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SharePoint new blog post

Nintex external platform is required for this feature. For details, see Enable Nintex external platform features.

Creates a new post in a SharePoint 2010, SharePoint 2013, or Office 365 SharePoint site.

Note: Not available for SharePoint 2007 sites.

Action settings

Following are the fields and options visible in the configuration settings dialog box for this action.

Section	Field	Description
(unlabeled)	Blog URL	The URL of the blog site to post to.
	Post title	Title of the post.
	Post content	The content of the post.
	Publish date	The date to publish the blog.
	Publish	Specify to publish the blog post or save the blog post as a draft. If "Publish" is selected and the Publish date is set in the future, the post will be published on the specified Publish date set.
Advanced	Categories	Specify the categories for the blog post.
Credentials	Authentication mode	The mode to authenticate against the destination site.
	Username	A username with permissions to create a new post in the specified blog site. If the Authentication mode selected is "Windows," then include the domain as part of the username. For example: domain\username
	Password	Specify the password for the above username.
(unlabeled)	Output	Store output for this action using the following selections. Link to blog post: Specify a workflow variable to store the URL to the blog post. Permalink to blog post: Specify a workflow variable to store the Permalink URL to the blog post. Post ID: Specify a workflow variable to store the post ID of the blog post. Successful post: Specify a Yes/No workflow variable to store whether or not the posting of the blog was successful. Returns "Yes" if the post was successfully posted. How to add and remove output variables Depending on action requirements, you may be able to add and remove output variables. To add an output variable Select an option from the Select more drop-down list. Click Add to display a drop-down list for the selected option. Select a previously defined workflow variable from the drop-down list. To remove an output variable Click Delete (). Note: Some output variables cannot be deleted. For example, the output variable URL for the action Bing news search cannot be deleted.