Blog Content Elements

Creating a good blog can be quite a challenge, that is why the main goal of Sana is to ease this process for you and make the blog creation as convenient and intuitive as possible. Sana provides a wide range of various content elements, using which you can create and style your blog. Sana’s content elements enable you to create original and innovative blog.

So, Sana has two pages which are involved in blog creation, they are Blog system page and Blog article page. There are several content elements that were developed specifically for the blog and they can be used only on the Blog system page or only on the Blog article page. Also, Sana provides two content elements which are related to the blog but can be added to any page.

Besides, Sana comes with a few content elements out-of-the-box and there are content elements which are available as add-ons and can be installed from Sana Apps. You can use these content elements to enrich your blog.

Content Elements Specific to the Blog Article Only

The following content elements can be used only on the Blog article page and cannot be added to any other page in Sana:

  • Blog article author

  • Blog article categories

  • Blog article tags

  • Blog article comments (list and form)

  • Blog article publish date

For more information about Blog article page specific content elements, see Create Blog Articles.

Content Elements Specific to the Blog System Page Only

The following content elements can be used only on the Blog system page and cannot be added to any other page in Sana:

  • Blog overview

  • Blog facets

For more information about the Blog system page specific content elements, see Blog Layout.

Content Elements That Can Be Added to Any Web Page

There are two content elements that are related to the blog, but they can be added to any page in Sana. They are:

  • Blog search bar

  • Latest blog articles

Edit Blog Search Bar

Using the Blog search bar content element, you can add the blog search bar to a page. The blog search bar enables a user to search for blog articles. For more information about the Blog search bar content element settings, see Blog System Page.

Edit Latest Blog Articles

The Latest blog articles content element is used to show the latest blog articles on a page. Displaying recent blog articles helps users easily discover your new content and spend more time in your webstore. For more information about the content element settings, see Latest Blog Articles.

Content Element Advanced Settings

On the Advanced tab of the Blog search bar content element and the Latest blog articles content element, you can configure height, width and spacing settings.

For more information about advanced settings, see Content Elements.