Set up Total CMS blog pages with Pretty URLs

Now that you have uploaded Cleo to your server following the article "Upload Cleo to Your Server" you can now move to the setup of the blog posts and the authors posts (author profile pages).

Total CMS Blog Post page setup

This is a needed step to ensure the blogging system opens blog posts correctly on your server. The following step by step guide will setup this TCMS feature and enable Pretty URL for your blogging system. (CMS ID: blog)

• In RW navigate to the Post page and preview it either in RW or Safari. 
• Total CMS lightbox will ask you if you want to publish blog posts to the new location, and will show you the URL (with your domain) where your blog posts will be published. 
• Copy the full code displayed and click on the submit button. 
• Navigate to the Publishing tab in the Rapidweaver sidebar. 
• Click on the Edit .htaccess file and paste the code you just copied there. 
• Hit Save and you are done. 
• Go to your live website and test the blog system, open a blog post and check the URL in the browser. It should have your domain in it followed by /blog/post-permalink. 
• Let's repeat this process with the Author Post, keep reading...

Total CMS Author Post page setup

This is a needed step to ensure the blogging system opens blog posts correctly on your server. The following step by step guide will setup this TCMS feature and enable Pretty URL for your blogging system. (CMS ID: authors)

• In RW navigate to the Author Post page and preview in RW or Safari. 
• Total CMS lightbox will ask you if you want to publish blog posts to the new location, and will show you the URL (with your domain) where your author blog posts will be published. 
• Copy the full code displayed and click on the submit button. 
• Navigate again to the Publishing tab in the Rapidweaver sidebar. 
• Click on the Edit .htaccess file and paste the code you just copied there. 
• Hit Save and you are done. 
• Go to your live website and test the author system, navigate to the about page and click on an author, check the URL in the browser. It should have your domain in it followed by /profile/author-full-name.