Adding a Blog Page

A blog is a page in your website where entries are made (such as in a journal or diary) and are displayed in a reverse chronological order. Creating a blog page enables you to provide commentary or news on the real estate, your community, your listings, or any other areas of interest to your visitors.

Before you can link this new blog page to an actual blog, you require a Featured Blog™ account. If you already have an account, enter your username and password in the spaces provided. If you do not have an account, the steps below will guide you through the process of creating one.

To add a blog page:

1. On the navigation bar, click Edit Site.

2. On the Website Manager page, click Manage My Pages.

3. On the Page Manager page, do one of the following:

• Click Add Main Page to add the Blog page as a main page.

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• Click on the title of the main page to which you are adding the Blog page as a subpage. All the subpages under this main page are displayed. Click Add Subpage.

4. Select the Top Producer® Blogs/Featured Blog™ layout.

5. Next to Page Name, enter a descriptive title for this page. This is the name that your visitors will click on to view this page.

6. Do any of the following:

• Specify your page options.

• Add up to three Web boxes to your page.

• Optionally select the lead form to be displayed to visitors when they try to access this page.

For more information, click next to each box on the page.

7. In the Blog section, do one of the following:

• If you do not have a Featured Blog™ account,  follow these steps:

  1. Select Please click here to order a blog account.

  The Blog Order Request Submitted message appears. A  representative will contact you via email verifying your account information, username, and password.

• If you already have a Featured Blog™ account, follow these steps:

  1. Enter your Username in the field.

  2. Enter your Password in the field.

8. If you wish to automatically post entries on your site, select the following check box(es):

• A listing is added to the site: Every time you add a new listing to your site,  the listing's details will be automatically posted on your blog.

• A listing is sold: When you sell a listing, news on the sale of this listing along with links to your site will be automatically posted on your blog.

• An Open House is added to one of the listings: When you create an Open House for a listing, details on this Open House will be automatically posted on your blog.

9. Click OK to save your changes.  

10. Click OK if you wish to view your blog and start blogging.