{"id":4913,"date":"2015-03-16T11:31:57","date_gmt":"2015-03-16T08:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cs-cart.com\/?p=4913"},"modified":"2022-02-25T16:05:03","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T12:05:03","slug":"blog-add-on-make-a-blog-inside-your-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cs-cart.com\/blog\/blog-add-on-make-a-blog-inside-your-store\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog Add-on: Make a Blog Inside Your Store"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi everybody,<\/p>\n<p>Meet the new <strong>CS-Cart 4.3.1<\/strong> add-on\u2014the <strong>Blog<\/strong> add-on.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cs-cart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog-banner1.png?w=800&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The Blog add-on\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Use this add-on to create a fully functional blog inside your store. In your blog, you can publish news, special offers, and announcements.<\/p>\n<p>By reading the blog, your customers stay informed about store events.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Blog_Layout_Page\"><\/span>Blog Layout Page<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>On the <strong>Design \u2192 Layouts<\/strong> page in the admin panel, you will find the <strong>Blog<\/strong> layout page.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cs-cart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blog-layout-page.png?w=800&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The Blog layout page\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The layout page is filled with blocks. Blocks keep the content that customers see on the storefront. Use the blocks on this layout page to arrange the blog content:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc; padding-left: 15px; text-indent: 0;\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc; padding-left: 15px; text-indent: 0;\">\n<li><strong>Breadcrumbs<\/strong>\u2014navigation links that help your customers keep track of their location on the storefront.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Main content<\/strong>\u2014posts. This is what blog visitors come for.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding: 10px; border: 1px solid rgba(255, 87, 0, 0.39); background: #FFE599;\">A post comprises a title, date of addition, author\u2019s name, and the main text with illustrations.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc; padding-left: 15px; text-indent: 0;\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc; padding-left: 15px; text-indent: 0;\">\n<li><strong>Recent posts<\/strong>\u2014a list of recently added posts. By clicking the post title a visitor opens the post.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cs-cart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/blocks.png?w=800&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Blocks\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can add a list of blog posts to any storefront page. For example, add the list to your store\u2019s homepage to let your customers open a post directly from the homepage:<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cs-cart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/homepage.png?w=800&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Posts on the homepage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To add a list of posts to a storefront page, use the <strong>Recent posts<\/strong> block. We have prepared <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.cs-cart.com\/4.6.x\/user_guide\/addons\/blog\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">detailed instructions on adding a blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Manage_Your_Blog\"><\/span>How to Manage Your Blog<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Go to the <strong>Website &gt; Blog<\/strong> page in the admin panel to add, edit, and remove blog posts:<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cs-cart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/manage-blog.png?w=800&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Blog management\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u0421lick the \u201c<strong>+<\/strong>\u201d button to create a post. On the <strong>New blog post<\/strong> page, enter the title and the text of your post. Switch to the <strong>Add-ons<\/strong> tab to upload images. \u0421lick the <strong>\u0421reate and close<\/strong> button to publish your post:<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cs-cart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/new-blog-post.png?w=800&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"New blog post page\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Refer to our Knowledge Base for <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.cs-cart.com\/4.6.x\/user_guide\/addons\/blog\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">detailed instructions on creating a blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>We\u2019ll be happy to hear your opinion about this new add-on. Do you find it useful? Please share your thoughts in the comments.<\/p>\n<p>Help us improve this add-on\u2014share your ideas on our <a href=\"https:\/\/forum.cs-cart.com\/?_ga=2.2964018.305637402.1645687663-1583793697.1645429950\">forum<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Follow us on <a title=\"CS-Cart on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cscart.official\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> and <a title=\"CS-Cart on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cscart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> to be in touch with the latest news.<\/p>\n<p>Bye!<\/p>\n<p><!-- SUBSCRIBE--><\/p>\n<div style=\"background: #f7f7f7;\">\n<div style=\"width: 600px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 20px 0 10px;\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center; font-weight: normal; text-transform: uppercase; margin-bottom: 20px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Follow_CS-Cart_news_promotions\"><\/span>Follow CS-Cart news &amp; promotions<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<form style=\"text-align: center;\" action=\"https:\/\/www.cs-cart.com\" method=\"post\" name=\"subscribe_form\"><input name=\"mailing_lists[1]\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"1\" \/><br \/>\n<input name=\"redirect_url\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"index.php\" \/><br \/>\n<label class=\"cm-required cm-email\" style=\"display: none;\" for=\"subscr_email\">Email<\/label><br \/>\n<input id=\"subscr_email\" class=\"subscribe-input\" style=\"font-size: 16px; padding: 10px; width: 400px; border-radius: 4px; height: 41px; color: #72757a; border: 2px solid #C7C7C9; box-sizing: border-box;\" name=\"subscribe_email\" type=\"text\" placeholder=\"Enter e-mail address\" \/><br \/>\n<button class=\"subscribe-btn\" style=\"background: #2F4156; outline: 0; border: 0; padding: 12.5px 15px; font-size: 14px; text-transform: uppercase; color: #fff; margin-left: -10px; vertical-align: top; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; cursor: pointer; height: 41px;\" type=\"submit\">Subscribe<\/button><br \/>\n<input name=\"dispatch\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"newsletters.add_subscriber\" \/><\/form>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/SUBSCRIBE--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi everybody, Meet the new CS-Cart 4.3.1 add-on\u2014the Blog add-on. 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