In this lesson, we'll be covering how to get started as an Administrator on the PostBeyond platform, including how to start creating and managing content. You'll learn how to:
Learn to Navigate the Admin View
How to Create a New Group
How to Create and Delete Topics
How to Create New Posts
How to Edit & Archive a Post
How to view Archived & Pending posts
Before you get started, we recommend going through the user side modules to get a feel for what the users see on their end.
Learn to Navigate the Admin View
In this section we'll look at how to navigate around the Administrator side of the platform. You can do that by clicking on the navigation buttons on the left hand side of your screen.
Activity
Navigate through the different sections of the side.
Navigate to the user view and then switch back to the view.
How to Create a Group
Groups are necessary in order to determine who will be able to access a particular post. While many posts might be for everyone to view, some might be irrelevant to a particular segment of your employees. You can divide the content by groups. In this section you'll learn how to create new groups.
Activity
Create two groups.
How to Create a New Topic
Every post has to be assigned to a topic (previously category). These topics can be reflective of language, content type, section, or any way you would like to divide your content. In this section you'll learn how to add and remove topics.
Activity
Create two topics.
How to Create a New Post
In this section we'll go over how to create a new post manually. You'll learn what each field on the post creation form does, which fields are mandatory, and how they interact with each other. Among the features available when creating posts are featured posts and likes & comments.
Activity
Create two posts manually
Switch to the user view to see what those posts look like
How to Edit & Archive a Post
In this section you'll learn how to edit or archive existing posts.
Activity
Edit one of your posts.
Archive one of your posts.
How to view Archived & Pending posts
In this section we'll look at the different tabs available in the 'Posts' section of the platform.
Activity
Create one post with a future start date and find it in the pending posts.
Unarchive one archived post.
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