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Blog ​

Flow is a blog: posts, categories and tags come from the Blog plugin, and the home layouts are built from them (see Short code).

Posts ​

Go to Admin -> Blog -> Posts.

Posts

Click Create to write a post, or the edit button of a row to change one.

Post editor

FieldWhat it does
Name, Permalink, DescriptionThe title, the address and the short text shown in lists.
Is featured?Marks the post as featured: it is shown by the Featured grid shortcode.
ContentThe text of the post. UI Blocks inserts a shortcode and Add media inserts a picture.
Gallery imagesExtra pictures of the post.
Publish dateThe date and time the post goes live. See Post scheduler.
Time to read (minute)The reading time shown on the post.
Title layoutWhere the title of this post goes: Default, Top Full or Inline. It overrides the Single Title Layout of the Theme options (see General).
StatusPublished, Draft or Pending.
AuthorThe member who wrote the post. The list is made of the Members. The field is required.
Categories, Tags, ImageThe categories and tags of the post, and its main picture.
Allow commentsTurns the comments of this post on or off. See Comments.
Show Table of Content?Adds a table of contents to the post.
LanguagesOpens the translation of the post. See Translate.

Categories and tags ​

Go to Admin -> Blog -> Categories and Admin -> Blog -> Tags.

Categories can be nested: drag a category under another one. A category tagged Is featured? is listed in the side panel of the header (see Header).

Categories

Tags

Reports ​

Go to Admin -> Blog -> Reports.

The report shows the number of posts, views, categories and tags, the posts by status, and the posts per category.

Reports

Settings ​

Go to Admin -> Settings -> Blog.

  • Enable Blog Post Schema?: adds structured data (schema.org) to the posts, with the schema type you choose.
  • Add anchor links to post headings: gives each h2 and h3 of a post an id, so a section can be linked directly.

Blog settings

The layouts of the blog pages (sidebar, title, related posts and posts per page) are Theme options. See General.