How To: Create a Blog¶

To create a built-in blog in your store:

Install the Blog add-on (if it is not installed yet):

• In the Administration panel of your store, go to Add-ons → Manage add-ons.
• Find the Blog add-on and click the Install button.
• Activate the add-on changing its status to Active.

Create your blog posts:

• Go to the Website → Blog section.
• Click the + button in the top right corner of the page.
• Fill in the fields of the given form:
  • Choose the parent page of a post. Leave it Root level page if you want this post to be displayed as the main page of a blog.
  • Complete the Name field. It will be a blog post header.
  • Place your blog post contents to the Post description field.
  • Fill in other fields. Their description you can find here.
• Click Create and close. Your post will appear in the Website → Blog section.

• Choose you newly created post by clicking on its name. You will see two additional tabs on the post editing page: Comments (if the Comments and Rewiews add-on is enabled in your store) and Layouts.
• Manage settings in these tabs, if you wish. Their description you can find here.
• Save the changes.
• Create other posts of your blog in the same manner.

This is an example of how your blog page will look like in the storefront: