Blogs at Penn State Community

Set Status of Entry to "Publish"

If you have written an entry, but it does not appear when you click View Site, the most likely problem is that your entry is still set to Unpublished. To change its status

1. Log on to http://blogs.psu.edu.
2. Click the name of your blog to enter it.
3. Click the Entries button in the upper portion of the left menu.
4. Click the link for the missing entry.
5. Change the entry status to Published In the Status pull-down menu,
6. Click Save to change the setting.
7. Click the View Site button to be sure the entry is visible to the public.

Set Default Status to "Publish"

If you want all entries to be immediately visible to the public, then you can set the default status of new entries to Publish.

1. Log on to http://blogs.psu.edu.
2. Click the name of your blog to enter it.
3. Click the Settings button in the left menu.
4. Click the link Switch to Detailed Settings link on the right. More tabs will be displayed.
   
5. Click the New Entry Defaults tab in the Detailed Settings screen.
   
6. Change the Post Status pull-down menu from “Unpublished” to Published.
7. Click Save Changes at the bottom of the screen.
8. Click the Rebuild My Site button. Click Rebuild in the next window.
9. Click New Entry in the left menu and check to see that the Status menu is set to Published.