How the Blog Moderator works Print

The Blog Moderator:
For all those who have the ability to blog on your site, you may turn on our Blog Moderator. This will ensure that all blog posts are first reviewed by a selected admin(s) before going live on the site. 

NOTE - Only agents who have the Agent Portal have the ability to blog. For more info on Agent Portals please contact your sales agent.

*For instructions on enabling the Blog Moderator, please see the article "How to enable the Blog Moderator".

1. How the Blog Moderator works.

1. Once the Blog Moderator is turned on, the admin who was selected to review the blogs will receive an email every time an agent tries to publish a new blog post.

2. You can see posts that are in need of reviewing by going to Blog > Posts > click on the tab labeled “Posts In Moderation” (posts in need of reviewing will also appear in the list of all posts, with a red tag stating “Under Review”)

3. If you click on the post title, you will be brought to the post and there will be 2 buttons at the bottom of the page: “Approve” and “Deny”

4. If you choose to approve this post, simply click on the green “Approve” button and the blog post will automatically be published on the site, and that agent will receive an email letting them know it’s been approved.

5. If you do not wish to approve this post, click on the red “Deny” button. You will then see a box that requires you to write a reason on why the post was denied and list what they need to change. That agent will then receive an email telling them that they need to edit their post.

6. Once the agent edits their post with the correct adjustments, the post will go back into moderation. (Please Note: Every time a post is edited it will go back into moderation mode and need reviewing before being published. Posts cannot be edited by agents OR admins while in moderation mode)

2. The “Posts” tab will show you your list of blog posts.

1. To add a new blog post, click the green button at the top of the page labeled “New Post”.

2. Create a title for your post

3. Click “Suggest Slug” to automatically add a URL Alias

4. Choose a category for your post

5. Add content to your blog post

6. If adding listings to your post, you can begin to type either an MLS ID or an address in the box below the content box, and listings will appear in the drop-down box. Simply click on the listing(s) you'd like to add to your post

7. To the right of the page, you can add tags to your post. Select some tags from the list or add new tags by adding a comma to separate tags.

8. Below that, you can add a Featured Image to your post. The Featured Image will display as a large image at the top of your blog post.

9. Under Post Options, make sure “Publish” is checked if you wish to publish your post immediately and check the “Allow Comments” box if you wish to allow readers to leave comments on your post.

10. If your adding or editing a post and want to keep it unpublished until you're happy with it, set the "Publish Date" to 5 years or so in the future.
    When you are happy with your post, set the "Publish Date" back to whenever you want the post to publish.

*To the right of your screen you’ll see a calendar, like the one below.

1. Click on the calendar icon, and the calendar will pop up.

2. Click on the month/year to bring up the option to select your month

3. Click on your preferred month to select.

3. When you create a blog post, you will see that you need to choose a category to put it in. These categories organize your company's blog posts into different groups.

1. By going to Blog > Category you can see the list of categories.

1. Click the Pencil icon to edit the category

2. Click the Trash Can icon to delete the category

2. To create a new category, go to Blog > New Category

1. Create a title for your new category

2. Click “Suggest Slug” to automatically create a Listing URL

3. The “Sort” box is optional in case you have a category that you want to put at the top of the list (or just in a certain spot). If left blank, categories will be sorted in alphabetical order

4. Click Save!

4. The “Comments” tab simply lists all comments that were added to blog posts on the site.

5. The Blog Settings section is where you can edit Blog Options. Also, you can edit Metadata, the Blog Moderator, and enable Disqus in the Blog Settings section.

 The “Posts” tab will show you your list of blog posts.

1. The “Comments” tab simply lists all comments that were added to blog posts on the site.
2. The Blog Settings section is where you can edit Blog Options. Also, you can edit Metadata, the Blog Moderator, and enable Disqus in the Blog Settings section.