Some clients prefer to display their Compendium content from a
subfolder on their own domain (ex. http://www.compendium.com/blog)
instead of a subdomain (ex. http://blog.compendium.com). This type
of setup is called 'reverse proxy'.
A reverse proxy setup takes requests for a subfolder on your
site (for example: /blog) and forwards the request to
Compendium.
Before you can access your content via reverse proxy, you will
need to do two things:
- Notify Compendium Product Support...
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Once every 60 days when you log in to the Compendium
application, you will receive a one question survey asking how
likely you are to recommend Compendium. Once you select a numerical
rating, you will be taken to the text editor.
We always appreciate your feedback on our platform and this is
one of our ways to collect this feedback. If you have other
questions or platform suggestions, feel free to email help@compendium.com and we will
bring the ideas to our VP of Product.
Gravatars are 'universally recognized avatars,' or
small images that appear next to your name on various websites.
Compendium utilizes Gravatars to display Author's pictures next to
their name in an Author list on the blog.
Please note:
This feature is not enabled on all networks by default. If you are
interested in adding it, please contact your Account Manager or
help@compendium.com to discuss implementing Gravatars on your
network.
1. Go to http://en.gravatar.com/site/signup/ to begin
the...
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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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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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When requesting assistance from our Product Support Team, we ask
that you submit a help request. Your help request is
then turned into a case within our system.
Our Product Support Team would be happy to assist you with the
following items:
- How-to questions about use of the platform.
- Blog site enhancements (i.e. template enhancements,
call-to-action improvements, general blog advancement).
- Issue reporting.
- Feature request.
When filling out a new help request, please be sure to include the
following...
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It is possible to change your blog domain name but Compendium
does not recommend it.
Changing your domain will have a negative impact on your blog
campaign. It will likely result in the loss of the following:
- Search engine indexing
- Search engine rankings
- RSS subscribers
Please note:
Compendium needs written permission in order to change a blog
URL
What is Email-to-Post?
Email-to-Post is a feature that allows Authors to compose posts by
sending an email to a Compendium Email-to-Post email address
(@compend.me). An Author can compose an email from scratch or
forward an already written email to the @compend.me address. This
functionality enables easy content creation from anywhere you have
email access!
Does my network have email to post?Email-to-Post is an optional, add-on feature and is not
automatically enabled on all networks.
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The following are frequently asked questions pertaining to
promoting posts to social media outlets from within your Compendium
account.
What social media outlets can I promote to?
What if I don't see the post promoted?
- Post may not immediately display. It can take a few minutes to
appear and if a post is scheduled for future release, the social
promotion will not display until the blog post is live.
Can I promote posts that are scheduled for...
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Compendium offers a Web-to-Post functionality that acts as a story
collection and content generation feature.
What is Web-to-Post?
- Web-to-Post (WTP) provides an easy way for your customers to
share their stories and, in turn, create content for your
network.
- WTP allows readers and customers to access and fill out a form
requesting certain information that you have designated. The form
also gives the author the ability to include an image with their
story. Once submitted, the story must be approved...
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