Customize link to add a blog or blog library to a page.

1. After adding a JSR 286 Web Content Viewer to a page, click on the drop-down menu located in the Web Content Viewer title bar, and select Edit Shared Settings.

2. By Content Type, select Content Item.

3. By Content, click Edit, and select an existing blog from the library drop-down menu.

4. Expand Content by Site Area.

   For example, click Content by Site Area > Blog > Central (to locate a specific blog library template) or Content by Site Area > Blog > Blog template name.

5. Select a blog or blog library to render in the Web Content Viewer, and click OK.

6. If you added the Web Content viewer to the page using the Page Properties menu, configure the Broadcasting settings of the Web Content viewer.

   1. Expand Advanced Options to view the Links section.

   2. Ensure the Broadcast links to option is set to None or This page.

   3. Ensure the Receive Links from option, is set to This Portlet Only Or Other portlets and this portlet.

Parent topic:

Work with blogs

Related tasks

Set up a remote Web Content Viewer
Set up a local Web Content Viewer

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