The Default Presentation Control Panel applet allows you to specify site-wide presentation options for the blogs in your community. You can enable presentation settings for all of your blogs - such as enabling themes, setting default themes, or enabling post counts.

To set the blog presentation properties:

  1. Navigate to Control Panel Dashboard > System Administration > Blog Administration > Configuration > Default Presentation.

  2. Specify the Default Presentation page properties:

    • Enable Themes - Allows users who have blogs on your Web site to select a blog theme from the available themes on the site.

    • Enable Theme Configuration - Blog owners can customize their blog theme if customizable options are available for the selected theme.]

    •  Default Theme - Theme applied to the blog when the blog is created.

    • Aggregate Post Count - Maximum number of blog posts on the blog aggregate page and blog aggregate RSS feed.

    • Individual Blog RSS Post Count - Maximum number of blog posts allowed on the blog home page.

    • RSS Post Excerpt Size - Number of characters from each post to display in RSS feeds that render excepts.

  3. Click Save to apply your settings.