Author: Setting a Featured Image for a Post

By: Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Featured images are used to set the thumbnail (through the Open Graph protocol) on social sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn.  

Please note: If the featured image is not set, the first image in a post will be used when sharing to social sites. If a post lacks any images, the network's Default Image for Social Sharing will be used (your blog Administrator controls the default image).

To add a featured image to a post:

1.  Login at www.compendiumblog.com with your Author credentials

2.  Compose a...

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Administrator: Setting a Featured Image for a Post

By: Wednesday, May 16, 2012

As an Administrator, you have the ability to set a featured image for your network. Featured images are used to set the thumbnail (through the Open Graph protocol) on social sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn.  

Please note:  If the featured image is not set, the first image in a post will be used when sharing to social sites. If a post lacks any images, your network's Default Image for Social Sharing will be used.

To add a featured image to a post:

1.  Login at www.compendiumblog.comwith your...

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Administrator: Adding In-Post Tracking to a Link or PDF

By: Friday, April 6, 2012
As an Administrator, you have the ability to add tracking to a link or PDF within a post. This tracking will show in your network's Google Analytics account. 

1.  Login at www.compendiumblog.com with your Administrator credentials
 
2.  Locate the post that contains the link you wish to track

3.  Select the checkbox next to the desired post and click 'Edit' to bring up the text editor
 
4.  Click 'Source' to view the HTML of the post. This is where you will need to add the additional tracking.

5. ...
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Administrator: Assigning an Author to a Manual Category

By: Tuesday, February 28, 2012

As an Administrator, you have the ability to assign all of an Author's posts to appear on a manual category page.

Example:  John Smith and Jane Doe work in the Marketing department and one of your network's manual categories is 'Marketing Tips.' By assigning their accounts to that category, all of their content will automatically appear there.

1.  Login at www.compendiumblog.com with your Administrator credentials

2.  In the top navigation bar, click Manage -> Users

3.  Locate the Author account...

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Administrator: Hiding Manual Categories from Authors

By: Tuesday, February 28, 2012

 

As an Administrator, you have the ability to hide the manual category checkboxes from Authors. Hiding the manual categories allows only the Administrator to be able to designate posts to appear on these pages.

Please note:  Authors have the ability to designate manual categories for posts by default.

1.  Login at www.compendiumblog.com with your Administrator credentials

2.  In the top navigation bar, click Account

3.  In the left hand menu, click Network

4.  Check the checkbox next to 'Restrict...

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Administrator: Understanding the Moderation Workflow Dashboard

By: Monday, October 31, 2011
As an Administrator, you are responsible for setting up Moderation Workflow for your network if it is enabled. Moderation Workflow allows there to be multiple layers within the approval process.

To access the Moderation Workflow interface, please follow the steps below:

1.  Login at www.compendiumblog.com with your Administrator credentials

2.  In the top navigation bar, click Manage --> Workflow

3.  You will be taken to the Moderation Workflow dashboard. If it is your first time accessing the...Read More »
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Administrator: Editing Moderator Responsibilities

By: Monday, October 31, 2011
As an Administrator, you are able to edit Moderators' responsibilities. You are asked to set up their responsibilities when you are adding them as a Moderator, but you can also go back and edit them by following the steps below.

1.  Login at www.compendiumblog.com with your Administrator credentials

2.  In the top navigation bar, click Manage --> Workflow

3.  You will be taken to the Moderation Workflow dashboard. If it is your first time accessing the page, only the network Administrator... Read More »
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FAQ: Moderation Workflow

By: Monday, October 31, 2011
Moderation Workflow is a Compendium feature that allows there to be multiple moderators within one network. The additional moderators will be responsible for reviewing, editing, and approving a designated type of content. Moderators can review either all posts within a certain manual category or all posts by a certain Author.

Example:  If a company wants to have all posts go through the legal department before appearing on the live blog, a moderator in the legal department can review and approve...
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Author: Moderating Comments

By: Monday, September 19, 2011
As an Author, you do not have the ability to approve or decline comments submitted to your Author blog. Only the network Administrator can moderate comments submitted to your network.

You will receive a triggered email notifying you when a comment is submitted to your individual blog posts. At that time, you have the ability to login to your Author account and view the comment that was submitted. However, only the Administrator can approve or decline the comment. One the comment has been approved...Read More »
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FAQ: Promoting Posts to a LinkedIn Company Page

By: Friday, September 16, 2011

As an Administrator, you have the ability to add LinkedIn credentials and promote approved posts to LinkedIn.

Posts promoted to LinkedIn via Compendium appear under the 'Network Activity' on the LinkedIn homepage and do not push to the company page. 

At this time, LinkedIn company profile pages are created and edited through a third party application. They are not created the same way that a traditional LinkedIn personal profile page is created, nor can information pertaining to the company...

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