Brightspot Content Types Guide

Adding posts to a live blog


You can add posts to a live blog.

To add a post to a live blog:

  1. Open the live blog in the content edit form.
  2. In the New Blog Post widget, click Create and Edit Posts.
    Create and edit posts button
    Create And Edit Posts button
  3. Using the following table as a reference, complete the fields as needed.
  4. Complete your site's workflow and publish the post.
Field Description
Headline Enter a headline. This headline is visible to the visitors to your site.
Authors Select one or more authors. The authors are visible to visitors to your site.

For information about creating an author, see Author.
Body Use the rich-text editor to include text, lists, images, and links to other assets. Text in this field is visible to visitors to your site.

For information about using the rich-text editor, see Rich-text editor.

The following illustration shows just one example of how Brightspot renders a post to a live blog.

Rendered live blog post
Rendered live blog post

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