Alternate ways to search for assets in Editorial / Assets

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In some instances you may need to search for assets based on criteria/options that are not available in the Asset application's Search terms.

How do I Edit, Duplicate, View, and Unlock an Asset?

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To edit an asset — highlight the asset and click the Edit button in the upper right corner or double click the asset. If you need to make a copy of an existing asset and apply changes to the copy, you can do so with the Duplicate button. A padlock icon will show in the Status column when an asset is being edited by another user in the BLOX admin. To view an asset, select the asset and click the View button in the upper tool bar.

How do I add Authors / Photographers to my assets?

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The Authors field serves multiple purposes across the BLOX CMS, allowing admins to assign assets to a particular user, and allowing readers to Follow and contact Authors on the front end.

How do I add Flags to an asset?

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Flags contain additional options for classifying an asset. You can hover over each flag name to get a description of when the flag would be used.

How do I add Keywords to an asset?

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The Keywords settings area is where you can set up keyword tags for your site.

How do I add Tweets to my articles?

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Place interesting tweets inline into an article asset.

How do I add section tags to an asset?

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Section tags are how you assign an asset to a specific section(s).

How do I create a Merged article?

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Two or more articles need to be merged into one to create a new asset.

How do I create a Topic, Collection, or Gallery Page?

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Topic pages allow you to provide comprehensive information on important stories that are happening in your community. If you have a subject for which you have myriad assets of different types; i.e. articles, videos, PDFs, photos, etc., create a topic page to display all the information together.

How do I create an Article?

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Step-by-step guide to creating an article asset in BLOX Editorial / Assets.

How do I create an Image asset?

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Step-by-step guide to creating an image asset in BLOX Editorial / Assets.

How do I create an asset?

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Step-by-step guide to creating an article asset in BLOX Editorial / Assets.

How do I crop Preview images?

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An image the takes the place on the index page of the first photo in related children assets.

How do I delete an asset

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To delete an asset — highlight the asset and click the Delete button in the upper right corner.

How do I export Editorial / Assets?

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To export assets, first select the asset or assets you wish to export. Then, click on the Export button up on the toolbar.

How do I import an editorial asset?

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To import an asset, click on the Import option under the New Asset dropdown menu.

How do I purge a deleted asset?

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Once an Asset has been Marked For Deletion, the system will automatically completely purge the asset in seven days, at which time you can no longer retrieve it. If you want to purge the asset immediately and manually:

How do I set Start Date/Time and Display Priority

Description
The customer needs a way to control when an asset becomes available on their website.

How do I set up a podcast feed in BLOX?

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Podcasts are mp3 files that are created as audio assets. You need to create at least one audio asset and assign it to the section tag it should be a part of.

How do I stop an asset from showing up on my website?

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An asset (article, image, etc) was published prematurely, or needs be taken down either for a short time or permanently.

How do I unlock an editorial asset?

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Editorial assets can appear 'locked' in the BLOX admin. This feature is intended to notify users that another user is currently editing the asset, and prevents multiple users from overwriting each other's changes. Hovering over the padlock icon will provide the username of the person who has the asset open.

How do I use Article designer tools?

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The Article Designer tools give you the ability to pull inline images and other asset types that relate to a specific paragraph or section of the story making it more relative and in-depth to the story which helps keep users engaged.

How do I use Geolocations in assets?

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To edit a geolocation, highlight the geolocation you would like to edit and click the Actions / Edit Tag button in the upper left corner of the Manage Geo Tags window.

What is Sites and how is it used?

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Site Tags are used to assign assets to different sites. For example, if you wanted to send content from Site A to Site B, you would give content on Site A a Site Tag of "site_b." On Site B you would then set up a Processing Job to pull in content from Site A with a Site Tag of "site_b."

How do I use Batch upload?

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There are multiple ways to Batch upload several assets.

How do I use Saved searches?

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Saved searches function is universal through the BLOX CMS system and this document covers the use of Saved searches on Calendar, Subscription, Assets, Assignments, Page tracker, Banner Ads, Businesses, and Classifieds.

How do I use a Hi-res image?

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Under the Other tab, under Miscellaneous properties, find Hi-res image. Click Upload.

How to offer more professional print sizes through BLOX Photo Sales

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In response to requests from both media sites and consumers, we are now adding more photo sizes to our "Professional Prints" product.

How to use Batch editing tools

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Batch Edit allows you to modify various attributes on multiple assets simultaneously.

Using Article Presentation modes

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Presentation is set from a dropdown at the bottom of the Article Asset window. Using a specific Presentation helps make Article Assets more interesting for your readers.

Using Collection presentation modes

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Collection Presentation shows you what different types of Presentations are available for a Collection Asset such as Paging Galleries, Series, etc.

Using Image presentation modes

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Presentation is set from a dropdown at the bottom of the Image asset window. BloxCMS will not edit images automatically. Image Assets can be cropped within the Image Asset Edit window.

Important video file support information

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The use of .MP4/H.264 w/AAC was selected as it has the widest audience coverage based on device and browser types most popularly used. If you get an error message, the video does not meet these requirements.

How do I view the asset summary?

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To view the asset Summary, click the Show Summaries button at the bottom of the page.

What Does Each of The WYSIWIG Buttons Do in The Asset Editor?

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The WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) Editor contains multiple buttons that can assist you in formatting the text of an asset.

What are the Print, View, Save, and Cancel buttons for?

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The View button allows you to view a preview or a live version of your asset. Save has options for This Update is Important, Save Without Closing, and Save and Close. Clicking Cancel will close the asset window WITHOUT saving the changes you have made.

What are the required fields for Editorial / Assets?

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Throughout BLOX CMS a required field will have a red dotted line below it.

What does Automatic photo sales do?

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Photo Sales uses a custom algorithm to make a guess as to whether or not this photo should be purchasable. For example, an image asset flagged "AP" would not be available for photo sales. Editors and reporters can also override the default Automatic setting by explicitly either setting "enabled" or "disabled."

What is "This update is important" and what does it do?

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When a change is made to an editorial asset an Updated flag can show up on the front end. If the update is an actual change to the information in the asset then you would want to let your readers know this is an actual update. If the edit is to correct punctuation or spelling then you wouldn't want the flag to show up.

What is Editorial / Assets Search terms and how can I use them?

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Search terms, on the left side of the screen allows you to set one or multiple parameters that will narrow your search query. After setting the Search terms click Search. Reset sets all the options back to the default.

What is Sites and how is it used?

Description
Site Tags are used to assign assets to different sites. For example, if you wanted to send content from Site A to Site B, you would give content on Site A a Site Tag of "site_b." On Site B you would then set up a Processing Job to pull in content from Site A with a Site Tag of "site_b."

What is a Teaser image?

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Teaser is used as a Preview Image for an Article Asset.

What is a UUID and how do I use it?

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UUID stands for Universal Unique IDentifier. It is a unique alphanumeric string that is generated and assigned to each asset by the BLOX system.