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How do I set up a community or industry blog?

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Where: Settings → Site & brand → Set up your site

Open this page: admin.<your-site>/setup (replace <your-site> with your site address)

What is ready for you

Sections. Community updates, Guides, Industry news, Interviews and Opinion. Resources and Jobs and opportunities exist but start hidden.

Story starters. Under Start from:

  • Blog post
  • How-to guide
  • Interview
  • Newsletter issue (when Newsletters is on)

Switched on for you. Public notices, FAQ blocks, breaking ticker, quick briefs and corrections.

Your words. The admin says Posts and Notice.

Quick actions. New story, Upload photos and Send an alert.

Steps: first hour

  1. Open Settings, then Set up your site.
  2. Choose your languages.
  3. Create your sections. Pick Community & Industry Blogs news, English or Hindi.
  4. Pick features. Newsletters, members-only content, memberships and polls are offered. Paid ones are only offered.
  5. Invite your team, start a newsletter, set up ads and publish trust and legal pages.
  6. Write your first post.

Good to know

  • Get consent for member posts. The AI helpers on this site are set to ask for the member's consent and a clear author credit before a member's post goes live. Disclose sponsored posts. They write drafts only.
  • Credit the author. Add each member who writes for you as an author. See Authors.
  • Member posts. Your team adds member posts by hand. Get the member's consent first.

Questions

Frequently asked questions

Can members post by themselves?

No. A person on your team adds their posts.

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