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Summary

The provided web content offers a detailed guide on managing and customizing sections within Medium publications, including adding titles, selecting the number of stories, choosing sources, and adjusting display modes and title placements.

Abstract

The article on the undefined website provides comprehensive instructions for editors of Medium publications on how to effectively manage their publication's homepage by utilizing various section types. It explains the process of adding new sections, customizing the number of stories displayed, and selecting the source of stories, such as latest, trending, featured, or tagged content. Additionally, the article covers different display modes like grid, stream, list, and mixed, and options for title placement and margins in grid mode. The guide emphasizes the flexibility and customization available to publication editors to enhance reader engagement and presentation of content on Medium.

Opinions

  • The article suggests that a well-organized Medium publication homepage, with carefully chosen and arranged sections, can significantly improve reader experience and engagement.
  • It implies that the ability to feature specific articles or use tags to curate content provides editors with powerful tools to showcase their publication's best work or focus on particular themes.
  • The inclusion of visual examples for each step of the customization process indicates that visual presentation is a key factor in the success of a Medium publication.
  • By offering a variety of display modes, the guide acknowledges the importance of aesthetic preferences and the impact they can have on the overall appeal of the publication to its audience.
  • The article encourages reader interaction by inviting comments and suggesting the reader sign up for a newsletter and join a Facebook group, indicating a community-focused approach to content creation and distribution on Medium.

Medium Publications

Medium Publication Sections

The four section types available to Medium publication editors

Source: Casey Botticello of Blogging Guide

Medium publication homepages are based on sections. You can add as many sections to your publication and customize how many stories they should contain and how they should behave.

Managing sections

Step 1

Go to your publication homepage and click your publication avatar in the top-right corner of the page.

Step 2

Click Homepage & settings.

Click the Homepage tab.

Add new section

To create a new section, click the + on the toolbar:

Section titles

Add an optional title for the section.

Number of stories

To change how many stories appear in a section, click - or +.

Choose a source

To change which stories show up in a section, click the down arrow

  • Latest: the most recently published stories from your publication.
  • Trending: the most engaged stories from your publication.
  • Featured: choose specific articles to feature.
  • Tagged: use stories with a specific tag for this section.

Display mode

To change the display mode, click one of the following from the toolbar.

  • Grid — post title and large image thumbnail appears in a block.
  • Stream — post title only is displayed.
  • List — post title displayed as in stream, with post image thumbnail.
  • Mixed — one large featured image/title block appears block at left, with a small title list at right.

Title placement

In grid mode only, you can set titles to appear on top of the image, or below it.

Margin

Also in grid mode only, you can choose to hide or show margins between post images.

— Casey Botticello

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Casey Botticello is a partner at Black Edge Consulting. Black Edge Consulting is a strategic communications firm, specializing in online reputation management, digital marketing, and crisis management. Prior to founding Black Edge Consulting, he worked for BGR Group, a bipartisan lobbying and strategic communications firm.

Casey is the founder of the Cryptocurrency Alliance, a Super PAC dedicated to cryptocurrency and blockchain advocacy. He is a graduate of The University of Pennsylvania, where he received his B.A. in Urban Studies.

You can connect with him on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, or by visiting his website, Blogging Guide.

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