Build the look of your blog

The post page

1. Open the site editor -> Article template. One template is used by every post.
2. The page has five zones: above the text, the left column, the right column, after the text and the bottom of the page.
3. Pick a ready set - Journal, Tech, Strict or Minimal - or press Feeling lucky for a random look.
4. Press + in a zone to add contents with reading progress, share buttons, about the author, previous and next post, related or popular posts, categories and tags, or your main button.
5. Share buttons: point at them to choose the networks and their order. By default they follow the language of your site.
6. Changes reach visitors after you press Publish.

Blocks inside a post

• In the post editor, pick a block in the Elements panel beside the post: click it or drag it into place (on a phone, press + first), or type /. Blocks: a callout, steps, a checklist, a big number, In short, questions and answers, a gallery or a button.
• Questions and answers also become FAQ data for Google.

Categories and tags

• Open a post -> Settings and add categories and tags.
• A category gets its own page on your blog. Google sees it once it has four posts.
• A tag filters the blog page to the posts that have it.
• Pin up to three posts so they always stay among Popular posts.

The page with all posts

• Open the site settings -> Blog and pick a look: Journal, Tech, Strict or Minimal, or Feeling lucky. Undo the last change brings the old one back.
• Or add sections in the site editor: the blog header with numbers, search and sort, categories, popular posts and tags. The feed can have a side column.

Ask the Blog assistant

• Make my posts look like Journal.
• Remove the table of contents. Add WhatsApp to the share buttons.
• Pin this post in popular. Show these three as related posts.
• Make the blog page look like Tech. Put this post in the category Tips.