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Write & publish a blog post

Status: Available Write a blog post with the rich editor, set a featured image, categories and SEO, choose public or premium, and publish. Your blog is where you publish longer-form articles for your community. You write each post in a rich editor, decide whether it's free for everyone or premium, and publish. When you publish, a card for the post automatically appears in the community newsfeed so members see it without having to go looking. Where to write Open Blog (/admin/content/blog) and click Create Item. Write the post | Field | What it does | |---|---| | Title | The headline of your post. Required. | | Content | The body of the article, written in the rich editor (see below). Required. | | Summary | A short excerpt shown on blog cards and in listings. For premium posts, this is also what members without access see in place of the full article, so write it as a real teaser. | | Featured Image | The cover image shown on the blog card and at the top of the post. Required. | | Author | The member shown as the author of the post. Required. | The rich editor The Content editor handles formatted text, and you can drop in richer content blocks alongside your writing: - Callouts: highlighted boxes to draw attention to a note or tip - Galleries: sets of images - Videos: embedded video - CTAs: a call-to-action button or block Organize and optimize | Field | What it does | |---|---| | Categories | Tag the post with one or more categories so members can filter the blog. | | Featured | Turn this on to highlight the post on your blog page. | | Meta Title | The title search engines and link previews use. Leave blank to fall back to the post title. | | Meta Description | The short description search engines and link previews show. | The post's web address (Slug) is generated from your title automatically when you save. You only need to touch it if you want a custom URL. Choose who can read it Set Access Type. There are exactly two options: | Access Type | Who sees the full article | |---|---| | Public | Anyone, including logged-out visitors. | | Premium | Only members who have access through a product or plan. Everyone else sees the summary as a teaser. | There is no "members only" option. A post is either public or premium. Selling a premium post takes one extra step (bundling it into an access group); see Sell premium blogs with access groups. Publish 1. Open Blog (/admin/content/blog) and click Create Item. 2. Fill Title and write the Content in the editor, adding callouts, galleries, videos or CTAs as needed. 3. Upload a Featured Image and set the Author. 4. Add Categories and a Summary. 5. Fill Meta Title and Meta Description for search engines (optional). 6. Set Access Type to Public or Premium. 7. Set Status to Published. 8. Save. When you publish, a card for the post drops into the community newsfeed automatically. Blog posts don't have comments, so members react and discuss on that feed card rather than under the article. Related - Sell premium blogs with access groups - How access & monetization works

Sell premium blogs with access groups

Status: Available Turn premium blog posts into something members can buy by bundling them into an access group and selling that group through a product or plan. A premium blog post isn't sold on its own. You group your premium posts into a blog access group, then include that access group in a product or plan. Members who buy the product or subscribe to the plan get the whole group; everyone else sees only the summary as a teaser. If you haven't read How access & monetization works yet, read it first. This article assumes you understand products and plans. The three steps 1. Write the post and mark it premium In Blog (/admin/content/blog), write your post and set Access Type to Premium. (See Write & publish a blog post.) A premium post shows its full article only to members with access; everyone else sees the Summary, so make that summary a genuine teaser. A public post is free to everyone no matter what. Access groups only matter once a post is premium. 2. Put the post in an access group A blog access group is just a named bundle of premium posts. It's the unit you sell, instead of selling posts one at a time. You can either tag the post into an access group from the post itself (the Access Groups field on the post), or manage the group's posts from the group. To create a new group, open Blog Access Group (/admin/content/blog_access_group), click Create Item, give it a Title, and add your premium posts to it. A post can sit in more than one access group, and a group can hold as many posts as you like. 3. Include the access group in a product or plan This is the part people miss: you add the access group to a product or plan, not the individual post. - For a one-time purchase, include the access group when you create a Product (/admin/content/product). - For a recurring subscription, include it when you create a Plan (/admin/content/plan). You can also include all blogs at once instead of a specific access group. If you choose "all blogs," that covers every premium post and overrides any specific access-group picks for blogs. See How access & monetization works for how the "everything of a type" rule combines with specific picks. What members see | Member | What they get | |---|---| | Has the product or plan that includes the group | The full article. | | Doesn't have access | The post's Summary as a teaser, with a prompt to get access. | Related - Write & publish a blog post - How access & monetization works - Create a one-time product - Create a subscription plan