# Blog posts

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A blog acts as your brand’s direct voice to the outside world. It helps build, reaffirm, and strengthen your brand name online while attracting more traffic to your website.&#x20;

This article will show you how to add and customize your blog posts section in Sleek.

## How to add a Blog post

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Steps

1. In the theme editor **(Customize)**, click the **Add section**
2. Locate **Blog posts**
3. **Save**
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To know more about how to add a blog to your online store, see [Blogs](https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/online-store/blogs).

This article shows you how to display your blog posts on your website using **Sleek** theme.

## How to edit a Blog post

### **Section header**

Use the provided text fields to add a suitable **Heading**.

* Leave it blank if you do not want to display it

You can also change the **Heading size** to:

* Heading xs
* Heading sm
* Heading md
* Heading lg
* Heading xl
* Heading 2xl
* Display md
* Display lg
* Display xl

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### Highlight text

[How to apply Highlight text to the section heading and block headings?](/sleek-theme/pages-global-sections/general-settings.md#highlight-text)

Use the provided text fields to add a suitable **Subheading** and **Text**.

* Leave them blank if you do not want to display them

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### **Blog settings**

This section is for adding preferable blog posts. You can use the slider to adjust the **Number of blog posts to show** (between 2 and 8).

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### **Grid settings**

Use the slider to adjust the **Number of columns on desktop** (between 1 and 4).

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You can also modify the **Column gap** as Extra large/ Large/ Medium/ Small/ Extra small/ None.

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### **Carousel settings**

Toggle the option **Enable carousel on desktop** to display blog posts in the carousel layout.&#x20;

To use a carousel, the number of blog posts to show must be larger than the number of columns.

You can also control the position of the arrow navigation.

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### **Mobile layout**

You can adjust the **Number of columns on mobile** to **1 column** or **2 columns.**

If you are not into the grid layout, you can use the carousel layout by selecting the **Enable swipe on mobile**.

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### **Card settings**

Change the **Heading size** of the card to **Heading 3**/ **Heading 4**. Furthermore, you can also enable/disable the card elements if needed:

* **Show date**: Display the date that the blog is issued
* **Show excerpt**: Display a short summary of the post
* **Show button**: Lead the customers to the full blog post

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