Compatibility:
WebSite X5 Evo and Pro
Every Blog has a Main Page, which functions as a section Home Page, and as many Pages as the published article are.
The Main Page of a Blog is a sort of cover reporting a selection of the latest articles, each one summarized in a card.
- On Step 3 - Sitemap, select the special page 'Blog: Main Page' and click the Edit button.
- Use the options included in Card Settings and Card Style to define the layout, arrangement, and graphic style of the cards.
#tip - To better understand how cards are created and how you can customize them, see: What are Article Cards and how to customize them.
Additional Options
Besides defining the layout, composition, and style of the cards, you can complete your Blog's Main Page by deciding whether to display the sidebar column and highlight certain posts:
- Stay in the window you opened by selecting the special page 'Blog: Main Page' from the Sitemap and clicking the Edit button.
- To display the side blocks section on the right side of your Blog's Home Page, enable the Show Side Blocks option.
#tip - Side Blocks. This section contains typical search tools such as a list of recent articles, categories, or articles by month. For more information, see: How to add boxes reporting the recent articles, categories and tags on Blog pages.
- To give more prominence to the latest posts published, select for the Display option either First Articles highlighted with cards or First Articles highlighted with cards or a SlideShow. In both cases, you can decide how many articles to highlight and what size these cards should be.