Blog

Each case gives the exact settings.

Your situation	Case
No blog yet	Launch your blog with a first article
Ready, out on Monday	Prepare an article and publish it later
Help with writing	Write with Assistant Vivlab
Organize your articles	Organize a recipe blog
A partner's text	Publish a guest author's article
The article is on a product	Feature a product in an article
Be found on Google	Optimize an article for Google
Redo the article list	Change the look of the blog page
Redo the reading pages	Change the look of articles
Customers abroad	Translate your blog
The blog is hard to find	Add the blog to the site menu
Outdated article	Take down or delete an article
Editorial break	Pause the blog

Launch your blog with a first article

Example: a sewing workshop opens The workshop journal, signed by founder Camille.

1. In Blog > Articles, click Create an article: with no article and no blog title, a setup assistant opens.
2. Enter the Blog title, the Author name (Camille Durand) and the Author role (Founder).
3. Choose the blog page theme (Magazine) and the article theme (Reading), then Create my blog.
4. In the editor, type the title, the Introduction and the text straight into the page.
5. Add an image with Add a cover image, leave Article visible on, then click Publish the article and Publish.

Result: the blog is live at /blogs, with the article signed by Camille.

Learn more: Articles.

Prepare an article and publish it later

Example: a sale article, written on Thursday, to go out on Monday.

1. Write the article in Blog > Articles, turn off Article visible in the Article settings and click Create article: it stays a draft, with the Inactive badge.
2. On Monday, reopen it, turn on Article visible, then click Refresh the article and Publish.

Result: the article appears once turned on. Scheduled publishing isn't available: you publish by hand. The date shown is the last change, so the activation day.

Learn more: Articles.

Write with Assistant Vivlab

Example: fix the mistakes in an article written in one go.

1. In the article, click Proofread ("Fix spelling and grammar") in the text toolbar.
2. Read it through, then publish the article.

Result: the text is corrected. Assistant Vivlab doesn't write full blog articles: you write, it corrects. In the page editor, it finds your articles to link to them (a "Latest articles" section on the home page).

Learn more: Articles.

Organize a recipe blog

Example: a grocer publishes recipes. Sections Starters, Mains, Desserts; tags Vegan, Gluten-free, Under 30 minutes.

1. In Blog > Sections, Create a section Recipes, then (on hover) Add a sub-section for each sub-section.
2. In Blog > Tags, Create a tag for each tag.
3. In each recipe, in the Classification section of the Article settings, add its section (8 at most) and its tags, then publish the article.
4. To file in bulk, tick the articles and choose Edit categories or Edit tags.

Result: readers browse by section and filter by tag (all Vegan, starters and desserts alike). The bulk choice replaces the sections or tags already set.

Learn more: Sections and Tags.

Publish a guest author's article

Example: a partner restaurant's chef writes about your products.

1. In Blog > Authors, Create an author: Author name, Author role (Guest chef), square portrait and a two-line Description. Save.
2. Create the article with her text. In the Classification section of the Article settings, choose her under Authors (with your profile if you co-sign), then publish the article.

Result: the article shows her name, role and portrait; she needs no dashboard access. Author status set to Inactive removes her from her articles without deleting her.

Learn more: Authors.

Feature a product in an article

Example: "How to care for a leather bag" points to your nourishing balm.

1. On your site, copy the product page's address.
2. In the article, select our nourishing balm, click Link and paste the address.
3. Add a photo with Add image if needed, then publish the article.

Result: the text leads to the product page. Articles have no product block with price and buy button: a link is the only option.

Learn more: Articles.

Optimize an article for Google

Example: a photographer targets the search "choosing a wedding photographer".

1. In the Search & sharing section of the Article settings, put the searched words in the Article title: 5 tips for choosing your wedding photographer.
2. Article SEO description: Our tips for finding the right photographer and keeping every moment of your wedding.
3. Add a Cover image: the share image uses it.
4. File it under a described section (the Section description serves its page's SEO), then publish the article.

Result: Google shows this title and description; the image appears when shared. The address follows the title: don't rename an article that ranks well, or create a redirect from the old address.

Learn more: Articles and SEO.

Change the look of the blog page

Example: a featured article, then the others as a list, 9 per page.

1. In Website > Themes, open Blog article list and click the page background. In Templates, click Change, pick Magazine theme and confirm with Replace; in General, set Sort by and Articles per page (9).
2. On the Articles element, choose the magazine layout (first article featured).
3. Check the Mobile view, then Publish layout.

Result: the blog page and section pages change; until published, visitors see the old layout.

Learn more: Blog article list.

Change the look of articles

Example: a narrow reading column, the author at the bottom and share buttons.

1. In Website > Themes, open Article page and click the page background. In Templates, click Change, pick Reading theme and confirm with Replace.
2. In Elements, add the authors as an introduction card and the share buttons below the content.
3. On the page background, in Search & sharing, click Edit and pick the Share image style, then Publish layout.

Result: all your articles use this layout, the blog's only one.

Learn more: Article page.

Translate your blog

Example: your site is in French and you add English.

1. In Website > Translations, add English, save and confirm.
2. Add the names that must not be translated (blog name, brand) as custom terminologies.

Result: articles, sections, tags and authors are translated automatically within 24 hours, at /en, with no per-article work. The number of languages depends on your plan.

Learn more: Translations.

Add the blog to the site menu

Example: a "Journal" link in the navigation bar, to the blog.

1. In the editor, select the navigation bar and add a link or button with Element.
2. In its settings, choose Blog and blog articles, then the blog page (or an article). Name it Journal and publish.

Result: the blog is reachable from every page of the site.

Learn more: Header and Button.

Take down or delete an article

Example: a Christmas offer that has ended.

1. To keep it for next year: turn off Article visible, click Refresh the article, then Unpublish.
2. To delete it: in the editor, click More actions (the three dots at the top right), then Delete, and confirm (or tick several articles in the list, then Delete).
3. If Google sent it visits, create a redirect to the blog or a similar article.

Result: a taken-down article stays in the dashboard with the Inactive badge; a deleted one is gone for good, with no undo.

Learn more: Articles.

Pause the blog

Example: two months without publishing.

1. In Blog > Settings, turn off Enable the blog on your site and save.

Result: articles stay in the dashboard, hidden from visitors. Turn the switch back on to republish everything.

Learn more: Blog settings.