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BLOX Settings

General

Authentication Provider

Authentication Provider

Authorized Digital Sellers

Authorized Digital Sellers

Cross-Domain Policy

Cross-Domain Policy

Domains

Domains

Federated Authentication

Federated Authentication

Geolocations

Geolocations

Google Settings

Google Settings

Keywords

Keywords

Linked Sites

Linked Sites

Profanity Filters

Profanity Filters

Sections

Sections

Site Settings

Site Settings

Site Tags

Site Tags

URL maps

URL maps

Webhooks

Webhooks

Webservice keys

Webservice keys

Workflows

Workflows

General

Authentication Provider

Authentication Provider

This setting allows your site to serve as an OpenID Authentication Provider.

Authorized Digital Sellers

Authorized Digital Sellers

This setting is where the ads.txt site file is modified.

Bot Blocking

Bot Blocking

Bot Blocking is a security feature designed to give publishers the power to control which bots and user agents can access their site content.

Cross-Domain Policy

Cross-Domain Policy

This setting is where Cross-Domain Policy rules can be declared for restricting Flash applications. 

Domains

Domains

This setting is where Vanity URLs can be created for use with Business Directory Storefront Listings.

Federated Authentication

Federated Authentication

This setting is where Federated Authentication can be setup for Apple ID, Facebook, Google, Newzware, Open ID and Syncronex.

Geolocations

Geolocations

Geolocations are U.S. location-specific, user-created keywords that can be added to add value to content. When it comes to targeting content, Geolocations offer the same benefits and flexility…

Google Settings

Google Settings

Google Settings is where a Site Admin will set up Google Tag Manager going forward.  The ability to add GTM in Site Settings and Page Customizations is being deprecated in favor of the Google …

Keywords

Keywords

This setting is where keywords can be managed within BLOX CMS. 

Linked Sites

Linked Sites

This setting is where a connection can be made between BLOX CMS and BLOX TCMS. 

Profanity Filters

Profanity Filters

The Profanity Filter settings is where you will setup a Profanity Filter for the comments on the site. Profanity filters can be used to check against user comments for inappropriate words.

Sections

Sections

This setting is where Section Tags can be created.

Site Settings

Site Settings

The Site Settings area is where the site name, icon, time zone, brand URL, motto, company information and custom properties are set up for your site.

Site Tags

Site Tags

This setting is where Site Tags are created. Site tags are used for syndicating content across BLOX CMS sites.

Uploads

If you want to use Dropbox to upload content you will need to enable it here.

URL maps

URL maps

A URL is a page on your website that you can go to, such as /news or /sports/local/high_school, etc. This doc explains how to create a URL in Settings / URL.

Webhooks

Webhooks

This setting is where webhook, or HTTP callbacks, can be configured to work with BLOX CMS. 

Webservice keys

Webservice keys

This setting is where webservices can be configured for integrating with 3rd party services.

Other

Camayak

Camayak

ClickItRewards

ClickItRewards

Disqus

Disqus

FTP Manager

FTP Manager

Jobs

Jobs

Livefyre

Livefyre

Payment Handlers

Payment Handlers

PGP Keys

PGP Keys

Weather

Weather

Embedded: Transforming newsroom collaboration (S1E2)

Embedded: Transforming newsroom collaboration (S1E2)

Other

Camayak

Camayak

This document covers how to set up Camayak and BLOX for the purpose of publishing articles.

ClickItRewards

ClickItRewards

Note:  To use ClickItRewards, you must have Rondino Subscription Software installed on your site.  For assistance, contact your Regional Sales Representative or call our Customer Support - (80…

Disqus

Disqus

This setting is used for configuring Discus as the default commenting platform. 

FTP Manager

FTP Manager

FTP Manager allows users to create, edit, and delete FTP settings on their site.

Jobs

Jobs

The Jobs Settings area is where you will set uploads and imports for your site. For example, if you are importing a classifieds feed file, you can set the feed to run here.

Livefyre

Livefyre

Note: Livefyre has been acquired by Adobe.  Significant changes are being applied to Livefyre.  TownNews will stop supporting the Free Version of Livefyre because Adobe is cancelling that serv…

Payment Handlers

Payment Handlers

Payment Handlers is where a payment handler can be configured within BLOX. Payment handlers are third-party services used for processing credit card transactions. BLOX supports Acument, Author…

PGP Keys

PGP Keys

Note: COMING in 2016: TownNews.com will no longer support email encryption (PGP and Hushmail) services in BLOX, due to Internet security standards. For more information please contact your reg…

Weather

Weather

This setting allows National Weather Service or WSI weather services to be used as the default weather provider. 

Embedded: Transforming newsroom collaboration (S1E2)

Embedded: Transforming newsroom collaboration (S1E2)

Dive into Episode 2 of BLOX Digital Embedded and discover how BLOX NXT is revolutionizing collaboration in the newsroom. Through candid interviews with Genevieve Smith, Elizabeth Stephens, and…

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