# Blog Articles

https://docs.wisecp.com/es/blog-articles

Manage your blog articles in one list, and decide from the same screen who may comment and when those comments appear.

## Opening the Screen

Go to **Site Management › Blog**: `{admin}/manage-website/blogs`. The page itself is titled **Articles**, and it opens for staff holding any of the site management permissions.

The menu entry carries the number of comments waiting for approval.

## What Is on the Screen

Three parts: the action bar with its side screens, the table of articles, and a settings window behind the **Settings** button.

### The Action Bar

On a narrow screen the bar is folded away; open it with **Show Options** under the page title.

**Apply to Selected** acts on the rows you tick and offers one action, **Delete**. **Create Article** opens the empty article form. **Categories** and **Comments** leave for their own screens, and the **Comments** button repeats the pending count. **Settings** opens the window described below.

### The Table Columns

The newest article comes first and that order stays; no column header sorts the list.

| Column | What it shows |
| --- | --- |
| Selection box | Ticks the row for the bulk action. Needs the delete permission. |
| Title | The headline in the panel language, cut to fifty characters. Hover for the whole title. |
| URL | The public address of the article. Opens the live page in a new tab. |
| Created | When the article was added, as elapsed time. Hover for the exact moment. |
| Row menu | Three-dot button: **Edit** opens the article, **Delete** needs the delete permission. **Edit** stays visible without the edit permission. The form it opens then denies access. |

The strip above the table carries the rest. **Show Records** sets the page size, and the search box narrows the list by what you type, matching anywhere in the row.

### The Settings Window

One switch decides whether the blog takes comments at all. With **Comment System** off, the two settings under it are hidden.

With it on, **Publishing** decides whether a new comment appears at once or waits for your approval, and **Account Required** decides whether the visitor has to sign in first. Click **Save** at the bottom of the window to apply the change.

### Downloading the List

The download arrow sits at the right end of the table strip and appears for staff holding the table export permission. It offers **CSV**, **JSON** and **XML**.

## Controls

- **Apply to Selected**: Runs **Delete** on the ticked rows, then empties itself. With no row ticked it does nothing.
- **Create Article**: Opens the empty article form. Edit permission only.
- **Categories**: Opens the category list, where the groups an article can belong to are kept. The button shows for everyone who can read this screen. The list behind it needs the edit permission and denies access without it.
- **Comments**: Opens the comment list. The badge counts the comments waiting for approval.
- **Settings**: Opens the **Blog Settings** window with the three options below. Edit permission only.
- **Comment System**: Allows comments on blog articles. While off it hides the two options below, and no article takes comments.
- **Publishing**: **Automatic** shows a comment the moment it arrives; **Manual** holds it for approval.
- **Account Required**: Asks the visitor to sign in as a member before commenting. While off, a visitor may comment by leaving a name and an e-mail address.
- **Search box**: Narrows the list as you type. It matches anywhere in the row, so the URL address counts as well as the title.
- **Show Records**: How many rows one page of the table holds.

## Tasks

### Setting the comment rules

1. Click **Settings** in the action bar. The **Blog Settings** window opens.
2. Turn **Comment System** on. The two options under it appear.
3. Choose **Automatic** or **Manual** under **Publishing**, and set **Account Required** the way you want it.
4. Click the **Save** button at the bottom of the window. New comments follow the rule from that moment on.

### Changing an article

1. Find the article with the search box above the table, or read it off the list.
2. Open the three-dot menu at the end of its row and choose **Edit**.
3. The article form opens with the current content, ready to change and save.

### Deleting articles

1. For one article, open the three-dot menu at the end of its row and choose **Delete**.
2. For several, tick them in the first column, then choose **Delete** from **Apply to Selected**.
3. With more than one selected the window asks for your own admin password. Type it, then click the **Delete** button in the window footer.
4. The rows leave the list, together with their translations and uploaded images.

## Things to Watch

> **Deleting an article cannot be undone**
> 
> Delete removes the article, all its translations and its uploaded images. Take a copy of anything you may want to publish again. Its comments are not deleted. They stay in the comment list as rows with no title, shown as `#id`. They also keep counting towards the pending badge. Clear them first if you do not want them left behind.

> **Manual publishing gives you a queue to work**
> 
> With **Publishing** on **Manual**, every new comment waits for you. Watch the badge on **Comments** so nobody waits for days.

> **The switch governs the whole blog**
> 
> **Comment System** is one setting for every article. There is no per-article version of it on this screen.

## Required Privileges

Reading the list and the comment list needs one of the site management permissions. Creating articles, changing them, opening the category list and saving the settings window need `MANAGE_WEBSITE_OPERATION`. Without it the **Create Article** and **Settings** buttons are missing. The **Categories** button and the **Edit** entry stay visible, but deny access when opened. Ticking rows and deleting need `MANAGE_WEBSITE_DELETE`. Without it the selection column and the **Delete** entry never appear. The **Apply to Selected** list stays on the bar, with no row left to tick.

## Related Articles

- [Creating an Article](https://docs.wisecp.com/en/creating-a-blog-article)
- [Article Categories](https://docs.wisecp.com/en/blog-categories)
- [Article Comments](https://docs.wisecp.com/en/blog-comments)
- [News and Announcements](https://docs.wisecp.com/en/news-and-announcements)
- [Pages](https://docs.wisecp.com/en/pages)