Creating a blog for your WebStore

In this feature, you can: 

• Manage and organise your blog pages
• Create and edit blog categories
• Create and edit blog pages 

To start creating blog pages, do the following: 

1. Login to your WebStore Manager.
2. Go to Design & Content > Content.
3. Select the Blog tab.

Creating a blog category 

• Your blog can be a simple list of articles or you can categorize your articles into blog categories.
• Behind the scenes blog categories and blog articles are the same except for the fact that articles can belong to blog categories.
• This allows you to group similar blog articles together.

To create a blog category, do the following: 

1. Click Add new page.
2. Choose Blog Category as the page type.
3. Name your category.
4. Enter the Disqus shortname, this will allow your shoppers to comment on your blog articles; to enable it, you need to create a Disqus account.
5. Tick Show as a Tab to add a new link to the tab bar at the top of your store.
6. When you click Save, the editor will allow you to add an introductory text to the category. This will be displayed at the top of the category page before the article listing.

Creating a blog page

To create a blog page, do the following: 

1. Click Add new page.
2. Choose Blog Article as the page type.
3. Select the Blog Category, you will need to create a category before creating an article.
4. Name your blog page.
5. Enter the author's name and email address. 
6. Tick Show as a Tab to add a new link to the tab bar at the top of your store.
7. Tick Allow Comments to let shoppers reply to blog articles.

Organising blog articles and categories

• The Blog Manager gives a quick overview of your store blog.
• You can change the names of articles by clicking the article title. 
• You can edit articles by clicking the pencil icon.
• Articles that are currently live are shaded green, you can change this by clicking the eye icon.
• You can move articles between categories using drag and drop. 

Interacting with blog articles

• Once your blog is up and running, your blog should look something like this:
• Shoppers can look through the available categories and articles.
• If you ticked the Show as a Tab checkbox, shoppers can comment on these articles.

Contact Us

If you have any problems with this feature, contact our support team by opening a ticket.