Use event blog posts to publish announcements, speaker spotlights, resources and follow-up notes on your public event site.
Create a blog post
Go to Website > Blog Posts and select Add Blog Post.
On Content, enter the title and write the body using the HTML or Markdown editor. HeySummit can create the URL slug from the title, or you can enter a unique slug.
Choose the author. The list includes the event owner and team members who can access the event and have Can Author Blog Posts? permission.
Add an excerpt to control the short summary, or leave it blank for HeySummit to generate one from the content. Select Next.
On Image, upload an optional featured image, then select Next. If you leave it blank, HeySummit generates a simple cover image using your event theme.
On Publishing, review Allow comments? and Publish this post?, then save the post. Leave publishing off to save a draft.
Publishing sends a subscriber update
The first time you publish a post, HeySummit queues an email notification to active blog subscribers. Review the content and publishing choice before saving. Editing an already published post, or unpublishing and republishing it, does not send that first-publication notification again.
Where published posts appear
Published posts appear at /blog/, and each has its own public page. The RSS feed is at /blog/rss.xml.
Draft and unpublished posts are hidden from the public blog, RSS feed and public post URL.
The built-in Blog navigation link requires a published post and the relevant event navigation configuration. If it is missing, check your published posts and header/menu settings.
Cards and social previews use your featured image when present, otherwise the generated image.