In a joomla page, using the Blog post element and inserting the Date metadata always displays the current date (ie the date the page is viewed) and not the Created date or the Start publishing date or...

When i put a blog post element in the page, it does not load any of the articles. It does not recognise any of the categories/tags i've put. What's happening and how do I resolve?

Am I correct in assuming I can not make the create blog posts in the desktop but need to use the Joola Add-In to create. I understand the blog block/page pulls articles from Joomla and filtering to...