What's inside this article:
- Basic information
- Get started
- Set when the Live blog will be active
- Add the first post
- Publish the Live blog
- Add more posts
- Manage highlights
- Close the Live blog
Basic information
Live blog lets you cover developing events in real-time by publishing a series of posts on a live feed. This article explains how to create and manage a Live blog page from Pangea CMS.
Get started
To get started, go to Create > Text > Live blog in the primary navigation menu. The edit page for the new Live blog opens in the same tab.
On the Editor subpage, add the following basic settings:
- (A): Categories (required): Select one or more Categories. If you select multiple Categories, set one Primary Category.
- (B): Main visual: Select a Main visual that will be displayed on the published Live blog page and in the default teaser for the Live blog.
- (C): Main visual caption: Provide a caption for the Main visual in the local language for your site. An effective caption provides context for the visual and explains its relevance to the story.
- (D): Title (required): Enter the main title for the Live blog.
- (E): Introduction: Enter an introduction that tells readers what to expect from the Live blog. Via General > Display introduction, you can control whether the introduction will be displayed on the published Live blog page.
For detailed information about how to set up the basic settings for a new text content page, see our guide about article creation:
Set when the Live blog will be active
It is important to set when the Live blog will be active (live). The following behavior applies only while the Live blog is active:
- A LIVE badge is displayed on the Live blog page and on widgets where the Live blog is promoted.
- Readers on the Live blog page will see the New posts notification as soon as a new post is published. They will be able to click the notification to refresh the page and go straight to the latest post.
Select Live broadcasting in the left panel to set when the Live blog will be active.
You see the following options:
- Date & time from: The start time for the Live blog. The Live blog will be active from this time. The default value is the time when the Live blog was created in Pangea CMS. If needed, you can set a later time. If you do not change the default value, the Live blog will be active as soon as it is published.
- Date & time to: The end time for the Live blog. The Live blog will cease to be active at this time. The default end time is one hour after the default start time. If needed, you can set a later time. You will also have the option to change this setting after the Live blog is published.
Enter the times according to the local time for your site (not the local time on your device). You can click the Time and date button in the primary navigation to check the local time for your site.
If you tick Display time stamp, a time stamp showing the date and time of publication will be displayed for every post.
Add the first post
You might add the first post before publishing the Live blog. This ensures that content will be available on the page as soon as it is published. The first post introduces the topic of the Live blog and lets visitors know what the expect.
Before you can add the first post, you need to save the Live blog internally in Pangea CMS. To save the Live blog, hit the Save button.
To add a post, hit the + New post button.
To learn about the options for creating a Live blog post, see the following article:
Publish the Live blog
To publish the Live blog:
- Select Published in the status drop-down menu.
- Select Publish or Publish & close.
The Live blog is now published. The publication date and time on the published page are set automatically to the moment of publication. If you did not change the default start time in Live broadcasting, the Live blog is active immediately after publication.
To learn about the various publication options in Pangea CMS (including scheduled publication), see the following article:
Add more posts
To add a new post to a Live blog, use one of the methods below:
- On the main Search page, select + New blog entry.
- Open the Live blog edit page and select + New post.
Multiple colleagues might collaborate on the same Live blog. To support collaboration, the following rules apply:
- One Pangea user can work on the central Live blog edit page at one time. While one user has the edit page open, it is locked. To see who is working on the edit page, hover over the Unlock button.
- When the central edit page is locked, it is still possible to create a new post or edit an existing post. Follow the relevant step from the main Search page:
- Hit Add new post to create a new post.
- Hit See posts to edit an existing post.
- Hit Add new post to create a new post.
- Multiple users can work on different posts at the same time. However, multiple users cannot work on the same post. While one user has a post open, it is locked. To see who is working on the post, hover over the Unlock button.
To learn how to manage locked content in Pangea CMS, see the following article:
To learn about the options for creating a Live blog post, see the following article:
Manage highlights
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.
For detailed information, see the following article:
Close the Live blog
A Live blog page stays published and is accessible on the public site, even when it is no longer active. After the Live blog ends, you might perform the following actions:
- Add a final post, telling readers that the Live blog is no longer being updated.
- Ensure that the Live blog is no longer active from the Live broadcasting settings.
- If the Live blog included highlights, replace the highlights with a manual summary. For details, see the following article:
