Blogging is a vital part of any business marketing efforts. Blogs can help you rank higher on search engines, bring in audiences and improve links being driven to your website. Squarespace makes it easy to blog. However, the default blog pages could do with some significant improvement.
While Squarespace 7.1 improved the opportunity to customize your blog, the Squarespace 7.0 blog pages are plain, to say the least.
However, with just some clever use of the summary block, you can make a difference.
How to Customize Blog Layout in Squarespace 7.0
The first thing that you will want to do is to access the style option for the blog page. To do this, go to Design and then Style Settings. Then hover over the page until blue lines appear. Then you can click on the blog section inside those blue lines. Now the Style Editor will move you to the options that will apply to your blog.
Or you can enter the blog into the search bar at the top. You’ll get the same options for everything related to your blog section.
The blog style options include the following:
Metadata display – control if you would like the date, author, categories, location, or comments to display.
Blog post display – this is about how your blog posts display. Choose between the grid or stacked option. You can also configure the number of posts you display per row, the spacing between the elements, and more.
Font color and typography – more details about the fonts that are used on your blog.
Add an Intro Section to Blog Page
Now you can add an intro section to your blog pages. Adding these is simple with the option already displayed. In the intro section, you can add a search bar, archive block, and a few other elements.
You might also want to add a featured image.
Remember to click on ‘Save’ whenever you make changes to your website. However, you will always have a plain-looking blog and this can dissuade people from paying much interest in your blog.
Customize Blog Pages in Squarespace 7.1
When it comes to blogging on Squarespace 7.1 there are more options. First, there are significantly more layouts that you can use. You can also control how the page looks in terms of content width, and meta information that displays above or below your blog posts. There are also options to help you display the ratio of the image and change the color of the blog section.
Secondly, you can add sections to the blog page. Therefore, you can make the page very versatile.
And then there is the option to become really creative. You can add things like a list layout, and add buttons or links to individual blog posts.
How to Style in Squarespace 7.1
For blog style, you can access them by going to the ‘Site Styles’. Under ‘Fonts’ go to ‘Assign’ styles and then scroll down until you come across the blog section. Then you can adjust the options that are available there. It is that simple.
Final Word: How to Change Blog Layout in Squarespace
Changing the blog layout in Squarespace is simple. The options are there to make changes and you can just access them and make the changes you need. There are more choices in Squarespace 7.1 but that doesn’t mean 7.0 has no options, it takes just a little more work.
