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Managing Quick Blogcast Entries

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Last Updated: February 26, 2009 9:09 AM

The Quick Blogcast Manage Entries page lists all entries in the selected blog and allows you to perform various management tasks.

On the Manage Entries page, there are two search options to sort your entries in the Entries list:

  • Select a Month/Year from the View list and click View.
  • Select to search the Title and Body, Categories, Status, or Authors, then enter a keyword, and click Search.

In the Entries list, you can select how many entries (10, 20, 50, or 100) you want to display per page. If there is more than one page, you can change pages by selecting a different page from the Showing list.

NOTE: If you need assistance with creating a new entry or editing an existing entry, see Adding and Editing a Blog Post in Quick Blogcast.

To View Entries

  1. Log in to your Account Manager.
  2. In the My Products section, click Quick Blogcast.
  3. Click Manage Account next to the blog account you want to modify.
  4. From the Manage Entries menu, select Entries.
  5. Click the expand icon next to the title to view the content of the entry.
  6. Click the title of the entry to open it in the Entry Editor.

To Set Entry Options

  1. Log in to your Account Manager.
  2. In the My Products section, click Quick Blogcast.
  3. Click Manage Account next to the blog account you want to modify.
  4. From the Manage Blog menu, click Settings.
  5. Click the Entries tab.
  6. You can edit any of the following settings:
    Editor
    Select the format you want to use for adding and editing entries. You can select a Rich or Simple text editor.
    Date Format
    The format you want to use for displaying dates.
    Enable Automatic Excerpting
    Automatically creates an excerpt of your blog entry. Excerpts are short snippets of your blog entry that are used in trackbacks and may be used in RSS feeds.
    Excerpt Size
    Specify the number of words or sentences you want to include in automatically created excerpts.
    Default Entry Status
    The status you want to assign to all new entries. Select Draft if you want to manually publish your entries. Select Published if you want your entries automatically published when you save them.
    Default Comment Status
    The status you want to assign to all new comments and trackbacks. Selecting Open allows others to leave comments.
    Default Trackbacks Status
    The status you want to assign to all new comments and trackbacks. Selecting Open allows your entries to send and receive trackbacks. A trackback notifies you when another Web site or blog links to your entry. Other sites can be notified if you link to one of their articles as well. Both sites need to enable trackbacks for proper functioning. In Quick Blogcast, trackbacks are enabled by default.
    Default Comment View
    Select to view either all comments or only pending comments on the Manage Comments page.
    Enable Trackback Autodiscovery
    Automatically check your links to determine if the blog you link to allows trackbacks.
    # of Entries to Display
    The number of entries you want to display on each page.
    # of Entries in Feeds
    The number of entries you want to display in feeds.
    Feed Types
    The styles of RSS feeds you want to use.
    Maximum Feed File Size
    The maximum file size you want to use for your RSS feeds.
    Show Author Email in Feeds
    Select this to display the author's email address in RSS feeds.
    Full Entries
    Select this to display full blog entries instead of excerpts on your blogcast site's main page.
    Gather User Feedback
    Select this to include a survey where visitors can rate your entry.
    Replace "--" with "—" in Entry Body
    Automatically converts two hyphens (--) to an em dash (—).
    Enable Emoticons
    Allows emotions to be added to entries and comments.
    Share This
    Allow others to submit your posts to social networking tools.
  7. Click Apply.

To Delete a Blog Entry

  1. Log in to your Account Manager.
  2. In the My Products section, click Quick Blogcast.
  3. Click Manage Account next to the blog account you want to modify.
  4. From the Manage Entries menu, select Entries.
  5. In the Entries List, locate the entry you want to delete. If necessary, search for your entry:
    Month/Year
    Select a Month/Year from the View list and click View.
    Title and Body
    Select to search the Title and Body, Categories, Status, or Authors, then enter a keyword, and click Search.
  6. Delete entries by doing one of the following:
    • Click the delete icon in the Actions column next to the entry or entries that you want to delete.
    • Use the checkboxes to select the entry or entries you want to delete, then select Delete Entries from the Select Action list and click Apply.

To Publish an Entry

  1. Log in to your Account Manager.
  2. In the My Products section, click Quick Blogcast.
  3. Click Manage Account next to the blog account you want to modify.
  4. From the Manage Entries menu, select Entries.
  5. In the Entries List, locate the entry you want to publish. If necessary, search for your entry:
    Month/Year
    Select a Month/Year from the View list and click View.
    Title and Body
    Select to search the Title and Body, Categories, Status, or Authors, then enter a keyword, and click Search.
  6. Publish entries by doing one of the following:
    • Click the publish icon in the Actions column next to the entry that you want to publish.
    • Use the checkboxes to select the entry or entries you want to publish, then select Publish Entries from the Select Action list and click Apply.

To Add Entries to a Category

  1. Log in to your Account Manager.
  2. In the My Products section, click Quick Blogcast.
  3. Click Manage Account next to the blog account you want to modify.
  4. From the Manage Entries menu, select Entries.
  5. In the Entries List, locate the entry you want to edit. If necessary, search for your entry:
    Month/Year
    Select a Month/Year from the View list and click View.
    Title and Body
    Select to search the Title and Body, Categories, Status, or Authors, then enter a keyword, and click Search.
  6. Use the checkboxes to select the entry or entries you want to add a category to.
  7. Select Add Entries to Category from the Select Action list.
  8. Click Apply.
  9. In the Combine Categories window, enter the names of the categories you want to add to the selected entries.
  10. Click Add.