Create a Blog Post

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1. Navigate to the blog.
2. Click New. The Post window appears.
3. In the Write tab, enter a name in the Title field.
4. In the same tab type, format, and/or add media to your blog post.
5. If you want to set further options:
   1. Click Options.
   2. If you want to use different keywords from your title for a URL, enter them into the Post URL field.
   3. To add an image, click Select/Uploadunder Post Image.
      1. Navigate to the image.
      2. Select the image (Open or Choose).
   4. If you want to future-date your post, click the calendar under Publication Date. The month/day calendar appears.
   1. 1. Click the desired publication date. The date appears in the Publication Date field in YYYY-MM-DD format.
      2. If you want to post the future-dated post at a specific time, edit the time in the Publication Date field.
6. To attach a file or URL, click Upload file.
   1. Navigate to the desired file.
   2. Click Open.
7. Under the Post Summary drop-down list, select the desired option:
   1. No post summary - Does not display a summary.
   2. Automatic post summary - The default summary (appears in RSS, activity streams, emails, and blog post lists). Default is the first 250 characters of the post.
   3. Custom Summary - Select this if you prefer not to use the first 250 characters of the post and want to write your own.
8. Notify me when someone comments on this post - When someone comments on the post, the post author will be notified by email. (Note that if the author has not allowed notifications on his/her Settings > Email tab, he/she will not receive email notifications even if the Email Notification property is enabled on this blog setup page.)
9. Open graph - Specify any open graph options you want. The options add meta elements to the page source for Facebook when your Group on APAN is PUBLIC FACING.
   1. Title - Adds a title for the page to the page source.
   2. Description - Adds a description to the page source.
   3. Image - Adds a description to the page source.

    

10. Search engine optimization - Specify any SEO options you want. The options increase search targeting for your post when your Group on APAN is PUBLIC FACING.
    1. Title - Specify the title you want search engines to use for the post, if you do not want the post's title used.
    2. Keywords - Comma-separated list of terms that could improve search engine result lists.
    3. Description - A custom excerpt from the post.
11. Click Post.