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Where: Website > Blog
Who can use it: Permission: website.manage_blog, settings.update or manage settings.
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The Blog Manager with four counters, a search box, status filter and a table of posts

The blog is for news, recipes and stories. The page has three tabs: All Posts, Categories and Tags. A post is visible to customers when its status is Published and its publish date is not in the future.

The tags window on the Blog page
Tags: the window that opens.
The categories window on the Blog page
Categories: the window that opens.

On the storefront the blog is at /blog and each post at /blog/your-slug. The blog page shows a search box, category and tag filters, the featured post at the top, nine posts per page, the author, the date and the reading time. Each post shows tags, a share button, related posts and links to the previous and next post. Opening a post adds one to its view count.

Step by step

Section titled “Step by step”

Write and publish a post

Section titled “Write and publish a post”
  1. Open Website > Blog and click New Post.
  2. Type the post title. The Permalink under it is filled from the title and you can change it.
  3. Write an Excerpt. It is shown in lists and search results.
  4. Write the Content. HTML is supported. Plain text without tags is turned into paragraphs on the storefront.
  5. In the Publish box set Status to Published. Choose a Format and tick Featured post if it should be the top post.
  6. Add a Featured Image by pasting its address. Tick Categories and click Tags to select them.
  7. Optionally open Search Engine Optimization and fill the SEO Title and the SEO Description.
  8. Click Publish (for a new post) or Update (for an existing post) at the top.
The new post window on the Blog page
New Post: the window that opens.

Save a draft

Section titled “Save a draft”
  1. Leave Status on Draft and click Save Draft at the top. This button is shown only while the status is Draft.

Find, edit or trash a post

Section titled “Find, edit or trash a post”
  1. Use the search box and the All, Published and Draft buttons to find the post.
  2. Click the title or the pencil icon to edit it.
  3. Click Trash (or the trash icon) and confirm to move it to the trash.

Manage categories

Section titled “Manage categories”
  1. Open the Categories tab. The form on the left adds or edits a category.
  2. Type the Name. Leave Slug empty to create it automatically.
  3. Add an optional Description, choose Published or Draft and tick Featured if needed.
  4. Click Add Category. To change one, click Edit in its row, then Update Category.
  5. To delete, click Delete in the row and confirm. Posts in that category stay but lose the category.

Manage tags

Section titled “Manage tags”
  1. Open the Tags tab. Fill Name, optionally Slug and Description, and click Add Tag.
  2. Click the pencil icon of a tag to edit its name and description in the row, then the tick to save or the cross to cancel. The slug cannot be changed in the row.
  3. Click the trash icon and confirm to delete a tag.

Every setting explained

Section titled “Every setting explained”

Posts list

Section titled “Posts list”
Setting What it does
Total Posts, Published, Drafts, Total Views Counters. Published, Drafts and Total Views count only the posts on the page you are looking at (15 per page).
Search posts Looks in the title and the excerpt.
All / Published / Draft Filters by status.
Table / Grid icons Switch between a table and a card view.
Title column Picture, title, a Featured badge, the slug, and Edit and Trash links on hover.
Author, Categories, Views, Status, Date The author name, the first two categories (+n for more), the view count, the status and the publish date.
Pagination Fifteen posts per page.
Blog Settings button Opens Website > Themes, where you can use the Blog tab in Customize.

Post editor

Section titled “Post editor”
Setting What it does
Title (required) The post title. Publish and Save Draft stay disabled while it is empty.
Permalink The slug after /blog/. Must be unique.
Excerpt Short summary shown in lists and search results.
Content The post body. HTML is supported. A counter shows words; reading time is words divided by 200.
SEO Title Title for search engines. A counter shows characters against 60. The post title is used when empty.
SEO Description Description for search engines. A counter shows characters against 160. The excerpt is used when empty.
Status Draft, Published or Archived. Published sets the publish date the first time.
Format Standard, Video, Gallery or Quote.
Featured post Marks the post as featured. The storefront blog page shows one featured post at the top.
Featured Image A picture address. A preview and a remove button are shown once it is set.
Categories Tick any number of categories.
Tags Click tags to turn them on or off.

Category and tag forms

Section titled “Category and tag forms”
Setting What it does
Category Name / Slug / Description Name shown on the site, URL-friendly slug (automatic when empty) and an optional description.
Category Status Published or Draft. Only Published categories show on the storefront.
Category Featured Marks a category as featured (shown with a star).
Category Posts column How many posts use the category.
Tag Name / Slug / Description Same idea for tags.
Tag Cloud All tags with a bigger text size for tags used in more posts.
Section titled “Related articles”