Compose is a great choice for a professional blogger or a photographer.
This template features a blog listing page as the homepage, which contains thumbnails of blog posts under the blog. Clicking on any of them would take a visitor to the respective blog post.
Apart from the header and footer, there are a few thumbnail images of blog posts on this page. Follow the steps below to edit each of them.
Header
The header contains the logo/site title (1), menu (2), social icons (3), and the search icon.
- To change the header layout, go to Header in the Design section. See how
- To add/change the logo or site title, go to Site Title & Logo in the Design section. See how
- To add/remove an item to/from the menu, go to the Website menu. See how.
- The Blog menu item is a blog listing page.
- The Images menu item is a gallery.
- To add/remove/edit social media links, go to Social Links from the Website section. See how.
- To add/remove/edit the search icon, go to the General Settings page in the Settings section. See how.
- To add/remove/edit the menu button, go to Header in the Design section. See how.
The homepage, which is a blog listing page, is named ‘Blog’.
Visit the Homepage
- To view or edit any of the pages, visit the Website section.
- You will now reach the Menu tab where you can edit your site menu.
- Hover on the Blog menu item, click on the three vertical dots icon (1), and select the Manage Posts option (2) to edit it(as shown in the image).
- This will bring you to the blog editing page of the ‘Blog’.
Blog
- The images displayed on the blog listing page are the thumbnail images of the blog posts under the blog. The thumbnail image of the blog post is displayed as a thumbnail on the blog listing page.
- To add change the thumbnail image or replace the demo content of the blog post with your own, visit the blog editing page as explained above. Learn more.
Editing Blog Posts
- Once you have reached the All Posts (1) page, click on any blog post title (2) to edit the post, or click on the menu icon (3) to view a few quick links.
- From the Edit Blog Post page and Settings tab (1), you can manage the blog post title, author, content, thumbnail image, SEO details, and many other details. Learn more.
- To edit the banner over the blog post page, click on the Banner tab (2) and manage it.
Also Check: Add a banner to a blog post.
Blog Categories
- From the blog editing page, click on the Categories link (1) to manage the blog categories.
- You can edit/delete the category from the menu icon (2) or create a new category (3) for your blog.
Also Check: Blog categories.
Blog Settings
- From the blog editing page, click on the Settings link (1) to manage the blog settings.
- Click on the Settings tab (2) to manage the blog title, visibility, blog comments, SEO, and few other fields. Learn more.
- Click on the Design tab (3) to manage the blog and blog post page design. Learn more.
- Click on the Sidebar tab (4) to manage the blog sidebar. Learn more.
- Click on the Banner tab (5) to edit the banner over the blog. Learn more.
Blog Authors
- Click on the Authors link (1) to view and manage the list of authors on your blog.
- Click on the menu icon (2) and then on the Edit option (3) to edit the author details or click on the +Add Author button (4) to add a new author. Learn more.
Blog RSS feed
- RSS feed lets your site visitors subscribe to your blog posts and get updates.
- Click on the RSS Feed link to view the blog RSS Feed. Learn more.
Blog Design
- You can set the appearance of your blog listing page and blog post page of your website using the options below.
- To design your blog, go to the Blog Settings (1) and click on the Design (2) tab. This will open up a drawer on the right-hand side, where you can edit your Blog listing page (3) and Blog post page (4).
- You can manage the layout, layout width, content width and alignment, and few other options.
- You can opt to show the author name, excerpt, and the read more link with the blog post grid on the blog listing page.
Prefooter
To display a certain section (e.g. Instagram feed) at the bottom of all the pages or selected pages in your website, you can use a prefooter.
You can edit the prefooter here. In this template, there is an Instagram section and a newsletter subscription section in the prefooter.
- See how to edit the prefooter.
- See how to edit a social section and display your own Instagram feed.
Newsletter Subscription section
There is a newsletter subscription section in the pre-footer of this template.
Click on the Manage fields button to manage the submit button label, size, post submit success message, and few other fields.
- See how to edit a newsletter section.
Footer
The footer contains the credits for your websites. You can add social icons (1), copyright text (2), and important links here. Also Check: Social Sharing options.
Note: You would see our branding ‘Built on Pixpa’ (3) in the footer while you are on the trial period. Once you’ve subscribed, you can choose to have it removed.