Blogs
General information
Overview
The Blog component allows people to read multiple posts ordered by date.
Examples
Some examples of where this component was used:
- News in Propose new functionalities for Decidim software in Metadecidim
Options
To configure the Blog component:
- Sign in as admin
- Go to admin panel
- In the main sidebar, click in the button for the space that you want to configure the component for. For instance, it could be "Processes", "Assemblies" or "Conferences".
- Go to components
- Click on "Add component" button
- Click on "Blog"
- Fill the Add component form
Add the component
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Required | What is the title of this component. For instance, "Blogs" |
| Order position | Optional | Which order will it have in relation to the other blogs. Having a lower number means a higher priority. For instance, if you have two blogs, "Blog a" with weight "10" and "Blog b" with weight "0", then "Blog b" will be first when ordering. |
| Announcement | Optional | A general announcement that’ll be visible on the general blogs landing page. |
| Comments enabled | Optional | Whether you want to have comments in the meetings. |
| Comments max length | Optional | What is the characters limit that participants will have when making comments. Leave 0 for default value. |
In the cases where the space that this component will be used has Phases, for instance, in Participatory Processes, then you can also define different behaviors per Step.
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Announcement | Optional | A general announcement that’ll be visible on the general blog landing page. |
| Comments blocked | Optional | Whether you want to enable comments creation for this phase. |
| Endorsements enabled | Optional | Whether you want to enable endorsements for this phase. |
| Endorsements blocked | Optional | Whether you want to disable adding new endorsements for this phase. |
Manage posts
Create a new post
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Create post as | Required | Participant account or user group that will be the author of the post. |
| Title | Required | What is the title of this post. |
| Body | Required | What is the description of this post. |
Actions
Edit: Edit form for this post. It’s the same form as "New post".
Folder: For classifying attachments
Attachments: Documents that are related to the post.
Permissions: To handle the permissions of this post, depending on the verification a participant has.
Delete: To delete this post
Permissions
An administrator can choose which kind of Authorizations a participant need to have to make certain actions in the blogs:
- Comment
- Endorse
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