What's inside this article:
- Basic information
- Add titles to posts
- Add highlights
- Set up manual highlights
- Configure automated highlights
- Publish or save highlights
- Replace highlights with a summary
- Change the maximum number of items
Basic information
Highlights provide an at-a-glance summary of key Live blog developments with links to selected posts. This lets visitors quickly grasp the subject matter as soon as they land on the page.
Highlights are displayed at the side of the page on desktop, or above the most recent post on mobile and tablet.
The following options are available when you add highlights:
- Automated highlights: The most recent posts that have a title are automatically included in highlights.
- Manual highlights: You can manually select which posts are included in highlights.
This article explains how to add highlights to a Live blog page. For general information about the Live blog content type, see the alternative article below:
Add titles to posts
In highlights, you see just a title for each post.
The title that is displayed in highlights is generated as follows (if 1 is not filled, the text is taken from 2):
- The Highlight title. This title is only displayed in highlights.
- The Blog post title. This title is also displayed at the top of the blog post.
If neither title is provided, the post cannot be included in highlights.
For detailed information about the settings for a Live blog post, see the following article:
Add highlights
To add highlights, scroll to Editor > Highlights. Ensure Highlights is selected in the drop-down menu.
In the Add highlights title here box, optionally enter a title that will be displayed above the highlights on the public site. If you do not enter a title, no title will be displayed above the highlights.
When you are ready, hit Add highlights.
Choose the relevant tab, depending how you want the highlights to be generated:
- Manual highlights: The posts in highlights are manually selected. Highlights do not change unless updated manually.
- Automated highlights: The most recent posts that have a title are automatically included in highlights. Highlights update automatically as new posts are added.
Set up manual highlights
To set up manual highlights, select the Manual highlights tab.
The following actions are available:
Choose posts
To add posts to highlights, select Add blog posts. This button is not clickable if highlights already includes the maximum number of posts.
Search for and select every post you want to include in highlights. You can only select a post that has a title. If a post does not have a title, you see the message:
- No Title added to this post
You cannot select more than the maximum number of posts. The number you can select is indicated in the dialog footer.
After selecting every post you want to include in highlights, select Add to confirm the action. The change is not yet published or saved.
Display time stamp
If you tick the box next to Display time stamp, a timestamp showing the time and date of publication for the post will be displayed with each individual item.
Create a custom highlight
When Manual highlights is selected, you can create a custom highlight. A custom highlight is an item that is not linked to a specific Live blog post.
To add a custom highlight, select Add custom highlight. This button is not clickable if highlights already includes the maximum number of posts.
You can add and format custom text using the basic text editor. When you are satisfied, hit Add to confirm.
Set the order
Enable Display posts chronologically to automatically display the items in order of publication. Alternatively, use the drop-down menu next to each item to manually set the position. For example, if you select 1, the item will be positioned first.
Remove a highlight
To remove an item from highlights, hover over the panel and hit the Remove button.
Configure automated highlights
To configure automated highlights, select the Automated highlights tab.
After you perform this action, the five most recent posts with a title are automatically selected (unless a different maximum number is configured for your site).
If you tick the box next to Display time stamp, a timestamp showing the time and date of publication for the post will be displayed with each individual item.
Publish or save highlights
Click Add on the Add highlights dialog to confirm your selection.
If the Live blog has the Published status, the highlights will not be published until after you hit the main Publish or Publish & close button.
If the Live blog has the Draft status, the highlights will not be saved in Pangea CMS until after you hit the main Save or Save & close button.
Replace highlights with a summary
When the Live blog finishes, you might replace highlights with a summary. A summary outlines the key takeaways from the Live blog for visitors who come to the page after the live reporting has concluded. While crafting the summary, you might consider switching sentences to the past tense.
To replace highlights with a summary:
- Scroll to Editor > Highlights.
- Select Summary in the drop-down menu.
- Optionally enter a title to display above the summary.
- Select Add summary.
You can add and format the summary text using the basic text editor. When you are satisfied, hit Update to confirm.
The summary will not be published until after you hit the main Publish or Publish & close button on the Live blog edit page.
Change the maximum number of items
By default, the maximum number of highlights is five for all Pangea sites. To change the maximum number for an individual site, contact Pangea Customer Care.
