Managing syndicated posts

Guidelines

• Don’t post anything that’s promotional in nature. Only topics that support the idea of CTL.
• Reserve the right to edit the posts. Not all posts may be syndicated.

Technical Steps

1. Bring in the newest posts.
   1. Scroll down to the bottom of the left menu and click on Syndication.
   2. Click the Update button.
   3. If there are errors, check off the corresponding sites in the list, then click the Update Checked button to try those sites again. If there are continued problems, please notify Emily.
2. Process newly syndicated posts.
   1. Click on Posts in the left menu, or Posts from the Dashboard.
   2. Click on Pending, at the top. You may wish to bookmark this page (opens in a new window).
   3. For each post:
      1. Click the Edit link which appears when you hover over the post’s entry in the list.
      2. Decide where you want the More link to appear in the article. Put your insertion point there.
      3. Delete the rest of the article.
      4. Check the box marked Manual editing, at the right.
      5. Uncheck the Syndicated category, at the right.
      6. Select the appropriate categories for the post.
      7. Add tags, if desired. Tags are like subcategories.
      8. Click the Publish button.

Adding a new site to syndication

1. The user must exist in the system before the site is added. See below for instructions.
2. Click on Syndication at the bottom of the left menu.
3. Enter the feed URL in the New source box at the right, and click the Add button.
4. Look at the sample(s) and click the Use this feed button for the one that looks best. If they all look the same, option 1 is fine.
5. Click the Configure settings link that comes up in the yellow box.
6. Click the Authors link, at the top.
7. Click the radio button next to All posts syndicated from this feed
8. Select the user who matches the feed.
9. Click on Save changes.
10. Click the Update Now button, at the top. This will bring in the last 10 posts from the site. Check the yellow message at the top for Update complete to be sure some posts were syndicated.
    
11. Go to the pending posts and trash all but the last entry for the newly syndicated site.
12. Post the remaining entry (see instructions above).

Adding a user

1. Click on Users.
2. Click on Add New.
3. Fill in the form:
   1. In the Website box, put the person’s last name, a comma, the first name, and then this:  -IE- (this is what makes them appear on the list of invited experts).
   2. Check the box to send the password by email.
   3. Set the Role to Contributor.
4. Save by clicking the Add New User button.
5. Now you have to fill in more details. Find the user in the list, then click on the Edit link which appears when you hover over the username.
   • In the Nickname field, enter the topic on which the user is blogging. This is what will appear under the user’s name in the IE list on the left side of the site.
   • Change the Display name publicly as field to the user’s full name.
   • In the Biographical Info box, enter in the user’s contact info. This will appear at the top of the page when somebody clicks on the user’s name. It also appears underneath any non-syndicated posts. Follow this sample format:

     <strong>Barbara Safani, MA, CPRW, CCM, NCRW, CERW</strong>
     Online Careers Community Expert – Career Thought Leaders Consortium
     President, <a href=”http://www.careersolvers.com/”>Career Solvers</a>
     Email: [email]
     Twitter: <a href=”http://twitter.com/barbarasafani”>twitter.com/barbarasafani</a>
     LinkedIn: <a href=”http://www.linkedin.com/in/barbarasafani”>www.linkedin.com/in/barbarasafani</a>
     Phone: 212.579.7230

6. If you have a bio, put it in the Bio field.
7. You may also enter a URL and link text if you want an additional link to appear underneath the bio.
8. Change the Permalink to the user’s first and last name, with a dash in between.
9. Click the Update User button to save.