Kontext column help
Columns are for users to publish articles. Some columns are only available to registered users or administrators, thus they are not accessible to anonymous users.
Create column
Column is like a mini-blog where users can publish articles. Kontext users can create multiple columns for different domain knowledge.
- Navigate to page My dashboard.
- Click button Add column.
- Input column title, slug and short description and tags (optional).
- In Settings, Input access level and licence/terms accordingly. There are three access levels:
- Public - everyone can access the article.
- Members only - only logged on users can access it.
- Administrators only - only you and administrators can access it.
- Check Allow comments option to allow users to comment on your column. If it is not selected, users won't be able to add comment on the articles in the column unless it is enabled in each article.
- Click button Create to finishing creating columns.
Edit column
Column details can be updated.
- Navigate to page Columns.
- Find the column you want to edit.
- Click menu option icon
on the right top corner of the column card.
- Click Edit menu item in the dropdown popup menu:
- Update column details.
- Click button Update to save changes.
Create column article
- Navigate to one of your columns where you want to publish article.
- Click button Write article.
- Input article title, short description, content, language code and tags (optional).
- Select access level for the article.
- Check Allow comments option to allow users to comment on your article. If it is not selected, users won't be able to add comment.
- Click button Publish to publish the article. You can also click Save as draft button to save the article as drafts. For drafts, you can publish them on page Articles.
infoDrafts are not accessible to users (incl. logged on users).
Edit column article
Published articles or drafts can be edited.
- Navigate to page Articles.
- Find the article you want to edit.
- Click menu option icon
on the right top corner of the article card.
- Click Edit menu item in the dropdown popup menu:
- Update article details.
- Click Update and publish button to save changes. For drafts, you can also click Save as draft button to save the changes but not to publish the article.
Delete column article
At the moment, article is able to be deleted by the administrators or original column owner.
- Navigate to page Articles.
- Find the article you want to delete.
- Click menu option icon
on the right top corner of the article card.
- Click Delete menu item in the dropdown popup menu:
- Click Delete button to delete the article.