If ExactTarget is your email provider, you can now utilize Compendium to push your blog content into ExactTarget. Before you can begin this feature must be activiated in your account.  In order for this to be activated you'll need to contact either your Account Manager or help@compendium.com.

There are 2 things you will need in order to to use this feature: 

1. ExactTarget API Credentials:  The username/password combination will be the credentials used to authenticate with ExactTarget's SOAP API. ...

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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 »

As an Administrator, you have the ability to add an additional Moderator to your network if Moderation Workflow is enabled.

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 account will be listed.


4.  To add a new Moderator, select the Author account that you want to designate as a...Read More »

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 »

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.

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In terms of content creation and moderation, it's always wise to tell your audience exactly what you want them to do. One of the best ways to do that is to modify and test your templates. Provide calls-to-action that drive traffic to where you want your customers to go or what you want them to do, whether that be signing up for a newsletter, downloading content from your company, or visit your website.

In the video below, Clayton talks about the importance of modifying your template design,...Read More »

This segment will provide information on the following topics:

1. How to view pending posts.
2. How to view all posts.
3. How to moderate content by approving and/or declining posts.
4. Viewing details of a submitted post.
5. How to schedule posts for future release.
6. What is a sticky post?
7. What is a modified post?
8. How to edit a post.
9. How to promote posts to the following social media outlets – Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn

Please Note:  If you are currently using Internet Explorer as your browser, you will need to...Read More »

As an Administrator, you will use the moderation panel to approve, decline, and review posts and comments. Below is the panel an Administrator sees after logging in to Compendium.


You can access the moderation panel in three ways using the top navigation bar:

• Click Home (Default view:  Pending Posts)
• Click Manage --> Posts (Default view:  All Posts)
• Click Manage --> Comments (Default view:  All Comments)

• Po...

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As an Administrator, you are responsible for moderating content and can decline multiple comments at the same time, preventing the comments from appearing on the live blog.  

1. Login to www.compendiumblog.com with your Administrator credentials
2. 
   
3. In the sidebar, click Comments --> Pending
   
   
   
4.  Select the comments you'd like to decline by checking the respective comments' checkboxes
    
   
    
5. Click 'Decline' to prevent the comments from appearing live on the blog
   
   
       

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As an Administrator, you are responsible for moderating content and can decline a comment so it does not appear on the live blog. 

1. Login to www.compendiumblog.com with your Administrator credentials
2. 
   
3. In the sidebar, click Comments --> Pending
   
   
   
   
4.  Select a comment by checking the respective comment’s checkbox
    
   
    
5.  Click on the 'Show Detail' hyperlink in the gray post header area to view the details of the comment
   
   
   
   The details that will display include:
   
   Blog Post Title: Title of the post that contains...

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