Writing and Managing Blog Posts
The Blogs tab is where you create and manage the blog posts, tags, and categories that appear on your AgentLoft website. Everything is grouped into five areas, opened from the Blogs menu in the top navigation.
Blog Global Settings
Controls where key blog elements sit across your site. You can set the position of three elements, each using a dropdown with Top, Right, or Disable:
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Author Card Position
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Chapter Section Position
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Sidebar Position
Click Save Settings to apply your changes.
Blogs › Blog Global Settings
Blog Home Page
The configuration screen for your blog’s landing page, built from stackable components:
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Meta Data: expand this to fill in the page’s meta data (such as its title and description) for search engines.
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Add Component (+): opens the Component Library, where you can add elements such as a Top Bar, Nav Bar, Hero Component, Featured Blog, and Blog List.
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Existing components can be moved up or down, edited, or removed.
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Sidebars: toggle Display Sidebar on or off and choose what appears.
Click Save Blog Home Page to save, or Save and View Blog Home Page to save and preview.
Blogs › Blog Home Page — component builder
Blog Posts
The Manage Blogs screen lists all of your posts. Use Search Blogs or the Categories, Tags, and Users filters to find one. Each row shows the post’s title, author, status, and dates, with icons to view, edit, duplicate, or delete it.
Blogs › Blog Posts — Manage Blogs list
To create a post, click Add New Blog and complete the form:
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Under Blog Information, enter the Blog Title and Blog URL, set Page Status (Active or On Hold), and choose an Author.
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Add Categories and Tags, a Cover Photo (paste a URL or click Browse to upload), and any Related Blogs. Turn on Featured to highlight the post.
Create Blog — Blog Information
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Under Post Date and Time, pick when the post goes live. A future date keeps it hidden until then, and a current or past date makes it live right away. Click Now to use the current time.
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Under Meta Data, add a Meta Title, Meta Tags, and Meta Description for search engines.
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Click Create and View Blog to save and preview the post, or Schedule Blog to schedule it for the date and time you set.
Create Blog — scheduling and meta data
Tip: Set a future date and time and the post stays hidden until it publishes itself, so you can line up content in advance. Times use your company timezone.
Blog Tags
Tags are short keywords you attach to posts to group related content. On Manage Blog Tags, use Search Tags to find one, or click Add New, enter a Tag Name and Tag URL, and click Save.
Add Blog Tag
Blog Categories
Categories are broader groupings for your posts. Manage Blog Categories lists each category with its URL and dates.
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Click Add New Category (or the pencil icon to edit one) and fill in the Category Name, Page Title, Description, Meta Description, Meta Keywords, and Category URL, then click Save.
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Use the trash icon to delete a category.
Blogs › Blog Categories — Manage Blog Categories list
Need help? Email support@agentloft.com.