Articles and Categories
Create and add blogposts to your website
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We are sure, you'll find the Articles App pretty helpful when running a personal blog or including some series of how to’s to your website about stuff related to your business.
If you want to add articles right to your page, you can use our Articles Element to do so! Simply drag and drop it from the Elements section to your crafting area.
Let's publish one of the Drafts right away.
If already have published articles, they'll be instantly added to your page.
Click the element area to check the Article ‘Settings’. You'll find loads of options available here that can be used to make the Article fit the page's overall Layout perfectly.
Check the Categories and the Number of Articles you want to be previewed on your page as well as their Ordering.
And finally, you can decide whether you want to go with a Standard or Masonry Layout from the Layout Section.
What about customizing the Article Styling like this?
Alignment - You may not like how your articles are positioned on the page, never mind. All you need to do is click on the ‘Alignment’ icon to fix this.
You'll find Article categories Element right next to the Article in the Elements section, choosing the ‘Article Categories’ instead. It can be pretty helpful when it comes to having all your Articles grouped in a nice and neat way.
Trash Icon - If for some reason you want to remove the articles, click the ‘Trash’ button and hit ‘Delete’ to confirm your action.
Featured articles highlight blog posts you want to bring to your visitor's attention. In other words, you display them on the page that your site visitors are currently on.
You can display it by:
Enabling the Featured button on Editor for each Article respectively.
Setting Tags for your Related Articles.
Moving to a Single Article page and adding Related Articles element from your Left Panel to your crafting area.
All's left to be done is picking the one you want to see on your page, hitting 'Publish' and voila.
You will need to choose featured articles for each article, that you have.
As a result
Your Site visitors will stay on your Page much longer than they usually do.
It will motivate your site visitors to surf on your Blog.
Showcase your assortment.
It will attract attention to recent news: this works best if you have a lot of repeat readers.
