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Longform Content
Longform allows for content to be created for blogs, email, newsletters, and more.
Create Longform Content
- Navigate to a moment and click to open it.
- Click “Add Content” and select “Longform.” Please note that this may be noted with a unique name for your team, e.g. Blog.
- Click on the longform content card to open the Composer.
- Within the Composer, complete the required fields that are noted with orange indicators. e.g. content type, account and time.
- Click anywhere in the body of the Composer to add copy to the header, body, or footer.
- Add additional text sections by clicking “Text” or pressing enter/return on your keyboard.
- Change the text section formatting by clicking the double-arrow then the desired format option.
- To attach an asset, hover the mouse above or below a section of text, then click the “Open Asset Library” icon to select an asset from the Asset Library or “Upload Asset” icon to upload an asset from your computer.
- To finalize your edits, click “Save” or “Save + Close.”
Work with Longform Content
- Only one person can edit a piece of longform content at a time.
- Changes to longform content must be saved or discarded in order to make it available for someone else to edit.
- Assets must be uploaded from your computer.
- If someone is editing longform content that you would like to edit, @mention them via Chat & Activity.
Text Formatting Options
The following options are available within longform content.
- P - Paragraph text
- H1 - Large header text
- H2 - Medium header text
- H3 - Small header text
- Quote - Quoted text
- Numbered list - Display a numbered list
- Bulleted list - Display a bulleted list
- B - Bold text
- I - Italic text
- U - Underline text
- Chain Link - Hyperlink text
Content Options
- Open Asset Library - Add assets from the Asset Library to your Longform content
- Upload an Asset - Upload assets to the asset library to share them across multiple pieces of content
- Text - Add a new text section
Version History
- While editing longform content, changes will be autosaved.
- A new version is created when the content is saved.
- Browse or revert to previous versions of longform content.
To see what changed on one specific version, simply click the change record to reveal longform change-tracking capabilities.
Export Content
Take your longform content straight out of Opal and into your longform tool.
- Navigate to a piece of content.
- Click the … icon.
- Next, click “Export Content.”
- You will be prompted to select Markdown or HTML. Clicking on either option will compress the assets and copy into a .zip file that will save to the default download folder specified in your browser.