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 -->
Workflow3. You will be taken to the Moderation Workflow dashboard. If
it is your first time accessing the...
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During the set-up process, Compendium will design your network's
template using the information provided in the Getting Started
Form. After receiving the initial design, you have one round of
revisions to make major changes to the blog template before you are
moved out of the Getting Started process.
Please
note: If your network is going to have template
access, the designer will need to attend
template training before gaining access to the template editor.
Please see your Account Manager or...
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During the set-up process, Compendium will conduct category
research for the terms you wish to target within your network based
on information you provide when filling out the
Getting Started form. You may also provide additional
information to the Product Support team by emailing
help@compendium.com.
Your network's categories are the terms relevant to your business
that you would like to target in search. Your categories will be
the terms that your content contributors use in their blog...
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As an Author, you will receive an email from Compendium when your
Author account is set up. The email contains the username and
password for your Compendium account. Before you are able to start
writing content, you have to go through the account set up
process.
Please follow the steps below to set up your Author account:
- Login at www.compendiumblog.com with
your Author credentials from the email
- You will be prompted to enter your password and set a time
zone:
- Manually type the automatically...
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As an Author, you will have to login to the Compendium application
in order to create a blog post. If you are logging in for the first
time, your username and temporary password should be contained in
an e-mail sent from help@compendium.com. Once you have logged in,
you will go through a simple account set-up process.
- Go to www.compendiumblog.com to access the
login page
- Enter your username and temporary password
Please note: You will need to manually type your
password into the form field. If...
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As an Administrator, you are responsible for setting your CNAME
record during the Getting Started process in order for your blogs
to appear at your domain.
In order to accomplish this, you must create the blog subdomain and
point the CNAME record for the subdomain to www.compendiumblog.com.
If you do not manage your domains, you will need to work with your
domain administrator or manager by forwarding these instructions to
them. If you manage your domains through your registrar, you can
find...
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If everything is working properly within a network, you should not
notice any of the following status code errors. However,
sometimes DNS (Domain Name System) issues arise and status code
errors are displayed.
Definitions of the various Status Codes:
301 Moved Permanently: Indicates that the requested resource
has been assigned a new permanent URL.
(This is what
Compendium used prior to 3/3/10).302 Found/Moved Temporarily: Indicates that the requested
resource resides temporarily under a...
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The uber blog, also known as the main company blog, is typically
the start page for a blog network. The uber blog is not
focused on a specific Author, but instead, all contributors of the
network. It displays all posts created in the network and
approved by the Administrator with the exception of Author's
sticky posts.
Please Note: While the uber blog is the main
company blog, its title can be specified during the New Client
Set-Up Process. For SEO purposes, it is a Compendium
best practice...
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As an Administrator, you are responsbile for overseeing the
categories that will be and have been added to your network.
Categories will first be added to your network during the account
set-up process.
Keywords are words or phrases that are relevant to your business
and that your company would like to rank highly on in search engine
results. Categories are a way of focusing content creation around
phrases you wish to target in search. The categories chosen for
your blog network are sometimes...
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As an Administrator, you are responsible for filling out the
Compendium Getting Started Form. After filling out this form with
information about your blogging program, Compendium can begin the
network set-up process.
1. Access the form at a link provided to you within your
Welcome email.
2. Read through the instructions on the Getting Started
welcome page and click 'Get Started!'
3. Step 1 requires general information about your company.
Below are brief descriptions of each item. Click...
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