Description: This module allows the creation, management, and publication of textual content (articles, news, updates) within your website, with full support for translation and search engine optimization.
What is it for? (Practical examples)
Use the Blog Articles module to:
- Improve online visibility: Regularly publish original content to attract organic traffic to your site.
- Organize corporate communications: Create a News or Blog section to share updates, case studies, or practical guides with your clients.
- Plan content campaigns: Schedule the exact publication date of articles in advance, ensuring a steady flow of content.
Main Features
Content Management
- Multilingual Creation: All main fields (Title, Description, Content, and Slug) support translation, allowing you to manage the article in all active system languages.
- Flexible Editing Modes: You can choose between two modes for writing content:
- Classic Editor: An advanced text editor (WYSIWYG) for standard formatting.
- Visual Builder: A drag-and-drop visual editor for creating complex and interactive layouts.
- Categorization and Tagging: Assign the article to one or more categories and add relevant tags to facilitate user search and navigation.
- Short Description: Enter a summary or excerpt of the article, useful for previews in lists or social shares.
Visibility and Scheduling
- Active/Inactive Status: Control whether the article is publicly visible on the site.
- Featured Marking: Mark articles as "Featured" to display them separately in dedicated areas of the site (e.g., homepage or sidebar).
- Publication Scheduling: Set a future date and time for automatic article publication.
- Expiration Management: Define a date and time when the article will be automatically hidden from the site (useful for promotions or limited-time news).
Media and Images
You can upload or select three types of images, each with multilingual support:
- Preview: Small image or icon used in lists and search results.
- Main: Cover image displayed inside the article.
- Banner: Background or header image, if provided by the template.
How to Configure
Creating or editing an article is organized into logical sections:
| Section | Field | User Description |
|---|---|---|
| General | Article Title | The main title of the content (required). |
| General | Slug | The final part of the article’s URL. It is generated automatically from the title but can be manually edited. |
| General | Publication Date | If left empty, the article is published immediately (if active). If a future date is set, the article will be scheduled. |
| General | Expiration | Date and time when the article will be automatically deactivated. |
| General | Category | Allows selecting one or more categories to organize the article. |
| General | Tags | Keywords describing the content, useful for internal search. |
| General | Show on Site | Toggle to activate or deactivate public visibility of the article. |
| General | Feature Article | Marks the article for promotion in specific areas. |
| Images | Preview, Main, Banner | Fields for uploading images associated with the article. |
| SEO | SEO Title | Specific title shown in search engine results. |
| SEO | SEO Description | Short descriptive text shown in search engine results. |
Automatic Integrations
The Blog Articles module automatically integrates with these systems:
- Automatic Scheduling: If a future publication date is set, the system automatically adds the article to the queue of scheduled operations to ensure publishing at the exact time.
- URL Management: The article's "Slug" is automatically appended to the main Blog page URL (if configured) to create a valid public link.
- Media Management: Uploaded images are saved and optimized automatically by the media management system, ready for display on the site.
- User Area: The system tracks the author of the article by linking it to the user who made the last modification.
Managing Articles in List
From the main articles management screen, it is possible to:
- Preview: View the uploaded preview image.
- Quick Status Change: Change visibility status of an article (Show/Hide on site) directly from the list without entering edit mode.
- Quick Access: Open the article in a new browser tab or copy its public URL for sharing.
- Filters: Filter articles list by Category.
