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# Blog Posts

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To add this section, please follow below steps:

1. From your Shopify admin, go to **Online Store** **->** **Themes**.
2. Find the theme that you want to edit, and then click **Customize**.
3. Click **Add section** and choose "**Blog posts**".

## Section settings

### General

<table><thead><tr><th width="347">Settings</th><th>Meaning</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Section Width</td><td>Select the layout width of the whole section. The options are: <br><br><mark style="color:orange;"><strong>Default (same as the body width)</strong></mark><br><mark style="color:orange;"><strong>Width (1170px)</strong></mark><br><mark style="color:orange;"><strong>Width (1770px)</strong></mark><br><mark style="color:orange;"><strong>Full width (100% of the viewport width).</strong></mark></td></tr><tr><td>Padding for 'full width' option on desktop</td><td>Determine the left and right spacing of the full width layout.</td></tr><tr><td>Background color</td><td>Apply Color on the background of the section.</td></tr><tr><td>Background gradient</td><td>Apply Color on the background gradient of the section.</td></tr><tr><td>Background Image</td><td>Upload / Select an image as the section background.</td></tr></tbody></table>

### Section header

<table><thead><tr><th width="351">Settings</th><th>Meaning </th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Title</td><td>Enter the title for the section.</td></tr><tr><td>Title bottom margin</td><td>Determine the spacing of the title from its bottom.</td></tr><tr><td>Show title border</td><td>Toggle to the title border as its underline.</td></tr><tr><td>Title custom width</td><td>Specify the width of the title text ranging from 100px to 600px.</td></tr><tr><td>Title border color</td><td>Set color for the border/underline of the title.</td></tr><tr><td>Title color</td><td>Set color for the section title.</td></tr><tr><td>Title font size</td><td>Determine the font size of the title.</td></tr><tr><td>Title font size on mobile</td><td>Determine the font size of the title on Mobile device.</td></tr><tr><td>Description</td><td>Enter the text for the section description.</td></tr><tr><td>Description bottom margin</td><td>Determine the description spacing from the bottom.</td></tr><tr><td>Description color</td><td>Set the color for the section description text.</td></tr><tr><td>Description font size</td><td>Determine the font size of the section description text.</td></tr><tr><td>Alignment</td><td>Select the alignment of the section content to be either Left, Right or Center.</td></tr><tr><td>View all</td><td>Enter the text for the view all button/link.</td></tr><tr><td>'View all' alignment</td><td>Select the alignment of the view all text to be either Left, Right, or Center.</td></tr><tr><td>'View all' font weight</td><td>Select the font weight of the view all text to be either Normal, Medium, Semi Bold, Bold, Extra bold, or Black.</td></tr><tr><td>'View all' top margin</td><td>Specify the spacing of the view all button/link to the top content.</td></tr><tr><td>'View all' bottom margin</td><td>Specify the spacing of the view all button/link to the bottom content.</td></tr><tr><td>Show 'view all' border</td><td>Toggle to show the border/underline of the view all button/link.</td></tr><tr><td>'View all' link</td><td>Specify the URL for the view all button/link to navigate to.</td></tr><tr><td>'View all' link color</td><td>Set the color for the view all text.</td></tr><tr><td>'View all' icon</td><td>Enter the SVG code for the view all icon.<br><br><em><mark style="color:orange;">Note: Go to this link</mark></em> <a href="https://fontawesome.com/v5.15/icons?d=gallery&#x26;p=2"><em><mark style="color:orange;">find your icon</mark></em></a><em><mark style="color:orange;">. Find the icon you want, then copy the SVG code and paste it here</mark></em><mark style="color:orange;">.</mark></td></tr><tr><td>'View all' icon color</td><td>Set the color for the view all icon.</td></tr><tr><td>'View all' alignment</td><td>Select the position of the view all to be either Under the heading, Right side of the heading.</td></tr></tbody></table>

### Blog

<table><thead><tr><th width="355">Settings</th><th>Meaning</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Blog</td><td>Select a blog to render its blog posts.</td></tr><tr><td>Items per row</td><td>Select the column count of the section.</td></tr><tr><td>Grid gap</td><td>Determine the gap between blog posts in the section.</td></tr><tr><td>Number of blog posts to show</td><td>Determine the maximum number of blog posts to render.</td></tr><tr><td>Blog posts description length</td><td>Determine the maximum words for the description to truncate if exceeded.</td></tr><tr><td>Text 'by'</td><td>Enter text as a linking word to the author.</td></tr><tr><td>Text 'on'</td><td>Enter text as a linking word to the date.</td></tr><tr><td>Show author</td><td>Toggle to show Author of the Blog Post.</td></tr><tr><td>Show date</td><td>Toggle to show Date of the Blog Post.</td></tr><tr><td>Show description</td><td>Toggle to show Description of the Blog Post.</td></tr><tr><td>'Read more' button position</td><td>Toggle to show a button that navigates to the Blog Post Page on clicked. There are 3 options:<br><br><mark style="color:orange;"><strong>None</strong></mark><br><mark style="color:orange;"><strong>Under content</strong></mark><br><mark style="color:orange;"><strong>Right side of the heading</strong></mark></td></tr><tr><td>Icon on Read more button</td><td>Select the icon inside the read more button.</td></tr><tr><td>Blog date format</td><td>Select the format for the blog date. There are 2 options:<br><br><mark style="color:orange;"><strong>Ex: Feb 21, 2024</strong></mark><br><mark style="color:orange;"><strong>Ex: February 21, 2024</strong></mark></td></tr></tbody></table>

### Blog items

<table><thead><tr><th width="354">Settings</th><th>Meaning</th><th data-hidden></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Background color</td><td>Set the background color for all blog posts.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Corner radius</td><td>Specify the roundness of the blog post card.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Image bottom margin</td><td>Determine the spacing of the blog post image from its bottom.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Title bottom margin</td><td>Determine the spacing of the blog post title from its bottom.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Info bottom margin</td><td>Determine the spacing of the blog post info from its bottom.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Description bottom margin</td><td>Determine the spacing of the blog post description from its bottom.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Blog title style</td><td>Select the style of the blog title. There are 2 styles:<br><br><mark style="color:orange;"><strong>Below the image</strong></mark><br><mark style="color:orange;"><strong>Overlap the image</strong></mark></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Content alignment</td><td>Select the alignment of the blog post content to be either to the Left, Right or Center of the blog post card.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>'View details' link style</td><td>Select the font style transform of the Blog Link text. The options are: None, Capitalize, Uppercase and Downcase.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>'View details' link font weight</td><td>Select the font weight of the blog link to be either Normal, Medium, Semi Bold, Bold, Extra bold, or Black.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Show border box</td><td>Toggle to wrap the content in a box to prevent content stretching.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Border box color</td><td>Set the color for the box border.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Title color</td><td>Set the color for the blog titles.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Date color</td><td>Apply color for the blog post issue dates.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Description color</td><td>Apply color on the blog post descriptions.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Show 'view details' link as button</td><td>Toggle to show the 'view details' link as button.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Link/Button label color - Button border color - Button background color - Link/Button label hover color - Button border hover color - Button background hover color</td><td>Set the color for the text, border, background of the blog post card button for both normal and hovered/clicked states.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Show content on image</td><td>Toggle to allow content lying on top of the image.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Content background color</td><td>Set the color for the background of the blog post content including title, description, author and release date.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Content background gradient</td><td>Set the gradient color for the background of the blog post content including title, description, author and release date.</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

### Section top padding

<table><thead><tr><th width="334">Settings</th><th>Meaning</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Desktop</td><td>Determines the height of the top inner space of the section on the desktop device. Can be from 0px to 100px, increasing arithmetically of 5px (pixel).</td></tr><tr><td>Tablet</td><td>Determines the height of the top inner space of the section on the tablet device. Can be from 0px to 100px, increasing arithmetically of 5px (pixel).</td></tr><tr><td>Mobile</td><td>Determines the height of the top inner space of the section on the mobile device. Can be from 0px to 100px, increasing arithmetically of 5px (pixel).</td></tr></tbody></table>

### Section bottom padding

<table><thead><tr><th width="334">Settings</th><th>Meaning</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Desktop</td><td>Determines the height of the bottom inner space of the section on the desktop device. Can be from 0px to 100px, increasing arithmetically of 5px (pixel).</td></tr><tr><td>Tablet</td><td>Determines the height of the bottom inner space of the section on the tablet device. Can be from 0px to 100px, increasing arithmetically of 5px (pixel).</td></tr><tr><td>Mobile</td><td>Determines the height of the bottom inner space of the section on the mobile device. Can be from 0px to 100px, increasing arithmetically of 5px (pixel).</td></tr></tbody></table>


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