In this article we will explain how to add a new post in the CMS. This function is usually used for blog or online magazine articles or news updates.
1. Creating a New Post
To create a new post using the structure of an existing post, follow these steps:
- Login to the CMS and click on the “Posts” tab in the menu on the left hand side.
- You should be able to see a list with all the posts that already exist within your website. Now find an article you wish to use as the base for your article. For example, when you want to add a new Meet the Team-article, you use the last Meet the Team-article you have uploaded.
- Hover with your cursor on the one you would like to copy. A new menu will appear below of the post’s title. Click on the “Duplicate This” / “Clone” option (depends on your CMS version).
- A new post has been created that has exactly the same title with the one you chose to clone, but it’s been saved as a “Draft”. Click on the title of the draft post to edit its content.
- When you open the new post firstly you have to create a new title.
- Then you can start editing the existing text elements and paste your new text. Always do so by using the Text-Tab, on the right top of the text field (not in the Visuals-tab), otherwise, you risk copying styling from the source you copy the text from, into the article.
- Paste your text in between the parts of code if you wish to keep the exact same styling of the article you duplicated. Once you have pasted your text in there, you can switch to the Visual-tab again and adjust the styling to how you wish (if not yet).
- After you have finished replacing the content of your post with the new one you have to choose a category for your post and an image that will be displayed on the posts slider. If you copied the article of the same series you are creating a new article for, this category will automatically be set to the right one. You will only need to replace the image then!These options are presented on the right side of your screen (see image).
2. Finalizing the Post – Publish, Save as Draft or Schedule Post for a Future Date
- When you are done with all the changes you can Preview your post (on the right side) and if you are happy with the result you can Publish it or just save it as a Draft:
In case you have a post slider (with the latest posts) on your website your post will be immediately visible after you publish it. Publish your post only when you are ready or else just save it as a Draft.
How to Publish the Article Automatically at a Set Time & Date
If you wish the article to automatically be published at a specific time and date, you can do so in the following manner:
- Navigate to the menu on your right hand side and press Edit behind ‘Publish’:
- Adjust the date and time to that of when you would like the article to be published.
- It will now say ‘Schedule for’ instead of ‘Publish’
- Press Update to save all of your changes and schedule the article for the moment of your choice.
We always recommend to double-check at the time and date of your scheduled article, if it got indeed published and if correctly.
3. Place the Sticky Note back in Front
If you have included a blog post on your website that you wish to always keep displaying as the first post on your overview page (so-called Sticky), you have to follow the next steps after you have published your new article.
If you just scheduled your article to publish in the future, you will have to follow the steps below after your article got published.
- Navigate to the Posts overview:
- Press Quick Edit below the title of the Sticky when you hover over it
- In the Date section, change the date and/or time to any after that of the article you just published, but not a date in the future (as the sticky will then be scheduled instead of published). If you just published an article on 20 March at 10:00, you change the date/time of the Sticky to 20 March 10:01 for example.
- The Sticky is now set as the latest published article and will be displayed in the front.