Creating Blog Page
evolve theme comes with the predefined blog which can be shown on the front page or any specific page of your choice. To set the blog for a specific page, follow these instructions. Create a blank page, name it for example “Blog” (or whatever you like), and then go to Settings Reading Front page displays A static page and set that page as your Posts page.
Blog Styling
Below are instructions for configuring different sections of the blog. You will need to go to Appearance Customize Blog to access controls for these sections.
General
To set up the overall layout of your blog, go to General, and you will have several options there.
In the general settings are available following options:
- Blog Layout
- controls the grid layout of the blog page
- Blog Posts Order
- this option controls the order of blog posts if the grid layout with 2 or 3 columns is set - horizontal or vertical order
- Archive Page Title
- enables/disables the archive/category/taxonomy description on the archive/category/taxonomy pages
- 'Share This' Buttons Placement
- controls visibility of the Share This buttons throughout the website
- Pagination Type
- defines the style of the blog pagination
- Position of Navigation Links
- sets position of the next/previous posts links
Posts
In the Posts section, you have the option to control things such as post title excerpt length, related posts, and more.
In the posts settings are available following options:
- Post Title Excerpt Length
- defines the post title maximum characters number for 2 or 3 columns grid layout
- Enable Post Excerpts
- enables/disables the post excerpts on 1 column blog layout
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- Enable Post Author Avatar
- enables/disables the post author avatar in the post meta header
- Post Meta Header Placement
- controls visibility of the post meta header throughout the website
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- Position of Previous/Next Posts Links
- sets position of the next/previous post link
- Display Similar Posts
- enables/disables similar posts feature on single post bottom area
Featured Image
In the Featured Image section, you can show your featured image automatically at the top of your single blog post, blog index or not.
In the featured image settings are available following options:
- Enable Featured Images
- enables/disables the featured images globally
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- Display The First Image If No Featured Image Set
- this option controls if the first image of a post is displayed if no featured image is set
- Enable Featured Image on Single Blog Posts
- enables/disables the featured images on single blog posts
- Hide Placeholder Thumbnail Images
- enables/disables the featured images placeholder image when no image is available
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- Enable Hover Effect on Featured Images
- sets if to display featured images hover effect with the link and zoom icons
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Post Format
The post format section controls if any post set with a defined format should be highlighted with a background color or not. You can enable this feature in the Post Format section.
In the post format settings are available following options:
- Sticky Post Format Background
- enables/disables the background color of sticky post format
- Aside Post Format Background
- enables/disables the background color of aside post format
- Audio Post Format Background
- enables/disables the background color of audio post format
- Chat Post Format Background
- enables/disables the background color of chat post format
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- Gallery Post Format Background
- enables/disables the background color of gallery post format
- Image Post Format Background
- enables/disables the background color of image post format
- Link Post Format Background
- enables/disables the background color of link post format
- Quote Post Format Background
- enables/disables the background color of quote post format
- Status Post Format Background
- enables/disables the background color of status post format
- Video Post Format Background
- enables/disables the background color of video post format
