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== How to add a "journal" or "blog" section ==

The adding of a journal or blog section to a website, particularly a CMS, is something commonly requested. The process is quite straight-forward, but can be baffling for someone unfamiliar with Geeklog. This is a quick tutorial on adding a journal or blog to Geeklog, and will hopefully help you see how the Topics and Stories features work together.

To add new journal/blog entires, you will want to use the Stories feature. This will allow you to quickly create dated entries.

To keep your journal/blog entries together, you will want to assign them to a topic called "Journal" or "Blog" (or whatever you want to call it). This topic will need to be created before your stories can be assigned to them.

=== Step 1: Add the journal or blog topic ===

# Log into your website.
# In the <b>Admins Only</b> block, click the "Topics" link.
# Click on the "Create New" link at the top.
# Complete the fields in the form (see the [[Topics#Adding_A_Topic|Adding A Topic]] section for details on the fields), using "journal" or "blog" (or whatever you want to call it) in the Topic ID and Topic Name fields.
# Click the "Save" button.

=== Step 2: Adding entires to your journal or blog ===

# Log into your website.
# In the <B>Admins Only</b> block, click the "Stories" link.
# Add your content (see the [[Stories14#Adding_A_Story|Adding A Story]] section for more details), and chose your journal/blog topic as the topic.
# Click the "Save" button.

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 # Log into your website.
-# In the <b>Admins Only</b> block, click the "Topics" link.
+# In the [[Admins Block|Admins Only]] block, click the "Topics" link.
 # Click on the "Create New" link at the top.
 # Complete the fields in the form (see the [[Topics#Adding_A_Topic|Adding A Topic]] section for details on the fields), using "journal" or "blog" (or whatever you want to call it) in the Topic ID and Topic Name fields.
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 # Log into your website.
-# In the <B>Admins Only</b> block, click the "Stories" link.
+# In the [[Admins Block|Admins Only]] block, click the "Stories" link.
 # Add your content (see the [[Stories#Adding_A_Story|Adding A Story]] section for more details), and chose your journal/blog topic as the topic.
 # Click the "Save" button.