Blog posts
Theme section
Use the Blog posts section to display your latest posts or selected posts from your blog. Blog posts appear as single-row slider that visitors can move through and click to read more.
Tip Check out Shopify's guide on How to start a blog and grow your audience.
Add images and excerpts
For the Blog posts section to display properly, you will need to add Featured images to posts in your Shopify admin.
You can also add Excerpts to your blog posts to customize the text that appears in the blog posts section. Otherwise, Cornerstone will display the first few lines of your post.
Set up section
Add this section to any template (except Checkout) and use the drag-and-drop handles to re-order its position. You can add this section multiple times with different content and settings.
Editing a template changes all pages that use that template. To edit specific pages, you can you can create new templates or insert dynamic content with metafields.
Select blog posts to show
Display the latest posts from a Selected blog or create a Custom list of blog posts.
Show latest posts
Show selected posts
STEPS
In your theme editor (Customize):
Click the Blog posts section to open the section settings.
Under Blog post source, select Custom list.
In the section list panel, click (+) Add Article to add an article block.
Click Remove block or the eye icon to delete or hide a block.
Click Select Article to choose an article from the list.
After you have selected a blog post, you can follow the Edit article link if you need to add a blog image and excerpt.
(Optional.) Click and hold the drag handles
⋮⋮to rearrange the posts:
Click Remove block in the block settings to delete a block.
Click the Eye icon to hide or unhide a block.
Click Save.
Add section content
Add section headings and an optional button that can link to all your blog page.
Settings reference
Click the Blog posts to find the following settings.
Header content
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
Center header content | Display headings in the center above the section. Uncheck this option to align headings to the left. |
Accent | Add text to show a small heading above the main section heading. |
Heading | Add text to show a main heading above the section. The default text is “Blog posts”. |
Subheading | Add text to show a subheading below the main heading. |
Maximum text width | Set the maximum width of heading text between 400 and 1000 pixels. |
Button link | If using a Custom list for your blog posts source, select or paste a URL that links to your blog page. |
Button label | Enter call-to-action text to display as the button label. Leave this field blank to remove the button. The most effective button labels ask customers to do something (e.g. Get started, Join us, Shop now). |
Button style | Choose a style for the button. Select Primary button (Solid), Secondary button (Solid), Tertiary button (Outline), or Text. |
Buttons position | Choose to show the buttons either in the Header (below the headings) or in the Footer (below the posts). In the footer position, the button is always centered. |
Blog posts
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
Blog posts source | Choose to display latest posts from a Selected blog or a Custom list of blog posts that you can add and re-order as blocks. |
Select blog | Select a blog to display its latest posts, from newest to oldest. Click Change to select a different blog. This setting applies only when Selected blog is enabled as the blog posts source. |
Number of articles | Choose how many posts to display from your Selected blog source: between 2 and 12. This setting applies only when Selected blog is enabled as the blog posts source. |
Add article | Add article blocks to your Custom list of selected blog posts. In the side panel, click (+) Article beneath the Blog posts section. Click and hold the drag-and-drop handles ⋮⋮ to change the order of the blocks. |
Number of columns on desktop | Choose how many collections to show per row on desktop screens: either 2, 3, or 4 columns. On mobile, the section displays one column by default. |
Show author | Show the author of the blog post. |
Show published date | Show the date the blog post was published. |
Show excerpt | Show the first few lines or summary of the blog post. You can add a custom excerpt in the blog post editor in your Shopify admin. |
Show featured image | Show the blog post image added in your Shopify admin. |
Featured image aspect ratio | Choose to crop all images to be a single uniform shape. Select Square (1:1), Portrait (2:3), or Landscape (3:2). Select Natural to display images in their original shape (without cropping). Learn more about aspect ratios in our Image settings guide. |
Text boxes
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
Show text boxes | Choose to show a border around the blog post images and text content. |
Text box style | Select the style of the text box, if enabled. Choose from multiple options to display a Soft drop shadow, Solid drop shadow, or Borders with different thicknesses. |
Color scheme | Change the color scheme applied to the blog post tiles. Select the Default color scheme from your theme settings or select a variant scheme based on the default colors: either Inverse, Soft, Accent, or Sale. You may also select one of the two custom color schemas. Learn more about Color schemes. |
Override with custom colors | Check this option to apply custom colors to the section. These colors will override the color scheme. |
Text color | Select a custom color for all text in the blog post tile. This setting applies only if the Override with custom colors option is enabled. |
Background color | Select a custom color for background of the blog post tile. This setting applies only if the Override with custom colors option is enabled. |
Section colors
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
Color scheme | Change the color scheme applied to the section text and background. Select the Default color scheme from your theme settings or select a variant scheme based on the default colors: either Inverse, Soft, Accent, or Sale. You may also select one of the two custom color schemas. Learn more about Color schemes. |
Override with custom colors | Check this option to apply custom colors to the section. These colors will override the color scheme. |
Text color | Select a custom color for all text in the blog post tile. This setting applies only if the Override with custom colors option is enabled. |
Background color | Select a custom color for background of the blog post tile. This setting applies only if the Override with custom colors option is enabled. |
Section style
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
Top spacing | Increase or decrease the amount of space above the section. |
Bottom spacing | Increase or decrease the amount of space below the section. |
Enable animation | Choose whether to display visual effects when scrolling, hovering, or interacting with the section. See the Animation guide to learn more. |
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