The Post Manager
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The Post Manager iallows you to:

·View your category tree  
 
·Manage categories and photo albums  
 
·Update category settings  
 
·Define category security  


To open the Post Manager

1.Click the Post Manager tab. A list of all posted items is displayed on the page, showing the title, type of item (for example article or photo), status of the item (whether draft or published), and the published date. The first item on the list is the most recently posted blog entry:  
 
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2.To change the number of items displayed, click beside the Display the box and select an option, then click the Display button. The screen refreshes showing the number of links you selected. You can view up to 100 items on this page.  
 
3.Narrow your search by looking in a specific category. Do one of the following:  
 
·click beside the articles in box, and select the specific category that contains the article or photo you are looking for. The default category is All categories.  
 
-OR-  
 
·click the category tree on the left panel of the page, and expand the categories. Then select a category.  
 
The screen refreshes listing the items in the category you selected.  

Category entries

Categories can include articles and reviews. The article list contains this information:

·Title: entry title and link. Click the link to open the entry's Edit Article page.  
·Type: type of entry. Possible types are:  
- Article  
- Photo  
- Music Review  
- Movie Review  
- Book Review  
·Status: status of the entry, which may be:  
- Publish: the entry has been published to your blog.  
- Draft: the entry has not been published, but has been saved for further work.  
- Email Draft: the entry has been posted by email and is pending approval.  
·Published: date and time when an entry was published. If not posted yet, the column indicates N/A.  
·Delete: click this checkbox beside each entry you want to delete, then click the Delete Selected button.  


Photo album entries

Photo album contents are displayed in one of two ways:

·Thumbnail View: photo entries are listed as a set of thumbnails (scaled-down pictures).  
·List View: photo entries are listed in the same format as category entries. (See Category entries for more information.)  

To switch between these two options, click the List View or Thumbnail View link at the top of the page. The page reloads and displays the new view.

Click the Add A Photo link to go directly to bottom of the page, where you can upload a new image to the photo album.


Thumbnail View

The thumbnail view is the default view shown when you click a photo album link in the Category Tree.

To change the size of the thumbnails by selecting a new option in the Resize thumbnails to drop-down list, then clicking the Resize button.

The thumbnail view provides the following information for each photo:

·Thumbnail: a scaled-down version of the photo. If the photo is especially wide or tall, it may be cropped slightly to fit a square. Click on the thumbnail to open the photo entry's Edit Photo page to edit or delete it.  
·Filename: filename of the photo appears above the thumbnail.  
·Title: photo title, if any, appears below the thumbnail.