Blog Post
For any startup, the most important thing is to get the word out about your product or service. One of the best ways to do this is by writing blog posts. Blog posts are a great way to share your knowledge and expertise with your audience, and they can also help you improve your search engine rankings. We'll show you how to integrate the blog app — a feature that comes pre-packaged with the template. This will serve as a cornerstone for initiating marketing efforts for your newly created website. Let's dive in and transform your project idea into a live website.
Blog Editor with TinyMCE
Our built-in editor to write blog posts is by using a blog editor with TinyMCE. TinyMCE is a powerful and easy-to-use blog editor that makes it easy to create and edit blog posts.
Admin Dashboard
You can access the blog editor by logging into your admin dashboard (e.g., interviewdb.com/john_wick/) and clicking on the "Blog" tab from the left side. From there, you can create a new blog post, edit existing posts, and manage your blog categories and tags.
Publishing Blog Posts
The blog list view uses the is_public field to determine whether a blog post is published or not. You can set this field to True to publish a blog post, or False to keep it as a draft.
By default, a Blog post's is_public field is set to False and will not be visible to the public until you set it to True.
SEO Optimization
When writing blog posts, it's important to keep search engine optimization (SEO) in mind. This means using relevant keywords in your blog posts, creating high-quality content, and optimizing your blog posts for search engines.
Explanation of several fields
- title: The title of your blog post
- slug: The URL of your blog post
- meta_desc: A short description of your blog post that will appear in search engine results, limited to 160 characters for SEO purposes
- content: The main content of your blog post, including text, images, and videos
- is_public: A boolean field to determine if the blog post will be shown to the public
Blog Create API
You can also create blog posts programmatically using our blog create API. This allows you to automate the process of creating and publishing blog posts, which can save you time and effort.
The url for the blog create API is https://example.com/blog/create, which can be configured to your needs in the blog/urls.py file.
We've also included a blog serializer in the blog/serializers.py file, which you can use to serialize and deserialize blog posts.
How do I get the 10 free blog posts?
- To get the 10 free blog posts, simply sign up a free account at skills.ai.
- Email us your account email address at
[email protected]. - We will then credit your account with 10 free blog posts.
- For blog delivery, you can either set up the API to deliver the blog posts to your website or you can copy and paste them manually.
New Python Script for Populating Related Blog Posts
We've introduced a Python script to automatically populate related blog posts for each entry.
- Location: Find the script in the
blog/utils/folder. - Ease of Use: A management command,
populate_related_blogs, has been added to facilitate script execution. This command is located inblog/management/commands/. - Execution: The management script
blog/management/commands/populate_related_blogs.pyinvokes thepopulate_related_blogsfunction from theblog/utils/populate_related_blogs.pyfile.
To run the script, ensure you have blog posts in your database and execute:
python manage.py populate_related_blogs
For a deeper understanding of how the script works, including its reliance on Jaccard similarity for determining relatedness, visit our detailed blog: How to Programmatically Populate Related Blogs in Django: Boosting User Experience and SEO .