Creating Your Blog

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Before you begin:
Set your Blog Web Address (URL) when prompted or by going to Blog > Settings > General > Route to Blog. Then Save.
Example: www.yourdomain.com/blog

Adding a Blog Post

From the Control Panel, hover over Blog > Add Post.

Fill in the blog post fields:


Title	Name of Blog Post
Edit Web Address (URL)	An optional field that allows you to give the post a specific URL
Featured Image	Optional image to be displayed on post
Languages	All Languages or select a specific store view
Status	Published Unpublished Hidden- not shown in blog but can be accessed directly
Content	Use the WYSIWYG editor to create your Blog post
Excerpt	Short passage of the blog post to be displayed
Created On	Date of post
Categories	a way to group similar posts together
Tags	optional keywords to describe the blog post in more detail

When you are finished, click the Save Post button in the upper right hand corner.

You'll want to Index and Refresh Your Store after saving to see changes immediately show up on the frontend.

Have the Blog Appear in Store

In order to have the Blog appear in your store, you will need to create a Custom Link.

You can either create a link in the Header Navigation by going to Edit My Design > Header & Navigation and add a link with the Blog URL key, which is /blog.

You can also add a Link to the Footer Navigation by going to Edit My Design > Footer and add the link from there.