Setting the Blog

Introduction

Creating a blog page is easy. Crafto is using native Blog settings. Just create a new page for blog and set it as "Posts page" under Settings >> Reading section. See screenshot given below:



Now start creating new posts by going to "Posts" section




Post Format

Crafto theme supports 10 post formats. You will see all Post Formats as tabs to select. If you can't see tabs than please install CF Post Formats plugin. Here are list of all supported post formats with details:

  • Standard post format:
  • Aside post format:
  • Audio post format:
  • Chat post format:
  • Gallery post format:
  • Image post format:
  • Link post format:
  • Quote post format:
  • Status post format:
  • Video post format:





This block will be shown on Blog page as slider which will show post. You can manage it's settings from Admin > Appearance > Theme Options > Blog Settings section. There is section called "Featured Post Slider Settings" section which you can change to edit the area. See screenshot given below:



Also this slider will show only selected posts only. Just edit the post and check the Show this post in Homepage Post Slider checkbox so that post will appear in the slider. See screenshot given below:



TIP: This slider will be shown on Blog page only. But you can show this slider on other pages too. You can use [tm-featured-post-slider] shortcode to show this slider on any page.








This block will be shown on Home page as slider which will show post with carousel effect. You can manage it's settings from Admin > Appearance > Theme Options > Blog Settings section. There is section called "Polupar Posts Settings" section which you can change to edit the area. See screenshot given below:









This block will be shown on Home page footer area. You can manage it's settings from Admin > Appearance > Theme Options > Blog Settings section. There is section called "Featured Blog settings" section which you can change to edit the area. See screenshot given below:




Also this section will show only selected posts only. Just edit the post and check the Show this post in Featured Blog checkbox so that post will appear in the Featured Block section. See screenshot given below:



TIP: This Featured Blog will be shown on Home page footer area only. But you can show this featured blog on other pages too. You can use [tm-featured-blogbox] shortcode to show this featured Blog on any page.





Manage "Advertisement" section on Home page.




This advertisement block will be shown on Home page footer area. You can manage it's settings from Admin > Appearance > Theme Options > Blog Settings section. There is section called "Blog Advertisement Block settings" section which you can change to edit the area. See screenshot given below:



TIP: This Advertisement Block will be shown on Home page footer area only. But you can show this advertisement block on other pages too. You can use [tm-advertisement-block] shortcode to show this Advertisement Block on any page.