Microblogs

Microblogs are great if you write a lot or have an on-going stream of data that changes frequently. A typical blog uses a database backend with some theme on the front. Our info block microblog gives you plenty of control without the need for a database.

Why a Microblog and not a true Blog?

The microbog is 90% of what you get with a blog but lacks the ability to have comments or direct pages created for each post. We do have direct links to each post but it does not create a pretty URL since there's no database.

It does have a searchable interface with categories and tags, and if you use multiple files you can do collections of data that are formatted with newest content on top.

The microblog doesn't have a limit on characters, this isn't a social media concept, but it is also not a fully featured blog like Wordpress. There are no extra updates beyond what the site is already getting.

When creating content the published and last updated dates are automatically set when the info block is published. If you need to add old content to your microblog you can overwrite the published date to help with public facing display.

By default your blog will sort based on most recent first. There are other ways to sort it, but the nature of a blog is content over time, fresh stuff up top so you don't have to scroll far.

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Data Entry

Info blocks used for microblogs use the content block section for the main story data. The text with the style "main-content-title" will be seen as the blog title. By default each story is displayed on the page open in full view so the user can just scroll down through each story as they want.

Date Ordering

If you have to update the published date for any entry to something specific you can use the Details editor. In the list of style there is a published date, you can set the value of the published date using mm/dd/yyyy format. This will help resort the entry in the right spot for the end users.

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