Adding new blog post

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  anethicalyarn · Member · Aug 31, 2017 at 11:41 am

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  I’ve added a new blog post, using the ‘Blog Post Add function’. I’d like this to link to a blog page but am not sure how. When I add ‘Blog’ using the customising menu function, I can’t get the new blog post to appear on this page. How do I do this?

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  pavanraheja · Member · Aug 31, 2017 at 2:08 pm

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  Hi @anethicalyarn,

  If I correctly understand you want blogs posts to appear on your new Custom menu item “Blog” which you plan to add.

  Here is an option you can do it:

  Provided you already add a Custom Menu item “Blog” to your menu.

  1) You can follow these steps:

  – Go to MySites->Themes->Customize->Static Front Page.
  – On the Left sidebar panel, you would see an option “Posts Page”.
  – In the drop down you would see the “Blog” page option available.
  – Select that and Click on “Save and Publish” at the top.
  – Your posts should appear on the Blog page.
  You can learn more about it here:

  Optional Blog Page

  Hope this helps, please let me know if you need anything else.
  Thanks!

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  anethicalyarn · Member · Sep 1, 2017 at 9:57 am

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  Thanks @pavanraheja. I knew it would be quite simple, just couldn’t figure it out. Thanks for your help.

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  pavanraheja · Member · Sep 1, 2017 at 11:55 am

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  Hi again @anethicalyarn,

  You’re most welcome! :)
  I’d be happy to help you with anything else.

  Best Wishes! :)

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  anethicalyarn · Member · Sep 2, 2017 at 6:30 am

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  Hi again,
  Another (likely related) question. I would like my blog page to be in a grid format (I am using the Dara theme). On all my other pages I can select either the default format or a grid format. However, for the blog page I don’t have a page attributes option, so I can’t select a grid format. Do you know if this is possible to do on the blog page?

  Thanks

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  kathrynwp · Staff · Sep 4, 2017 at 3:11 pm

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  Only pages can have templates applied, like the Grid Page template. That isn’t possible for the blog posts.

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  anethicalyarn · Member · Sep 4, 2017 at 9:32 pm

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  Thanks @kathrynwp

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  pavanraheja · Member · Sep 6, 2017 at 6:47 pm

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  @kathrynwp: Thank you for hopping in! :)

  @anethicalyarn: Let us know for anything else. Best Wishes! :)