# Blog posts

## Static sections

Merchants can click on the link to check out the instruction listed below. 

{% content-ref url="../pages-global-sections/announcement-bar" %}
[announcement-bar](https://docs.foxecom.com/megamog-theme/pages-global-sections/announcement-bar)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="../pages-global-sections/age-verifier-pop-up" %}
[age-verifier-pop-up](https://docs.foxecom.com/megamog-theme/pages-global-sections/age-verifier-pop-up)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="../pages-global-sections/header" %}
[header](https://docs.foxecom.com/megamog-theme/pages-global-sections/header)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="../pages-global-sections/footer" %}
[footer](https://docs.foxecom.com/megamog-theme/pages-global-sections/footer)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="../pages-global-sections/mobile-sticky-bar" %}
[mobile-sticky-bar](https://docs.foxecom.com/megamog-theme/pages-global-sections/mobile-sticky-bar)
{% endcontent-ref %}

## Dynamic sections

Merchants can add any section that is listed in [Theme sections](https://docs.foxecom.com/megamog-theme/theme-sections). Nevertheless, there is a section designed specifically for the blog post.

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Layout 1" %}
![](https://content.gitbook.com/content/SnkJrgCgnPuM88XGWwwm/blobs/hgu9jDQvAje4KsTEMLy5/Screen%20Shot%202021-11-15%20at%2021.25.21.png)
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Layout 2" %}
![](https://content.gitbook.com/content/SnkJrgCgnPuM88XGWwwm/blobs/Q31AJ5ow11SKHn9OEOp4/Screen%20Shot%202021-11-15%20at%2021.12.41.png)
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

{% hint style="success" %}
Steps

1. In the theme editor (**Customize**), open the template selector
2. Select **Blog posts**, then **Default blog posts.**
3. On the left-sidebar, select **Blog posts.**
   {% endhint %}

## Section settings

### **Sidebar settings**

Enable/disable the sidebar and its positions.

<figure><img src="https://720269760-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FSnkJrgCgnPuM88XGWwwm%2Fuploads%2Fl38iOwFId0XsnRUZM3bg%2Fimage.png?alt=media&#x26;token=124fd847-f05c-4371-87ad-13957247baaa" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

### Article settings

Control the layout of the post and its necessary elements such as show author, published date, related tags, etc. by checking the corresponding boxes.

<figure><img src="https://720269760-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FSnkJrgCgnPuM88XGWwwm%2Fuploads%2FC6SeQgpf8dAYKKWcKyN1%2Fimage.png?alt=media&#x26;token=58817aab-46ef-4c7e-8c01-4d1981114609" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

### Related articles

Enable/disable related articles and their alignment.

* Show tags: Display the relevant tags of the blog post.
* Show published date: Display the date that the blog is issued.
* Show excerpt: Display a short summary of the blog.
* Show read more link: Lead the customers to the full blog post.

<figure><img src="https://720269760-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FSnkJrgCgnPuM88XGWwwm%2Fuploads%2FFnJa6IAjYSeF7DfB0OCc%2Fimage.png?alt=media&#x26;token=07bdd7f1-0eed-4f14-95f9-248bd965b728" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

### Theme settings

On the blog post section settings, click **Theme settings.**

<figure><img src="https://content.gitbook.com/content/SnkJrgCgnPuM88XGWwwm/blobs/mHjYhDLdqNkCHXPvXugV/image.png" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

Theme settings of this section let you control the page animation, page width and the share buttons.&#x20;

<figure><img src="https://720269760-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FSnkJrgCgnPuM88XGWwwm%2Fuploads%2Fv1rDr1ebL5gzGPSPUzS3%2FScreenshot_1.png?alt=media&#x26;token=036c132c-f3f4-4d9e-a30d-0271fb34963f" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

### Block settings

You can add blocks to your sidebar.

Learn more about the blocks here: [#block-settings](https://docs.foxecom.com/megamog-theme/blogs#block-settings "mention")