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# Blum Blog Post template

**Theme:** Blum · **Section type:** Template section (Blog post template)

The Blog post template controls how a single blog post looks: the featured image, the title with author, date, and share button, and the post content with tags and links to other posts.

> **Note:** The template comes with a Breadcrumb section and the Blog post details section. You can hide the Blog post details section, but you can't remove it. The section holds 1 Featured image, 1 Blog title, and 1 Content block, plus app blocks.
![Blog post with the featured image, title, author, date, and share button](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/f/8/b/b/f8bb8da391016800/post1_gl2y9q.png)

**What you can do**
- Open the Blog post template
- Show or hide the author, date, and share button
- Change the text size and the order of the blocks
- See what customers see
- Look up every setting
- Fix common problems

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## Open the Blog post template

1. In the theme editor, open the template menu at the top and select **Blog posts**.
2. Optional: click **Change** in the preview bar to preview another post.
3. In the left sidebar, click the **Blog post details** section.

The text, featured image, and tags come from the blog post itself. You edit them in your Shopify admin, not in the theme editor.

## Show or hide the author, date, and share button

1. Under **Blog post details**, click the **Blog title** block.
2. Turn on or off **Show author**, **Show date**, and **Enable share**.
3. Click **Save**.

> **Tip:** When customers share a post, social media shows the post's featured image as the preview image. Add a featured image to every post.

## Change the text size and the order of the blocks

1. Click the **Blog post details** section.
2. Under **General**, drag **Blog post text size** to set the size of the post text, from 18 px to 22 px.
3. To change the order, drag the **Featured image**, **Blog title**, and **Content** blocks in the left sidebar.
4. Optional: click the **Content** block and turn off **Show tags**.
5. Click **Save**.

## What customers see

- **Featured image:** a wide image at the top. It shows only when the post has a featured image.
- **Title:** the post title, with the author and the publish date below it.
- **Share button:** on devices that support it, the button opens the device's share menu. Otherwise it opens a list with Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, email, and a copy-link option.
- **Content:** the post text, followed by the post's tags. Customers click a tag to see all posts with that tag.
- **Previous and Next:** links to the previous and next posts in the blog appear below the content.
- **Comments:** when comments are turned on for the blog, the post shows existing comments and a **Leave a comment** form.
![Post tags, Previous and Next links, and the comment form below a blog post](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/f/8/b/b/f8bb8da391016800/post2_2yg4je.png)

## Settings reference

### General

| Setting | What it does |
| ---- | ---- |
| Color scheme | Sets the colors of the section. You can edit color schemes in Theme settings > Colors. |
| Blog post text size | Sets the size of the post text, from 18 px to 22 px. |

### Layout

| Setting | What it does |
| ---- | ---- |
| Remove padding top | Removes the space above the section. |
| Remove padding bottom | Removes the space below the section. |

### Featured image block

The Featured image block has no settings. It shows the post's featured image.

### Blog title block settings

| Setting | What it does |
| ---- | ---- |
| Show author | Shows the author's name below the title. |
| Show date | Shows the publish date below the title. |
| Enable share | Shows a share button next to the author and date. |

### Content block settings

| Setting | What it does |
| ---- | ---- |
| Show tags | Shows the post's tags below the content. |

## Troubleshooting

**The featured image doesn't show.**
The post has no featured image. Add one to the blog post in your Shopify admin.

**Customers can't leave comments.**
Comments are turned off for the blog. Turn on comments in the blog's settings in your Shopify admin.

**I can't add a second Content block.**
Each block can be used once in the section. Use app blocks or add another section below to show more content.

**The share list doesn't show on my phone.**
On phones that support it, the share button opens the phone's own share menu instead of the list.

## Related articles

- [Blum Blog template](https://doc.ecomx.co/en/article/blum-blog-template-18kvoj3/)
- [Blum Blog Post List](https://doc.ecomx.co/en/article/blum-blog-post-list-1yt2mby/)
- [Blum Breadcrumb](https://doc.ecomx.co/en/article/blum-breadcrumb-qfpuyu/)
- [Blum Typography](https://doc.ecomx.co/en/article/blum-typography-1pwfswy/)