Manage Blog Posts

You can use the Blog Post Manager to maintain the individual blog posts on your site. In this window, you can:

• Add a New Post
• Delete a Post
• Sort by Post Status
• Search for a Post

To sort blog posts into categories, maintain blog comments, or manage social media sharing from your blog posts, you will need to go to the Blog Options section instead.


 

Access the Blog Post Manager

1. Log in to the Admin of your site. If you need help finding the right place to do so, follow the instructions in the Log In article.
2. Go to Theme Editor>Blog Posts in the left menu or click the Blog Posts quick tile on your admin Dashboard.
   
   
   
   
    

Add a New Post

After accessing the Blog Post Manager, you can easily add new blog posts to your site.

1. Click the Add New button at the top of the window.
   
   
    
2. Type a title for the new post in the text box where it says Enter Post Title Here. This title will be how the post will be listed in the Blog Post Manager.

3. Click the green Create button. If you are successful, the Post Editor will open for the new post you just created. If you click outside of the Add New Post box, or click the X in the corner of the box before clicking the Create button, it will close without creating the new post. To edit your new post, follow the instructions in the Edit Text article.

   Note: New blog posts are created in the Draft status by default and are not visible on your site until they are published. We call the Draft or Published state of the blog post the Publishing Status. When you are ready to publish the post, you will have to do so from the Post Editor. The Post Editor is accessed from the Blog Post Manager and then by clicking the Edit icon under the Action column for the specific post you would like to publish. Change the Publishing Status of the post by choosing the appropriate status from the drop-down menu, which is found under the page Permalink. Click the Update button located on the right of the Editor to save your changes. Notice that the Publish box directly above the Update button reflects the changed value in the Status field.

Delete a Post

In the Blog Post Manager, you can delete blog posts that have been created on your site.

1. Find the post that you want to delete in the list.

2. Select the post in the checkbox to the left of the post Title, and then click the Delete icon on the right side of the row under Action. Or simply click the Delete icon on the row of the post you wish to delete.

   Note: If you select one post, then click the Delete icon in the row of a different post, the post in the row of the Delete icon you clicked will be deleted.
   
   
   
    

3. A Confirmation box will open. If you are sure you want to delete the post, click the blue Confirm button. If you do not want to delete the chosen post, click Cancel. 
   
   
    
4. After the post is deleted, it will be moved to the Trash folder. To delete the post permanently, go to that folder by clicking on the Trash (#) link, located at the top of the page under the Add New button, then follow steps 1–3 again. You may choose to leave the post in the Trash folder, in doing so, you will be able to access the Post Editor of that post to copy any text saved there, but the post itself will be removed from your live site. Blog posts in the trash are unable to be recovered at this time.

Sort by Post Status

You may wish to sort posts by their status.

1. Posts are listed under the Posts title by their status. Click on any Status option to view only posts of that type. Each status option will have a number in parentheses next to the Status, indicating how many posts you have of each type.
   
   
   • All—Includes all published and draft posts. This view does not include posts that have been deleted.
   • Published—Only includes published posts.
   • Draft—Only includes draft posts.
   • Trash—Only includes posts that have been deleted.

Note: The list will update to show only posts of the status type that you chose.  If you have no posts of a particular type, you will not be able to sort posts by that Status, or see that Status in the options at the top of the Blog Post Manager. It will show up when you have posts with that status.

Search for a Post

If you have a large number of posts on your site, it might be more efficient to find a post by searching for key words in the post Title.

1. You may search All posts, Published posts or Draft posts. Click on the Status options at the top of the page under Posts to select the folder to search. Type a word or phrase of the Title or body that you would like to search for in the Search box. 

   Note: This search function will only search the titles and body of Published or Draft posts. Posts in the Trash folder will not be included in the search, unless you first open the Trash folder and search from there.

2. Press the Enter key or click on the Search icon. Only posts that meet your search criteria will show up in the post listing.