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Create a blog with Site Creator
This guide explains how to add and configure a blog module on your site created with Infomaniak Site Creator.
Starting a blog on Site Creator
To access Site Creator:
- Log in to the Infomaniak Manager (manager.infomaniak.com) from a web browser like Brave or Edge
- Click on the icon in the top right corner of the interface (or navigate through the left side menu, for example)
- Choose Hosting (universe Web & Domain)
- Click on the name of the relevant object in the displayed table
- Click on Site Creator in the left side menu
- Click on Customize my site
Once in Site Creator, on the page where you want to insert your future blog articles:
- Click on the + button located below an already inserted block
- Click on Applications (on the Content tab that opened when you clicked to add the visual block)
- Click on the Blog module
- If it's the first insertion of this module, then you get the following visual block with an example of the first published article (move on to point 4 below):
- If you have already tested the Blog module before and have removed it from your pages, you get this:
- Press the top choice (A) to insert the main block
- Press the second choice (B) to display a block with the last 3 published articles only if you already have a main block inserted elsewhere on the site
- If it's the first insertion of this module, then you get the following visual block with an example of the first published article (move on to point 4 below):
- Once the Blog module is inserted, hover over the block and click on ☰ Blog
- Click on New article to insert a blank article and complete it (image for the banner, title, optional subtitle, body of the article with different formatting options (click the + sign in the article text or the tab key on your keyboard)
- Publish by clicking the Publish button (or save the draft for later)
Edit the blog
To activate comments, email notifications, list layout, and sorting, etc.:
- Click on Applications in the left side menu
- Click on Blog
- Click on Settings and adjust your preferences, don't forget to save at the bottom of the page:
Edit articles
Regardless of where you are when editing your site, simply go to the Applications menu at the bottom left, then click on Blog:
To edit the content of your article, click on Browse articles in the left side menu, hover over and click on the pencil icon:
To configure (read below) one of the articles, hover over and click on the gear icon:
Tagging, archiving, or expiring an article
A blog article can disappear from your list of articles, either by giving it an expiration date or by archiving it immediately. It is also possible to add a tag that will be clickable for the visitor and thus facilitate navigation within the posts:
Date of articles
By default, new blog articles will be added with today's date but it is possible to modify it:
- Hover over and click on the date link (directly on the article)
- Choose a new date