Blog

The Blog component allows people to read multiple posts ordered by date.

Some examples of where this component was used:

Example of blog posts list Example of a blog post

To configure the Blog component:

  1. Sign in as admin

  2. Go to admin panel

  3. 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".

  4. Go to components

  5. Click on "Add component" button

  6. Click on "Blog"

  7. Fill the Add component form

Add component

Add component form

Table 1. Add component: Blog form
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.

Table 2. Add component: Blog form - Global settings
Field Type Description

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.

Table 3. Add component: Blogs form - Step settings
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.

Permissions

An administrator can choose which kind of Authorizations a participant need to have to make certain actions in the blogs:

  • Comment

  • Endorse

Manage posts

Manage posts table

New post form

New post form

Table 4. New post form
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

Table 5. Actions
Icon Name Definition

Edit icon

Edit

Edit form for this post. It’s the same form as "New post".

Folder icon

Folder

For classifying Attachments.

Attachments icon

Attachments

Documents that are related to the post.

Permissions icon

Permissions

To handle the permissions of this post, depending on the verification a participant has.

Delete icon

Delete

To delete this post.