SiteContent, Your Requests for 2020.
Hi Everyone,
As mentioned in past blog posts, we have a ton of awesome stuff slated for Wealthy Affiliate in the months and year ahead. In fact, our most significant changes yet!
Today I wanted to reach out to have a discussion about one platform in particular, SiteContent. We have made several updates and improvements to this platform since its inception a few years back, but we have plans to take it to the next level in terms of a website content editor, and a writing tool.
One thing that we are not going to be doing is reinventing the wheel, it is easy to jump down rabbit holes when you consider changes/improvements to such a platform. We have to be careful about developing things that can be done adequately or even better elsewhere, but we also want to incorporate innovation and evolution in areas where we can make your life MUCH more efficient as a content creator.
There are a lot of things being done elsewhere that we know we can do a lot better. There are also a lot of things we are currently doing within SiteContent that we know we can do better.
We have TONS of ideas already, and many are in very late stages of idea development which is the final stage before design. But as always, we want to reach out to the community for your feedback, observations, and wants and needs. We evolve because of YOU.
So as we sit here at the drawing board in preparation of the development phase of SiteContent 2.0 this leads me to a few questions. If you can provide me with your feedback that would be great. So here they are...
(1) What are your favorite aspects of SiteContent?
(2) What are some brand new features that you would like to see within SiteContent?
(3) What are some existing features that you would like to see improved upon, and if so, HOW do you feel we could improve them?
As always, we really appreciate your feedback and you can expect a really awesome update coming to SiteContent at some point in 2020. We are going to be taking this platform to the next level and it WILL be the ultimate content creation, management, and authorting tool on the Internet.
Looking forward to hearing from you!
Cheers,
Kyle (& Carson)
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My suggestion for 2020 is that SSL be provided for incoming and outgoing email for those members wanting to use an email client.
I asked about this same topic on this question thread, but most of the comments from the discussion were deleted for some reason: Why is there no ssl or tls for wa email service in clients? I ran it by Data Security Administrator at work, and he too viewed it as an essential functionality.
I like Site Content and enjoy using it and I, like others, would like a way to transfer my posts to word press without publishing it.
More like a draft because I do a lot of work after leaving SiteContent. I keep my pictures in a photo gallery on my computer and place them in my post in Word Press.I do a lot of editing in word press.
Here is one peculiar instance: I just recently finished a post and moved it to WP; placed my pictures and have been struggling with AdSense, how and where to put the code for the ads. I think I did everything right, and have the code in two places in my post, but no ads have shown up.
I discovered, however that Google indexed my post before I had finished it. It's out there with , I guess the code published, and no comments. The last thing I do is submit the post for comments.
For someone as slow as I am, a draft would be a great place to park my article for all the finishing details.
All you need to do is:
once you publish from site content go to your site and simply change it from published to draft (as far as I know this is possible with any theme within the edit of an article).
Once as a draft you can edit it any way you wish and no problem with google. Then - when finished - just press publish and voila you are all set.
Wondering if there's any automation opportunities around use of a tool like Jaaxy to import a list of keywords to automate the research process. I'm new so I just may not know how to work it yet, but I seems like I need to enter one keyword at a time and review results, analyze etc. Wondering if there's any way to import a list of keywords and do multiple searches in a pass.
Just my two cents. Thx, Kerry
Hi Kyle
I hope I am not too late to this... ;-)
What I like most:
BUCKETS and TEMPLATES!!
I absolutely LOVE the BUCKETS - we have named our buckets according to the different websites that we have and we organize our posts accordingly. It makes it easy to stay organized.
And the templates are a big time saver too! Love it!
What would I change:
The option to have the word count and goals for every bucket - thus per website. Should I want to focus a bit more on one website, then it would be easy to see what my goal for that specific website (bucket) is and how I am progressing (or not).
The option to send a draft to Wordpress (like MarionBlack also suggested).
A BIG thank you to you and Carson for this amazing WA platform - you both a greatly admired for what you have created here and for your commitment to the community - THANK YOU!
Wishing you health!
Sharlee (Chocolate IceCream)
I like the idea of being able to do as much as possible in site content in effect asking a front end to user interface to Word Press. It is a more comfortable user experience than WP but it is quite clunky. More formatting and drafting tools, confidence that image placement will be reflected as placed in the published version and formatting will also be preserved in the published version.
Thanks for the opportunity to comment. 🧐
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One big improvement that I would like to see is the option to transfer the posts and pages to our websites as Drafts instead of Publishing. There's usually a lot to tweak before a post is ready to publish.
Agreed.
Agreed, this is the only thing I would change about it at the current moment
Ohhhh good one!
You hit the nail on the head!
What we want to be able to do is prevent needed "tweaks" in Wordpress. What tweaks do you need to make, we are tackling all of those on our end and in a very seamless manner. :)
I concur!!! yes please
Fantastic.
I use Yoast SEO so I need to add stuff like Focus Keyphrase, Meta Title, Meta Description, Social Media Titles, and Social Media Descriptions.
Then there's Featured Images, Tags, and Categories. And, if it's a review, then there's even more stuff to go in there.
Of course, it would sometimes be great to schedule the publication of a post. And (rarely) make a post sticky.
If SiteContent can take care of all these then it would be great to publish directly from SiteContent. Otherwise, I'd prefer to use Draft and publish after I've taken care of all the little details.
Hi Kyle,
We cannot work on the SEO details in Site Content. This can only be done AFTER we publish it in WordPress. If we could export it to WordPress so that it appears in Draft, we could have more time to do a good job before we publish it and Google sees the article.
Thanks.
Edwin
My sentiments exactly Marion. I also responded below your response.
I agree with everything you said. :)
Paula
True.
Agreed.
That is a brilliant idea you are right I normally have a bit of editing to do before I publish in WordPress.
Thanks for raising this Marion.
Jennifer
I absolutely agree with you Marion. Publishing prior to tweaking and completing Yoast's requirements has always been a concern.
Yes absolutely aware of those as well. We are going to be dealing with these things within the new version of SiteContent. :)
Thank you Kyle
Agreed 👍
TOTALLY agree
I agree too. It is very much needed.
yep , this is also true for me
@MarionBlack Oh yes, for sure!! Despite drafting and redrafting my first piece of content several times before publishing it to my site, I STILL wanted to make changes to it! This would definitely be an improvement.
I agree with Marion. great to be able to post it as a draft for tweaking those things and also so you do not necessarily have to publish it right away if you want to have posts written and planned for a while.
Yes this is the most, I agree to this.
Totally agree.
I totally agree with this! There are always things I need to edit in the Wordpress Editor that I can't do in SiteContent and so having a draft first before fully publishing would be awesome!
I LOVE getting notifications that my content has been indexed in Google so that is something that should definitely be kept.
Good Day, Kyle, and thanks for bringing this to the community for discussion.
This ever evolving platform is what attracts and keeps its vibrant membership.
As previously mentioned above, the need to complete the SEO in WordPress, appears to be the main complaint.
Like all "lifers" here, the more we can do "in-house", the happier we are.
TRUST, is big, and it has always been.
Why eat burgers, ... when you can have Steak!
Meta Title, Meta Description, Featured Image, tags, categories, post to social media, are most of why I need to go to WordPress to complete my posts.
The "good stuff", for me includes, in-house, and word count. I also want to throw in a few good words for Rank, and anything that embodies the competitive spirit.
This is not a sport for the faint-hearted.
I know that this "drive-to-succeed" is well entrenched in the Wealthy Affiliate genetic code, and is one of the major reasons for your company's success.
In these challenging times, you are showing "the community" what true leadership is.
It is without doubt, that we ALL support you and your team in this never-ending quest to make Wealthy Affiliate, THE BEST, of the Best!
We all wait with Great Expectations for Site Content, ... NextGen!
Thanks for asking.
Paul
Hey Kyle,
Pardon a newbie here but, isn't that the point of writing the article and then going through the spell check and the other options and, more importantly, re-reading your article before hitting the publish button?
It's what I always try to do. This is the point where you want to tweak the article. Then, there's also the edit option after you get feedback on your article.
Joe
Newbie
My tweaks are:
1) setting a picture as the featured picture.
2) Assigning a category to the post.
There is a lot more you can do inside Wordpress such as you SEO, Post Tags, Category selection, Image positioning because sometimes the images resize when you publish and adding special blocks to do things like buttons and add videos to post.
I would love to be able to schedule posts through SiteContent. I wouldn’t change anything else.
Yes, both noted and are planned inclusions. :)
I agree, the more that you can do here and the more seamless we can make your business activities (and more efficient), the better things are. So absolutely Paul! :)
As always, thanks for your feedback!
Yes, that is the case. I always read my content after the spell grammar check. And yes, you can edit after the fact. But there are many aspects of the platform we know we can make better, new features we can introduce, etc.
Yes!!!!!!
Ok, I look forward to seeing them.
Joe
Yes, Marion, I completely agree. Have wished that my own self more than once.
Woh Marion, I wouldn't claim to be anywhere near your technical level but you've taken the words right out my mouth here.
I like being able to chart my post's seo progress as I'm going along, to tweak things highlighted by Yoast and see what I need to do where and of course that can't be done within the site content editor (can it????)
I find myself copy and pasting the post into my WP editor (classic atm not Gutenberg!) before I've even got halfway so I can see what's going on "live".
If that could be looked at that'd be a great improvement for me.
Mark
I totally agree about tweaking for Yoast. And there are other plugins I need to use before publishing, such as Ad Inserter, Pretty Links, WP Product Review Lite, Embed Plus for YouTube, etc. And then there's the Calls to Action and other fancy stuff.
And the way the content looks in SiteContent can be vastly different to the final result depending on which theme we're using.
Surely it would be more simple to add a "Publish as Pending" or "Publish as Draft" button rather than trying to cater for every different theme and plugin combination.
I also agree with you on this, after publishing to Wordpress still got to do lots of tweaking.
So much to do, so little time Marion...hahahaha!
Yes agreed.
yes agree as some of us has not done this before so should we do a draft first?
You can use the "Keyword Rich Content Page" in site contents.
Once you load that editor by clicking on it it will give you a target of and template for a post of 1,000 words, 6 paragraphs and 5 headings.
As you write your post using that template you will see your word count increase as you go along.
What I do (and don't think you have to do this) is write out the draft text of the piece within site contents and then copy/paste it into my WordPress editor to complete the post using the SEO plugin to ensure I get a good, well optimised finished article.
When the article/post is done to my satisfaction I click publish and then it's online. This method means you can use site contents and WP together to create the post you want and only publish it when you want it published.
Separately, within Kyle's Online Entrepreneur Training Level 5 Lesson 6 there is a training video about this very subject. It doesn't include site contents because it wasn't available when the video was recorded but it does cover setting out your post's content matter and headlines.
Good luck
Mark
That sounds great. Thanks!
@MarionBlack yes I agree with this as well!
I would like to be able to change the font and font size of paragraph content, to be able to check for duplicate content on google (I thought you did have this at one point - can't find it).
So basically would like to have a more extensive edit capability before publishing.
Agreed!
Agreed! I believe that's why I stopped using SiteContent and went back to creating posts through WordPress.
All you need to do is:
once you publish from site content go to your site and simply change it from published to draft (as far as I know this is possible with any theme within the edit of an article).
Once as a draft you can edit it any way you wish and no problem with google. Then - when finished - just press publish and voila you are all set.