Instructions for Blog Moderators

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Instructions for Blog Moderators

Registered users who have been posting a lot of material may be granted Blog Moderator rights.  Blog Moderators have the privilege of managing their own posts without requiring the approval of a moderator.  At the bottom of the create a blog post page, which includes the text boxes for title and text body, you will now see the items shown below at the bottom of this article under "Publishing Options."

 

  • Unclick the "Announce this post on Twitter."  All our posts are going to the PlacerSustsain Twitter account by other means.
  • You would ordinary leave the "Do not send notifications for this update" unchecked.
  • Ignore Book Outline, Revision Information, and URL path settings.
  • If you wish to attach a file, follow those instructions.
  • Comment settings by default allow comments, you can change if you wish.
  • Authoring Information.  The default inserts the PlacerSustain username that you logged in with.
  • Click on "Publishing options" to expand the drop down, if necessary.
  • Under "Publishing options" you would check "Published," "Promoted to front page," "Send Subscription Notifications," and "Has been moderated."  Do not check "Sticky at top of lists."
  • Please note that if you edit something that has already been posted, un-check "Send Subscription Notices," otherwise people will be re-notified of minor editorial changes.
  • [Note:  If you are publishing a Forum Topic, do not click on "Promoted to front page."
  • DON'T FORGET TO CLICK "SAVE."  If you navigate away from this page before saving, everything is lost and you have to start over. 

    ---------------------------------[Below is a copy of the content manager block, "Publishing Options"] that you can edit with Blog Moderator rights]

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