Liveblogs in Sophora Web

With Sophora Liveblogs, editors can work together to create and publish liveblogs.

Terminology

We use the following terms in this guide:

• (Sophora) Liveblogs: This Sophora module. 
• Liveblog: A list of liveblog entries sorted chronologically.
• Entry: A single time-stamped topic in a liveblog, containing the multimedia content.
• Top entry: A highlighted entry, typically used to generate navigation for the liveblog.  
• Pin: A pinned entry, typically displayed at the top of the liveblog.

Overview

When you open a liveblog document, it opens in read-only mode and the editor shows a special tab Entries with the liveblog entries.

Groups exists for Pinned Entries, Top Entries and (All) Entries. Liveblog entries in each group sort by editorial date, with the newest at the top.

To handle large amounts of entries, pagination is used. To navigate between entries, use the navigation under the list of entries.

Work with liveblog documents

Creating liveblogs documents, finding and editing existing liveblogs is no different from handling other documents.

Manage entries in a liveblog

To add a new entry to a liveblog:

1. In Sophora Web, open a liveblog document.
2. Click or tap the Plus icon in the Entries group.
3. The new entry document opens.
4. The entry automatically connects to the corresponding liveblog document.
5. Fill out the required fields.
6. Save (and publish).

To edit an existing entry in a liveblog:

1. In Sophora Web, open a liveblog document.
2. Click or tap the context menu (three dots) of the entry you want to edit
3. Select Open.
4. The entry document opens in a new browser tab.
5. Fill out the fields. The editorial date field affects how the entry sorts in the liveblog. Neither the publishing date nor the last modified date affects the sequence of the entries in the liveblog.
6. Save (and publish).

To resort the entries in a liveblog: 

1. In Sophora Web, open a liveblog document
2. Open the context menu (three dots) of the entry you want to edit.
3. Select Open.
4. Change the editorial date of the entry. 
5. Save (and publish).
6. Check the new sequence of the entries in the liveblog. 
7. Repeat until the sequence of the entries in the liveblog is correct.

To pin an entry in a liveblog:

1. In Sophora Web, open a liveblog document
2. Click or tap the Pin icon of the entry you want to pin. Alternatively, when you open an entry, you can pin it by clicking or tapping on the Pin icon in the action bar of the document editor. (Availability depends on the configuration.) 

The top entry feature highlights entries, which can be used for quick links at the top or side of the liveblog. The layout and functionality depend on the custom front-end development.

1. In Sophora Web, open a liveblog document
2. Click or tap the Star icon of the entry you want to mark as a top entry. Alternatively, when you open an entry, you can highlight it by clicking on the Star icon in the action bar of the document editor. (Availability depends on the configuration.) 

Refresh the liveblog page

If there are new entries in the liveblog, Sophora Web notifies you with a message in the lower right of the screen.. Click or tap the message to refresh the liveblog.

Publish

All typical document actions are possible, for example creating, and publishing, and so on, because liveblog entries are regular Sophora documents.