- How to find community blogs
- How to become a blog author
- How to create, submit and edit blogs in the community
How to find community blogs
Available in the header on any community or Ideas page.
How to become a blog author
From any blog, select Message Admins in the right-rail and send a private message to the community management team requesting to be a blog author.
How to create, submit and edit blogs in the community
Navigate to the desired community blog and select Start an article.
As a blog author you can either select Save Draft and return to continue working or Submit for Review.
As a blog author you can review any of your blog drafts or blogs submitted for review by selecting View All Drafts from the right-rail of any blog.
To navigate between blogs, choose the dropdown just under Blog Dashboard and select which community blog you wish to review.
If desired, blogs can be narrowed down by status.
Dashboard view for blogs waiting for review and/or blogs scheduled for publication.
Dashboard view when blog is in state of draft. You can continue to edit your blog by selecting the Subject.
If you decide to edit your blog after its been submitted for review, select the blog Subject from the Blog dashboard.
The current status and blog history are available in the upper-right. To make edits, select Recall in the upper-left corner.
When done making edits, select Submit for Review.
When you submit your blog for review, the reviewer can Edit, Return to Author, Submit for Publication, Post (immediately) or Schedule Publication.
NOTE: Blog reviewers will determine whether submitted blogs will be published. Blog reviewers have permission to make necessary edits. If your blog is chosen to be published, the blog reviewer will determine the date and time of publication.
The blog publication time reflects when the blog was actually published, both when published immediately or when scheduled for publication in the future. For this reason, the blog publication date on your blog may or may not reflect the actual day/time it was written or submitted for review.
If your blog is returned to you, you will receive an email notification. The notification will include a direct link to your blog draft and the blog note it was drafted in.
To see any comments left on your blog by the reviewer, navigate to your blog draft either via the email notification or via the Blog Dashboard and select View History.
You can now edit your blog and either save as draft or submit again.
If your blog is scheduled for publication, you will receive an email notification. The date and time of the blog publication will reflect the actual post time, not the time it was drafted or scheduled for publication.
If your blog is immediately posted, you will receive an email notification that includes a link to the blog and your blog publication.
You can edit your own blog after it has been published. The changes can either be saved as a draft or you can submit the changes submit for publication. The edits follow the same blog workflow as a new blog and the live blog will not reflect change(s) until published or scheduled for publication.
