Appearance
Blog and articles
Two templates working together: the blog lists your posts, and the article shows one of them.
Open either from the template dropdown in the theme editor.
Blog listing
Posts per page and Columns (desktop) set the grid.
Show estimated read time adds a reading time to each card, calculated from the post's length. It sets an expectation before the click, which tends to help longer posts rather than hurt them.
How each card looks — image shape, whether the date, author and tag appear — is set once under Article cards so it matches wherever posts are shown.
Set a default article image
Posts published without a featured image leave a blank card. The default image setting in Article cards covers them.
Article page
The post itself: title, featured image, published date, content and comments.
The content comes from the post editor in the admin, so formatting — headings, lists, images, links — is done there rather than in the theme.
Comments
Comments are enabled per blog in the admin, under Content → Blog posts → Manage blogs, where you also choose whether they need approval before appearing.
The theme paginates comments and shows both the success message after posting and any validation errors.
If you enable moderation, a customer's comment will not appear immediately after they post it. They still see a confirmation, but expect the occasional "my comment disappeared" question.
Multiple blogs
A store can have more than one blog — a news blog and a how-to blog, for example. Both use these templates.
If you want them to look different, create an alternate template (blog.guides) and assign it to that blog under Content → Blog posts → Manage blogs → Theme template.
Sections around the posts
Both templates carry ordinary sections. The article template ships with Related posts, which is restricted to article templates because it needs a current post to find relatives of.
Blog posts
Where it can be used
This section can only be added to the blog template.
Section settings
Background
| Setting | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Background | Color | — | — |
Padding
| Setting | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Padding top | Number | — | Adjust the top padding for this section. If left empty, the global section padding will be used by default. |
| Padding bottom | Number | — | Adjust the bottom padding for this section. If left empty, the global section padding will be used by default. |
| Posts per page | Slider (3–24) | 9 | — |
| Columns (desktop) | Slider (1–4) | 3 | — |
| Show estimated read time | Checkbox | On | — |
Article
Section settings
Background
| Setting | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Background | Color | — | — |
Padding
| Setting | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Padding top | Number | 20 | Adjust the top padding for this section. If left empty, the global section padding will be used by default. |
| Padding bottom | Number | — | Adjust the bottom padding for this section. If left empty, the global section padding will be used by default. |