When should I use the section types... blog and newsitems?
Christine Cahoon Fri 17 Jul 2015 updated: Wed 17 Jan 2018
Basically newsitems is for timed content whereas the blog displays the content permanently and in various ways:
Blog
- by default, it displays the last 10 blog posts
- in its sidebar, the blog items are listed by the month when they are added showing the contributor, number of articles and comments added within each month
- a tag cloud is also displayed on the sidebar—those keywords that have been specified in each blog post so users can find all the blog posts about a certain topic
- there is also a free text search box for users to find an article about a topic they are looking for
Newsitems
- a start and expiry date is specified for each news item
- once the item has reached the expiry date, it will automatically be placed in an Archive that users can search
You can choose to add a Facebook or Twitter feed in the sidebar of the News section.