Writing and publishing blog posts
A map of the Blog posts section: what the posts list shows, how to write and publish a post, and how to hide, delete or restore one.
Blog posts is where you write articles for your shop: news, buying guides, product updates and announcements. From your Orbit dashboard, go to Blog posts, under Content in the sidebar. Every post lives inside a blog, so your store needs at least one blog before a post can be saved.
Your blog posts list
The list shows one row per post. The columns are:
- Title: the name of the post.
- Visibility: Visible or Hidden.
- Author: the person the post is credited to.
- Blog: the blog the post belongs to.
- Updated: when the post last changed.
- Published: when the post went live.
Use Search to find a post by name. Use Add filter to narrow the list by Status or Tagged with, and the sort menu to order by title or by the date a post was updated, published or created. The All and Trash tabs switch between live posts and deleted ones.
Write and publish a post
- From your Orbit dashboard, go to Blog posts.
- Click Add blog post.
- If your store has no blog yet, a message reads Your store doesn't have a blog yet. Click Create a blog, check the title, then click Create blog.
- Under Content, fill in the Title and write the post in Content. Both are needed before the post can be saved.
- Add an Excerpt. This is the short summary that shows on your blog listing page.
- Under Image, click Add image and pick a picture from your library. A post holds one image.
- Under Organisation, set the Author, pick the Blog the post belongs to, and add any Tags.
- Under Search engine listing, check the Page title, write a Meta description, and check the web address under URL and handle.
- Click Publish. The message Blog post created appears, and the post opens for editing with a View button that opens it on your shop.
Tip: Click Save draft to finish the post later. To put it live on a set date, click the three dots next to Publish and choose Schedule publish.
Manage posts you have written
Tick one or more posts in the list to act on them together. You can Set as visible or Set as hidden, or open the three dots beside them and choose Delete posts. A hidden post stays in your list but is not shown on your shop. The three dots at the end of a row hold Edit and Delete, and the arrow icon next to them opens the post on your shop. Deleted posts move to Trash, where you can Restore them or Delete permanently.
In this section
- Creating and managing blogs: set up the blogs your posts are grouped into, and edit or delete one.
Need help?
If you have a question about any of this, email support@orbitcommerce.net.
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