03GENERAL

Editorial blog

This page explains how “Editorial blog” actually behaves, which data it depends on, and what its settings change.

Editorial blog

This page explains how “Editorial blog” actually behaves, which data it depends on, and what its settings change.

What the theme does automatically

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    Navigation tags come from tags actually used by blog articles.

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    The excerpt can use Shopify’s excerpt or be automatically limited to the configured length.

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    Pagination depends on articles per page and is generated by Shopify.

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    Pagination is calculated by Shopify: the section only loads the configured number of items per page.

Understand the settings

Introductory content

Customize the introduction displayed before the list of articles.

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Introductionintroduction

List of articles

Set the pagination, card format and visible information for each article.

Articles per pagearticles_per_page
Default: 8 · Range: 4–20

Browsing by tags

Allow visitors to filter posts using blog tags.

Show categoriesshow_tag_navigation
Default: enabled
Accessible label of categoriestags_label
All articlesall_tags_label

Item Cards

Choose the framing of images and editorial information displayed on the cards.

Image formatimage_ratio
Default: 4 / 3 · Options: Landscape, Square, Portrait
Show excerptsshow_excerpt
Default: enabled
Excerpt lengthexcerpt_words
Default: 22 · Range: 10–40
Show dateshow_date
Default: enabled
Show authorshow_author
Default: disabled
Show first tagshow_tags
Default: enabled

Card labels

Adapt the date format and action texts displayed in the list.

Liquid date formatdate_format

Use a Liquid date format, for example %d %B %Y.

Default: %d.%m.%Y
Read the articleread_more_label

States and pagination

Customize the messages displayed when no articles are available and the pagination controls.

Title without articleempty_heading
Text without articleempty_text
Pagination labelpagination_label
Previous pageprevious_label
Next pagenext_label

Spacing

Adjust the space above and below the section.

Top marginpadding_top
Default: 72 · Range: 0–140px
Bottom marginpadding_bottom
Default: 96 · Range: 0–140px

Section palette

Applies a consistent palette to the background, text, and buttons in this section.

Section appearance

Use a dedicated paletteopaline_use_color_scheme
Default: disabled
Paletteopaline_color_scheme
Default: scheme-1

Spacing

Space after sectionopaline_section_spacing

Creates space between this section and the next. Mobile spacing adjusts automatically.

Default: 0 · Range: 0–160px
Left and right insetopaline_content_inset

Moves content away from the edges. Mobile spacing adjusts automatically.

Default: 0 · Range: 0–120px

Available blocks

section-headingsection-heading

Add this block only when it provides useful information to the journey.

Before publishing

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    Content remains readable in every color scheme.

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    Labels match the storefront language.

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    Displayed promotions match Shopify rules.

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    Interactions remain accessible by keyboard and touch.