What's inside this article:
- About Highlights
- Configure manual Highlights
- Configure automated Highlights
- Add a Summary
- Further recommendations
About Highlights
A Highlights section appears in the left panel on the published Live blog page. The aim is to provide visitors with an at-a-glance summary of Live Blog developments with links to key posts.
In the Highlights section, just the Blog post title or Highlights title for each post is displayed. For information about adding titles for Live blog posts, see the following article:
Pangea CMS offers two modes for configuring Highlights:
- Manual mode: Allows you to control exactly which posts are included, as well as the order of the posts. You can also add custom posts that appear in the Highlights section but not on the main Live Blog feed.
- Automated mode: Automatically selects the most recent posts that have a title and lists them chronologically. The Highlights update automatically as new posts are added to the Live blog, with no input required from you.
Highlights is a more advanced version of the old Summary tool. If preferred, you can still use the Summary tool instead of Highlights. For more information, go to the following section:
Configure manual Highlights
To configure manual Highlights, follow these steps:
- Create a new Live blog or open the edit screen for an existing Live blog. For instructions, see the following article:
- Select Highlights in the left panel.
- Under Highlights type, ensure Highlights is selected.
- Under Highlights title, optionally provide a title to appear at the top of the Highlights section.
- Select the Manual highlights tab.
You can now perform the actions below:
Add a blog post
To add a post to the Highlights section:
- Click Search blog post.
- Optionally use the search filters at the top of the box to narrow the list of posts.
- Click + Attach (the plus icon) next to each post you want to add. You can only add posts that have either a Blog post title or Highlights title. If a post has no title, you see the message No Title added to this post.
- Click Add to confirm your preferences.
The selected posts now appear in the Highlights section. However, the changes are not applied on the public website until you click Save or Save & close.
Add a custom post
With Manual highlights enabled, you can add a custom post that appears in the Highlights section but not on the Live Blog feed. Follow these steps:
- Click Add custom highlight.
- Enter the text for the custom highlight and click Add.
The custom post now appears in the Highlights section and is marked with the Custom post label. However, the changes are not applied on the public website until you click Save or Save & close.
Manage posts
The following options are available for managing posts with Manual highlights enabled:
- (A): Display time stamp: Add a time stamp next to each post in the Highlights section to show when it was published.
- (B): Display posts chronologically: Arrange the posts in order of publication, with the most recent post listed first.
- (C): Order: Change the position of a post in the Highlights section.
- (D): Edit item: Edit a post (changes are visible on the Live blog feed and in Highlights).
- (E): Remove item: Remove a post from Highlights (the post remains on the Live blog feed).
By default, the Highlights section can display a maximum of 5 posts. If you've already added the maximum number of posts, the Search blog post button is no longer available. You need to remove at least one post from Highlights before you can add another.
Configure automated Highlights
To configure automated Highlights, follow these steps:
- Create a new Live blog or open the edit screen for an existing Live blog. For instructions, see the following article:
- Select Highlights in the left panel.
- Under Highlights type, ensure Highlights is selected.
- Under Highlights title, optionally provide a title to appear at the top of the Highlights section.
- Select the Automated highlights tab.
By default, the 5 most recent blog posts that have either a Blog post title or Highlights title are listed in the Highlights section. The posts are listed in order of publication, with the most recent post listed first. With Automated highlights enabled, it is not possible to change the order of the posts.
The following options are available for managing posts with Automated highlights enabled:
- Display time stamp: Add a time stamp next to each post in the Highlights section to show when it was published.
- Edit item: Edit a post (changes are visible on the Live blog feed and in Highlights).
- History: View the edit history for a post.
- Live site: View a post on the public website (only available when the Live blog is published).
Add a Summary
The Summary tool lets you manually create a text summary of the Live blog. The Summary appears in the left panel on the published Live blog page instead of Highlights. To add a Summary:
- Create a new Live blog or open the edit screen for an existing Live blog. For instructions, see the following article:
- Select Highlights in the left panel.
- Under Highlights type, select Summary.
- Under Highlights title, optionally provide a title to appear at the top of the Summary section.
- Enter the text for the Summary under Blog summary.
- Click Save or Save & close to apply the Summary on the Live blog page.
Further recommendations
The following articles might be helpful:
