# Blogs page

The **Blogs page** lists your latest blog posts. This guide explains how to set up the blogs page template, and includes tips and recommendations to get you started.

Check out the [Chic demo’s blogs page](https://spark-theme-chic.myshopify.com/blogs/news).

## **Quick setup**

For the blog page template, you first need to **set up blog posts in your Shopify admin**. Then, in the theme editor, you can **customize the blogs template**.

> **Tip |** Check out Shopify's guide on [How to start a blog and grow your audience](https://www.shopify.com/blog/how-to-start-a-blog).

### **Set up blog**

Before editing the **Blog page template**, you need to add at least one blog post in your Shopify admin.

You can add custom **Excerpt** text. By default, Spark will display the first couple of sentences from your post. You can add a custom excerpt or post tagline.

{% hint style="success" %} <mark style="color:green;">**Shopify**</mark> | Blog posts are a Shopify feature. See Shopify's guides to [create a blog](https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/online-store/blogs/adding-a-blog) and add [blog posts](https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/online-store/blogs/writing-blogs).
{% endhint %}

### **Edit blog page template**

The default **Blog page template** includes display settings for the listed blog post articles, and an option to enable tag navigation.

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<summary><mark style="color:blue;">STEPS</mark></summary>

In your theme editor (**Customize**):

1. Use the **Templates selector** to open **Blogs > Default blog**.

   ![](https://1721436993-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F3iiuvh8UrcOxEOQkY2iO%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-f94d38904500c8f4da451d6a275e9c467698de3d%2Feditor-templates-selector.jpeg?alt=media)
2. Under **Template**, click the **Blog posts** section to open the settings.
3. Choose whether to **Show RSS icon**.

   > RSS is a way for customers to subscribe to your blog. The people who do, *love it*. Learn more about it from RSS.com's article [How Do RSS Feeds Work?](https://rss.com/blog/how-do-rss-feeds-work/).

   ![](https://1721436993-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F3iiuvh8UrcOxEOQkY2iO%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-f7c3b30916ee891fb8c57bf2c60a27b819fede0e%2Fblogs-rss-icon.jpeg?alt=media)
4. Choose how many **Articles per row** should be displayed. (*2*, *3*, or *4*.)
5. To make your blog images a uniform shape and size, select the **Image aspect ratio** to crop your images to **Square**, **Landscape**, or **Portrait**.

   > The default **Natural** setting will display the original orientation of your image.

   ![](https://1721436993-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F3iiuvh8UrcOxEOQkY2iO%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-18e593ad0edf007db92b2db4471c455059562ccf%2Faspect-ratio.jpeg?alt=media)
6. Click on the **Title** block to choose whether to **Show published date**.
7. Show blog post excerpts by clicking **(+) Add block** and selecting **Excerpt**.

   > You can add excerpts when you add or edit the blog post. If you don't do this, Spark automatically adds a preview of the first few sentences and then trails off with a **"..."**.

   ![](https://1721436993-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F3iiuvh8UrcOxEOQkY2iO%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-845879b357e2d7e3c3be9d0c4f4af6d776054fcb%2Fblogs-with-excerpts.jpeg?alt=media)
8. Click **Save**.

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> **Related links**
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> [Templates](https://help.fluorescent.co/spark/pages/templates)\
> [Blog posts template](https://help.fluorescent.co/spark/pages/templates/blog-posts-template)