Article How to list most popular blog posts

  1. Click Pencil Icon >  Manage [Site/Group/Blog] Theme > Edit this Page
  2. Select and place the Blog - Post List widget on the page
  3. Click on   in the widget menu bar. The configuration dialog appears.
  4. In the configuration dialog window, make the the following changes:
    • Change the Widget Title to a name such as "Popular Blogs"
    • Select List View for the View Detail
    • Select Most Viewed for Sort Posts By
    • Additionally, you can elect to:
      • In User Query Type, pull from all users, the logged in user, or the current user's posts
      • In Select group/blog to pull content from, select a specific blog or a particular group and possibly its subgroups. (The option defaults to the current group.)
      • In Tags to filter posts by, filter by any particular tags
      • In Excerpt Size, enter the number of characters to display in the post excerpt. Note that if you enter 0, the configuration uses its default, 420
      • In Number of posts to display, enter how many blog posts you want in the popular posts list.
  5. Click Save in the configuration dialog.
  6. Click Publish when complete.