Blog Skinshttp://support.whatcomlawns.publishpath.comTue, 24 Nov 2009 21:42:21 GMTBlog Archive Skinhttp://support.whatcomlawns.publishpath.com/blog-archiveFri, 04 Sep 2009 15:31:26 GMTSupportChoosing the Archive "skin" option from the How do you want your blog to look? section within the blog settings will show the months and how many posts and comments were made during that month.  Clicking on the month will cause all of the posts to be shown beneath it.

Example Use:

This is a good skin option to choose if you are wanting to show all of your posts that you have made over time.  Using this skin option will allow you to keep your posts all in one easy place that a user can come and view.

How to:

  1. Login to your site.
  2. Navigate to the page your blog element is on and click Settings from the blog element toolbar.
  3. Under the How do you want your blog to look? choose Archive from the Skin dropdown menu.
  4. Click the Update button.
]]>http://support.whatcomlawns.publishpath.com/blog-archiveBlog List Skinhttp://support.whatcomlawns.publishpath.com/blog-listFri, 04 Sep 2009 15:31:42 GMTSupportChoosing the List "skin" option from the How do you want your blog to look? section within the blog settings will show the Post Title that you typed in when you created your post.

Example Use:

This is a good skin option to choose if you are listing a few blog posts on your home page and you don't have enough space for a summary or the full body of your post.  Using this skin option along with limiting the amount of posts on the home page keeps the blog posts from taking up too much space on the home page.

How to:

  1. Login to your site.
  2. Navigate to the page your blog element is on and click Settings from the blog element toolbar.
  3. Under the How do you want your blog to look? choose List from the Skin dropdown menu.
  4. Click the Update button.
]]>http://support.whatcomlawns.publishpath.com/blog-listBlog List With Body Skinhttp://support.whatcomlawns.publishpath.com/list-with-bodyFri, 04 Sep 2009 15:31:59 GMTSupportChoosing the List With Body "skin" option from the How do you want your blog to look? section within the blog settings will show the post title, a summary that you manually typed in when you created your post, and the body of your post you typed in the text editor.

Example Use:

This is a good skin option to choose if you have a little more space on your home page or you want to show the whole blog post.  This skin option allows your reader to see everything up front and be able to read it without clicking elsewhere to find the whole post.  To comment on the story they will need to click on the story to get to the blog detail.

How to:

  1. Login to your site.
  2. Navigate to the page your blog element is on and click Settings from the blog element toolbar.
  3. Under the How do you want your blog to look? choose List With Body from the Skin dropdown menu.
  4. Click the Update button.
]]>http://support.whatcomlawns.publishpath.com/list-with-bodyBlog List With Summary Skinhttp://support.whatcomlawns.publishpath.com/listwithsummaryFri, 04 Sep 2009 15:32:13 GMTSupportChoosing the ListWithSummary "skin" option from the How do you want your blog to look? section within the blog settings will show the post title and a summary that you manually typed in when you created your post.

Example Use:

This is a good skin option to choose if you have a little more space on your home page or you want to give the user a little snippet of information about what is in the blog post.  This skin option might entice the reader to read your blog post because they have a better idea of what the post is about.  This is useful if your title of your blog post doesn't do it justice.

How to:

  1. Login to your site.
  2. Navigate to the page your blog element is on and click Settings from the blog element toolbar.
  3. Under the How do you want your blog to look? choose ListWithSummary from the Skin dropdown menu.
  4. Click the Update button.
  5. If you do not have a summary on your blog post already, you will need to add one.
  6. While adding or editing a blog post, click on the ADVANCED tab.
  7. Under the heading Summary, type in the summary of your blog post.
  8. Click the Update button.
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