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title: Blogs
description: Learn how to build and customize the Blogs App, manage permissions and settings, promote content, export templates, and display blog posts using widgets.
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# Blogs

## Blogs are a simple and easy-to-use platform to connect with employees and share relevant information in a timely way. The advantage of blogs is that posts and comments are easy to access and follow as everything is in one place.

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#### **Build Your Blog**

You can either upload new contents directly or create a list of folders to group content.

To add new content, click New \> Item

To create new sub folder, click New \> Folder \> Add new content to selected folder. 

#### **Default Blogs Layout**

The Blogs App comes with a standard 'List View' & 'Detail View' layout for its default home page. All layouts can be customized.

![](https://learn.intranetconnections.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Jan-09-2026-10-39-45-3359-PM.png?width=342&height=405&name=image-png-Jan-09-2026-10-39-45-3359-PM.png)

#### **Detail View**

Choose which field to include. Drag and drop the field to reposition it![Screenshot 2026-10-08 111325](https://learn.intranetconnections.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202026-10-08%20111325.png?width=521&height=356&name=Screenshot%202026-10-08%20111325.png)

#### **List View**

Choose which column to include. Drag and drop to reposition it

![Screenshot 2026-10-08 111412](https://learn.intranetconnections.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202026-10-08%20111412.png?width=521&height=256&name=Screenshot%202026-10-08%20111412.png)

 

A feed-style browsing experience, allowing users to scroll through blog content seamlessly rather than needing to open each post individually to see content.

![](https://learn.intranetconnections.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Oct-08-2026-06-25-02-7017-PM.png?width=670&height=307&name=image-png-Oct-08-2026-06-25-02-7017-PM.png)

 

#### **Add, Edit & Delete App Permissions**

Edit 'View Content', Add Content, Edit 'Other's Content' & Delete 'Other's Content'

**![](https://learn.intranetconnections.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Jan-09-2026-10-51-01-1715-PM.png?width=301&height=281&name=image-png-Jan-09-2026-10-51-01-1715-PM.png)**

 

#### **App Settings**

#### Toggle comments, emojis, Read & Confirm and Advertising Options

![Screenshot 2026-10-08 111510](https://learn.intranetconnections.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202026-10-08%20111510.png?width=241&height=255&name=Screenshot%202026-10-08%20111510.png)

#### **Export App Template**

Customized App template can be exported and imported in a different site

**To import:** Open Site Card \> Apps \> Create App from Template \> Import Template  \> Selected downloaded template to import

#### **Promote Items**

Ensure Advertising Options has been turned on in App Settings.  
Create New content, click publish and the Promote window will be displayed.

 

![](https://learn.intranetconnections.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-May-29-2026-04-28-37-9746-PM.png?width=517&height=292&name=image-png-May-29-2026-04-28-37-9746-PM.png)

 

To see details on the What's New feed widget, click [here](https://learn.intranetconnections.com/whats-new-feed-widget?hsLang=en-ca). To see details on the Story Board, click [here](https://learn.intranetconnections.com/storyboard?hsLang=en-ca).

#### Display the Blogs app in a Widget

Use the App Feed widget to add the app to a widget page

Add Widget \> App Feed \> Select Source App \> under Show Body Content, select HTML Editor Field \> select Body to display full blog content in the widget

**![](https://learn.intranetconnections.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Jan-20-2026-08-23-25-3640-PM.png?width=160&height=313&name=image-png-Jan-20-2026-08-23-25-3640-PM.png)  \>   ![Screenshot 2026-10-08 111858](https://learn.intranetconnections.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202026-10-08%20111858.png?width=191&height=590&name=Screenshot%202026-10-08%20111858.png) \> ![](https://learn.intranetconnections.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Oct-08-2026-06-20-19-8293-PM.png?width=300&height=251&name=image-png-Oct-08-2026-06-20-19-8293-PM.png)**

#### **Blogs Widget Display**

Users can interact directly with blog content from within the widget with emoji reactions and comments.

**![](https://learn.intranetconnections.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Oct-08-2026-06-21-43-1302-PM.png?width=670&height=356&name=image-png-Oct-08-2026-06-21-43-1302-PM.png)**

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