Allow articles to be posted to multiple sections
GeplantIt would be super awesome if we had the ability to post a single article to multiple sections. We have a number of different "buckets" that our customers fall into that each have their own specific section. We often times write articles that are german to more than one group of customers but not all groups of customers. As it stands currently we have to write the article, post it to one section, copy it, navigate to a different section and post the article, navigate to a different section and post the article, navigate to a different section and post the article, and then navigate to a different section and post the article. This is also a huge pain because that one article now has 5 different URLs and becomes a nightmare for updating and linking in our marketing materials and / or website. It would be much easier and efficient if we could choose to post an article to multiple sections (even if it were still separate URL's for each).
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Yes thank you @... , it helps us sit a bit tighter if we know why and what's involved.
I do hope you're able to gain more traction on this one soon :)
Any other proactive updates as we go along would be great.
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Big ol' +1
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+1 on what everyone has basically already said about this.
It seems like this has been a request for a really long time and not much has been done about it and whatever has been done is a financial barrier.
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Adding my +1 all around and grateful to hear it seems like it's maybe, finally, more of a potential reality at some point sooner than later. This is a big parity gap with your competition. Respect that you can't give any timelines, but any sort of proactive comms as you release milestones leading up would be helpful.
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+1 Fingers are crossed! I hope this feature comes before Fall 2021!
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+1 Please create the option to repurpose articles under multiple categories. Use case for us is that we'd like to compile our best articles into a "Get Started" category while also having those articles live under their home category.
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@... - The Messaging group is basically "beta testing" Product Board as one of the ways we can better support our product feedback discussions, but we have not rolled the same out for Guide features at this time. Glad to hear that you find that useful, though - helpful to know!
@... - we don't generally share ETAs, but based on Ryan's last comment about a series of releases and the work currently being done in order to enable this functionality, I would not expect this to be completed before the fall. -
Hey!
Just wanted to say a big thank you to both @... and @... and the other Zendeskers for keeping us in the loop. I'm really looking forward to this becoming a reality!
I really appreciate the communication; I know from my own job how challenging it can be to balance frequent responses with ensuring answers are accurate - behind the scenes we spend a lot of time requesting clarifications & confirmations before an answer we've typed can go 'out the door', so to speak. It places a lot of demands on your time, but it makes such a big difference to customers. ❤️
edit: After posting this, I happened to be looking at the search results page - working on some visual tweaks atm! 🔨 - and it occurred to me that even the logic for the breadcrumbs shown on search results would probably be updated for this. It must be quite an undertaking. -
Thanks, John! :) Glad the communication is helping.
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+ 1 Another request for this here. I wanted to re-map our articles by product type, so using products at category level, to give our customers a better experience when browsing our knowledge base. As we will have a lot of overlapping content if doing this (which obviously many users do - bearing in mind those vocal about it probably only represent a fraction of the total) it does make it rather difficult to manage.
Currently I have to define products in sections, under other more generic categories, so that content isnt duplicated.
I'd like customers to choose their product first, and then look at the content under that umbrella, but i'd need to duplicate at least 50% of content at a conservative estimate for my use case.
Await further development updates!
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How is this feature request 9 years old? I had assumed I could assign an article to multiple sections before I started using Guides. I definitely need this.
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Any update on this development? It has a lot of support.
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I'd still like to see this feature!
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+1 yes please!
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Hi all -
This feature continues to be something the team is working toward. There are some incremental steps to be completed first, but it remains in the plans. The product manager will provide further updates as progress is made.
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Wild that this has been sitting here since 2012 and it's still marked as "planned".
This is such a crucial feature. Is it actually on the roadmap?
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Hi Erin -
The first request came in way back in 2012, but it took several years for the idea to gain enough traction and for the technological changes required to fit with our overall goals for the product. But, we finally got there, and a major step toward making this kind of functionality available rolled out recently, with the availability of Content Blocks.
The product team plans to continue expanding the capabilities related to reusable content, which is why this feature is now marked as planned. So long story short, yes, it is on the roadmap. -
While this is great, it is enterprise only and way more complex than allowing single articles to show in multiple sections to reduce necessary duplication and effort for the customer - the original ask. We have labels and they are not used like traditional tags to allow more flexibly and indication to the user. Hope to see more aligned to the original ask.
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Hey everyone,
I saw a post recently on another HC post somewhere from a ZD product manager Ryan. He indicates that there is a lot of back end architecture work that needs to be changed first, before they can build out the ability of all of these simple types of features which we wish are standard functions. Zendesk have recognised the need for them, one of them being the ability to re-use articles across different sections & even help centres.
Zendesk are really trying to make sure the integrity of the platform is stable and has the ability to grow from there, by being able to add in more features or plugins in the future.
Here's to hoping that after nearly 10 years we might see this one come into fruition soon. Content blocks are the first building block for a feature request list this to be able to happen - pun intended. ;)
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Hi Amie Brennan,
Thank you for your kind words, we hear you and we are really working hard to make the Article Multiplacement a reality. In this post, I'm sharing what we are and will be working on in Knowledge Base in Guide in near future. It contains an embedded dynamic roadmap that will be always up to date so you can always check what's happening in the area of content reusability and content creation -
This function would take all of 5 minutes in a CMS to enable, such as Drupal. In other words, just enable article display based on tags.
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Katarzyna Karpinska in other threads I'd heard this would be worked on in early 2022. We're now coming up to Mid April and would like to hear news on this please?
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This request is only 10 years old. You can now imagine how long it will take to actually put out features that are really needed.
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Hi Rina, Thank you for your question. We are hoping to start the development of this feature this quarter.
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It only took 10 years to have this feature!!! WOW!!! Katarzyna Karpinska
Why may I ask?
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hey Katarzyna Karpinska,
As a Zendesk partner, I'm hoping I might be able to get on the EAP for this if there is one? :)
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Hi Amie Brennan,
I'll make sure to post information about EAP here when we are ready to open it :)
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Is there any news or ETA on the development and EAP for Article Multiplacement?
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This thread is over 10 years old and has over 400 comments and still no ETA on when this feature will be available.
Where is the PM's feedback with an ETA on this much-needed feature? We also need this available. It is really frustrating things like this going into a black hole.
OVER 10 YEARS OLD!!! That is how long I have also been posting on this request. -
Hello Tony!
I saw this on the roadmap for Guide Knowledge Management (bottom of page) - it is under Planned:
One of the most requested features in Knowledge Management, and one of the most important aspects of content reuse. It works like this:
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You create an article.
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You decide where it should be published: thinking of the brands, categories, and sections.
That right! You’ll be able to publish the same article across multiple brands, multiple categories, and multiple sections. When you need to update the content it’s still just that one article to update, no more repetitive tasks!
One article - multiple placements.
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