Content Controls allow customization and configuration of different aspects of your Content's defaults, including: Distribution Settings options, Organization Categories, Style options, and Author settings.
To access your Content Controls, go to Content > Controls.
Reminder: After making changes, click the Save button (located in the top right corner of your screen) to save your new Blast Controls settings.
General
In the General section, you will have the following controls related to your Content:
Content Queue Notification Frequency
This is where you can choose how often Team Members are notified when new Content has entered into the queue and is waiting to be approved and eligible to be sent out in News Digests.
Use the drop-down to select a notification frequency: Never, Daily, or Weekly
Default Expiration Days
This is the default number of expiration days for all Content created in your Content Hub. This is not set in stone as you will still be able to edit the expiration dates on all pieces of Content. This will just be the date set (and used) if the expiration date is not edited.
Use the slider to select the number of days after a piece of Content is published that you would like it to be expired or you can set all Content to evergreen as default by checking the box next to Never Expire(Evergreen).
Share Content Archive Link
This is a public link to your Content Archive page, which you can copy and share by clicking the Get Link button.
This feature is only available for private Instances because a non-subscriber cannot access a private Instance's Content Archive page without this link. If the Instance is public, non-subscribers can access the Content Archive page using the normal URL.
Social Advocacy
Administrators can enable the Social Advocacy Distribution Setting for Cerkl hosted Content to be publicly sharable online - whether or not your Organization is already set to Public or Private.
This setting is toggled off by default - This means Social Advocacy will be disabled in Content Distribution Settings until toggled on. After Social Advocacy is toggled on, the Distribution Settings for Content will have the Social Advocacy option available.
After Social Advocacy is toggled on, the Default Distribution Setting for newly created Content will be Off by Default. For Private organizations, we recommend keeping this set to Off by Default.
When set to On By Default, newly created Cerkl hosted Content will have Social sharing options enabled at the time of creation. This can be still disabled for Content you do not want sharable.
When Social Advocacy is switched between Off or On By Default, this will not change Distribution settings for already created content. Content can still be edited individually.
Please Note: Content shared with Social Advocacy will generate links to a Public version that will be available online even if this feature is disabled or if the Content expires. Please consider this before publishing Content with Sharing enabled.
After a piece of Content is shared publicly, if it is required that access is no longer available to anyone, Converting to Draft or Deleting the Content will remove access. However, Insights associated with the Content would no longer be available.
Categories
In the Categories section, you have the option to select all the Categories that your Subscribers can select as interests during the personalization process. These Categories are also available for Team Members to select to add when creating Content.
To add a Category, follow the steps below:
Click the down arrow on the right side of the category box.
Type in the Category you want to add.
If the Category auto-populates in the drop down box, click the Category in the drop-down to add it to your Instance's Categories.
If the Category doesn't auto-populate, you can type the Category out and press enter to add it to your Instance's Categories.
There is a maximum limit of 40 Categories you can add for your Subscribers to choose from when they go through the personalization process, but Content can include additional categories.
On this page, you will also see the option to toggle Auto Generate Categories on or off.
Toggled On: Your Instance will automatically attempt to add Categories to all Content pushed from your sources. When toggled ON, our AI reads the RSS feeds of the articles pushed in from sources and pulls out which Categories should be assigned to them.
Toggled Off: No Categories will be assigned to the pieces of Content pushed in from your sources and your Team Members will have to assign them manually.
Default Styles
Color Defaults
Color Defaults provide the your team to pre-set the default colors for Text and Links, as well as set six additional colors are available for quick access when creating and editing Content.
To set and customize, click the color circle to select from the color wheel or your preloaded colors, or simply enter a hex code into the text box
Type Scale
With Type Scales for Content, you can pre-set formatting Styles for easy application in the Content Text Editor.
Type Scale Style options include six Headings, and one Paragraph style. The Paragraph style is treated as the default for all text typed or pasted without formatting into the editor.
Type Scale Styles support: Font type, Font-Size, and Line-Height. Click the Eye icon next to the name to preview the style.
Edit Type Scale Styles
To changes styles, click the Edit Style button, or, Click the Eye icon next to the name, then click Edit.
From the Edit Scales menu, you can switch to any of the available Scales from the above buttons. Select the Font type, Font-Size and Line-Height, then click Update to save your changes.
To add a Custom Font to your Font list, as well as set a Fallback font, go to the Typography section in Settings > Branding. For more information, please review: Apply Your Branding.
Cerkl Pro-Tip: You can edit multiple Scale styles before clicking update.
Remember to Save your Controls settings after updating to save your change.
Authors
In the Authors section, you have the ability to toggle Content Authors on or off, as well as manage Author profiles. To learn more about managing authors, please review: Content Authors.
Toggled on: will allow your team to select Authors for each piece of Content published. Authors will also appear as individuals your Subscribers can follow during the personalization process.
Toggled off: will show all Content created in your Instance as being authored by your Organization.
If you have any questions at all, please don't hesitate to reach out to us at support@cerkl.com or use the support Chat toward the bottom right-hand corner of any cerkl.com page.