Editing articles and reviews

You can make changes to an article or review that you saved or published on your blog, using the item's Edit page.

The Edit Article page is very similar to the Post page, and the procedure for making changes to your saved or published item is very similar whether you are editing an article or review.

One key difference on an Edit page is that for published articles and reviews, the Edit page indicates the number of comments made to the article, the number of trackbacks pointing to the article and the date and time it was published. For more details, see Viewing comments, trackbacks and publish date.

To make changes to an article or review

1.

Open the item you want to change on the Edit page. For details on finding and opening an article, review or photo, see Opening articles, reviews and photos. The item opens on the Edit page. The graphic example below shows an example of an Edit Article page:

Make the following changes as required:

2.

Make changes to the title in the Article Title/Photo Caption box

3.

Make changes to the content in the Article Body/Photo Description box.

4.

If required, complete one or more of the the following optional publishing activities:

a.

To attach an additional file to your item, click Attach File(s) and follow the subsequent instructions. For details, see Attaching a file.

b.

To change an excerpt to display on your blog's main page instead of the full body of an article or photo description, change the content in the Excerpt (Article Summary) box. For details, see Creating an excerpt.

c.

Do one of the following:

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If you are editing an item that had already been published, you can reset the time to publish your item. Click the check box beside Reset the publish time to drop-down box, and select the today's date or a date in the past option from the Reset the publish time to drop-down list:

Note: To keep the original publication date for the item, make sure the Reset the publish time to check box is cleared.

- OR -

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If you are editing an item that has been saved and not published, specify a time to publish your article. Select an option from the Publish this article using drop-down list in the I would like to area. The default option is today's date.

For more details on publication times, or how to complete an article later, see Specifying publication date and time.

d.

To see a preview of your revised item, click the Preview button. For details, see Previewing an article.

5.

On the right side of the page, make changes in the Categories section by clearing the current category selected or adding an additional. For more details, see Organizing posts in categories and photo albums.

6.

Make changes to the assigned keywords and change or select a new advanced option.

6.

When you finish, click the Save button.

If you selected the today's date option in step 4(c), your item is posted or re-posted immediately on your blog's main page. It also appears at the top of the list in the Recent Article area on the Dashboard tab of the Publisher Control Panel.