Content Stream blocks seem designed to feature "recent/new" content, correct? I don't see it mentioned in the knowledge base. What can you tell me about them?
When setting up a Content Stream Content Block. what is the difference between "general" and "personalized" ?
And... is there a way to make an older post appear in the content stream? (i.e. to bring attention to it?)
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I also see that it only highlights new topics. How about new POSTS?
Hi Neil!
The Content Stream content block brings in all new content (including topics, blog posts, clips, etc.). The general scope is just a feed of everything, without regard to the logged in user who's viewing it. The "personalized" scope will display a feed that's specific to the person viewing it (so it will show things you're following). Personalized version looks different to every person viewing it.
If there's a specific post (blog post?) you want to highlight on your home page in a block, you could "feature" the post, and then use a Blog content block, limit it to display only featured posts, and limit it to a single post. Remember you need to enable featured blog posts (in your Blog Settings page) first.
If there's something else you're trying to do, just let me know and I can help you noodle on it!
Thanks ROSEMARY!
re: Noodling... yes! I have a volunteer who is going to "dig for hidden treasures" on our site to bring them to people's attention. Our site has a lot of good older content, and such things can easily get buried. What I WISH was that there was some way to "mark" certain posts and topics so that they would appear in a custom content stream to only displayed those marked items.
Another way to "sort of" do this is to create a topic dedicated to displaying links to "highlights of previously posted content" and then "extracting" that topic to the home page. But the problem is that the "extract" produces unformatted blocks of less-than-reader-friendly text. If it preserved LINKS, for example, then I could just tell the volunteer to post a bullet list of links with descriptive titles. As it stands now, I must create a CUSTOM HTML content block every time I want something linked and looking nice on our homepage.
Perhaps you have another idea.
ADD: The extracts also take up a huge amount of space on the homepage. Would prefer a SINGLE (automated) homepage post that contained links to several new topics/posts. Not multiple extracts of single posts/topics stacked like cordwood.
Ok, interesting idea....I've got a couple of possible solutions.
1. Create a "Best of" forum (and don't allow regular members to post or comment in it). Move your "best" topics to that forum. Create a Content Block for that forum and put it on the home page.
2. Create a Custom HTML content block (one time) that contains 3-5 bullet point links and nicely formatted text paragraph (or sentence). On a weekly, monthly, or other basis, just replace the links and paragraphs with the new topics you want to highlight.
Many of the "best of" are only posts, not the full topic. âđïļ
Given the varied nature of this beast, looks like we have to post links manually via a custom HTML block, ...unless they ever decide to make the extract feature less "extracty." so that it preserves links and bulletin. 
And sorry for posting this in the "Discussions" area and not posting this in the Support area. 
Ah, ok. We'll just consider this another "vote" for less extracty extracts then.
No worries about posting over here, maybe someone else will weigh in with a brilliant workaround!
