At our November customer webinar, Christine Masters, Director of BLOX CMS for TownNews, gave a masterclass to highlight some advanced, and sometimes overlooked, editorial functionality within BLOX CMS.
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The Editorial Asset Application Settings are settings and configurations that apply only to Editorial assets. The Application Settings are located within the gear icon in the upper right-hand corner of the Editorial Assets workspace.
Content Importers can be setup for ingesting editorial content into BLOX Editorial Assets.
If you're using the TownNews.com Content Exchange, or are considering using it, you may have questions about how to protect your content. These are answers to questions we've received from customers in terms of digital rights management.
Learn more about the unique alphanumeric string that is generated and assigned to each asset by BLOX.
Learn how Editorial assets can be exported from one instance of BLOX CMS and imported into another.
Learn more about the "Updated" flag feature.
Learn how the algorithm that suggests photo Upsells to your audience works.
We're frequently asked about removing Google search results that link to an article that has been updated or removed from a TownNews hosted site. The problem occurs when, despite the content being removed from the website, the Google search result is retained.
Many HTML tags are automatically stripped from an article asset in BLOX when the asset is saved. BLOX uses the PHP tidy filter to attempt to clean code that may have errors.
FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol. It is used to send files from one location to another via server. FTPs are used to transfer files that are too large to be sent any other way, such as photos and videos. Emails often have restrictions as to how large of a message can be sent. An FTP allows users to send large assets to a remote location quickly and easily. Common FTP clients include Filezilla and Core FTP but your site can use any FTP client. Your site will be provided with FTP account information from the Project Manager when the site is built and you have been given access to the site.
This importer is used to ingest editorial content in the NITF format.
JSON importers are used for importing content in conjunction with OTT systems.
Custom importers may be created to import content presented in a custom or non-standardized way or to accommodate unique importing needs.
Toned and b&w image importers are used to ingest images for sites using TotalCMS.
Note: You can only use one Property Name per Asset. Example: You cannot use 'note' more than once.
