Blogging with Squarespace
How Squarespace organizes blogs
Blogs in Squarespace are organized in two parts: Blog Pages and individual blog posts.
Blog Pages
The Blog Page is your blog’s landing page. It displays multiple posts in a list or grid, depending on your site. Clicking a post title or thumbnail image opens the individual blog post in its own page. You can have multiple Blog Pages on your site.
Blog posts
Blog posts are sub-pages of a Blog Page. Each blog post has its own page and dedicated URL. You can add as many blog posts to a Blog Page as you'd like.
— Create a new post
To add a new blog post:
In the Blog Page panel, click the + icon.
Add a title for your post in the Enter a post title... field. Titles must be 200 characters or fewer.
Your new post includes a Text Block to help you get started. To add more blocks to the post, click the + icon or an insert point.
— Open an existing post's settings
To edit the settings of a post you previously added to your Blog Page, like categories and tags, comments settings, and thumbnail images:
In the Blog Page panel, hover over the post and click Edit.
Use the tabs to change the post's settings.
Click Save after making your changes.
— Edit post settings
After opening a post's settings, click the following tabs to edit corresponding post settings.
Content
Status - Set the post's publication status — Published, Scheduled, Needs Review or Draft
Tags - Add tags to the post to organize your post based on its content
Categories - Add categories to organize your post based on its content
Comments - Enable or disable comments
Options
Thumbnail Image - Add a thumbnail image
Post URL - Edit the post's URL slug
Author - Set the post's author
Source URL - Add and link to a source URL
Excerpt - Add an excerpt to give readers a sense of the full post
Featured Post - Set it as a featured post
SEO
SEO Title - Add an SEO title to help search engines
SEO Description - Add an SEO description to help search engines
Social Image
Add an Alternate Social Sharing Image to display when the post is shared on social media
Share
Create Email Draft - Send your post as an Email Campaign
Social Media - Automatically share your post to your social media profiles when you publish. You must have connected accounts to share content this way
Location
In the Address fields, add a location to correspond to the blog post
— Create a blog post template
If you have a consistent layout or items that appear on (almost) every blog post (eg. related posts, buttons/links, Pinterest image), it will save you time to create a template with all the essentials ready to go.
Create a new post
Name it ‘Template’
Add in your content blocks
Click Save
When you’re ready to write a new blog post,
Navigate to your ‘Template’ post
Click Edit
On the bottom of the Edit Post window, click Duplicate
And there you have it! Your blog post is ready to go with the blocks you need already there!
For more details on blogging with Squarespace, go here.
