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====== Blog ======

The form in which the Brix support team writes announcements about what is new in Brix — new features, changes and upgrades. Announcements are shown to all users in the [[brix:en:blogs:news]] widget on the Brix home page, right after logging in. A user sees only announcements written in their interface language, so a separate announcement is entered for each language.

Blog is part of the [[brix:en:solutions:crm|Sales Management (CRM)]] module. The form is visible to users who have the program assigned in the [[brix:en:users|Users]] form; at present only MICRO PROCESS writes announcements.

===== Toolbar =====

  * **Search box** — the field in the top left corner; narrows the loaded announcements to those containing the entered text.
  * **Green question mark** — opens this help page in a new window.
  * The {{:icons:add.png?20|}} button in the bottom right corner opens the //Blog - Add// dialog.

===== List =====

[[brix:en:filter_search:start]]

Blog has no filter — announcements are found with the search box. Clicking a row opens the //Blog - Edit// dialog. List columns:

  * {{:icons:check.png?16|}} — a check mark in the first column marks an announcement with //**{Always on top}**// switched on.
  * **Date** — the date the announcement was created.
  * **Publish** — the date from which the announcement is visible to users; an empty column means it has not been published yet.
  * **Version** — the Brix version the announcement refers to.
  * **Name** — the announcement title.
  * **Author** — the user who entered the announcement.
  * **URL WIKI**, **URL WEB** — links to the help page or to the article on the website, if entered.

===== Buttons =====

The //Blog - Add// dialog shows only the save button; the delete button appears only in the //Blog - Edit// dialog.

  * <color #ffffff/#0087ab>**SAVE**</color> — Saves the announcement and closes the dialog.
  * <color #ffffff/#f44336>**DELETE**</color> — Deletes the announcement after confirmation. Deletion cannot be undone.

===== Fields =====

Fields are listed in the order they appear in the dialog.

  * //**{Language}**// — The language the announcement is written in. The widget shows the announcement only to users with that interface language; for another language a separate announcement with the same content is entered.
  * //**{Version}**// — Brix version in the form //v#.##.##// (e.g. //v1.10.11//). Not mandatory — left empty for notices not tied to a version.
  * //**{Name}**// — The announcement title, up to 120 characters. Mandatory.
  * //**{Date}**// — The creation date; defaults to today. Announcements in the widget are sorted by this date, newest first.
  * //**{Publish}**// — The date from which the announcement is visible to users. While the field is empty the announcement is not shown to users; an announcement with a future date stays hidden until that day. This is the date shown in the widget.
  * //**{Always on top}**// — The announcement stays at the top of the widget, ahead of all others, and is shown in red. Intended for permanent notices, e.g. about how the support system works.
  * //**{URL WIKI}**// — Link to a help page. If entered, clicking the announcement in the widget opens that page instead of the text dialog, so //**{Text}**// need not be entered.
  * //**{URL WEB}**// — Link to an article on the MICRO PROCESS website. Behaves the same as //**{URL WIKI}**//.
  * //**{Modules}**//, //**{Programs}**// — The modules and programs the announcement refers to. Informational only; shown as columns in the widget.
  * //**{Text}**// — The announcement body. Edited in an editor with a toolbar (headings, alignment, bold, italic, underline, quote, lists, indentation, links); the {{:icons:code.png?20|}} button opens the HTML source of the announcement.
  * //**{Photograph}**// — An image shown in the announcement dialog. Added with the {{:icons:add_square.png?20|}} button in the header of the //Photograph// box, which is available only in the //Blog - Edit// dialog, i.e. after the announcement has been saved.

===== Limitations =====

  * An announcement with no date in //**{Publish}**// is not shown to any user, regardless of its other data.
  * An announcement is shown only to users whose interface language matches //**{Language}**//; a user with another language does not see the Croatian version either.
  * A photograph cannot be added in the //Blog - Add// dialog — the announcement has to be saved first.
  * The <color #ffffff/#f44336>**DELETE**</color> button is shown only in the //Blog - Edit// dialog.