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How blogs work in Basker: what they are, when to use them, and how they relate to posts

A blog in Basker is a container for editorial posts. Posts can be news entries, journal articles, program notes, behind-the-scenes pieces, or other time-based editorial content.

Each blog has its own page on the live site. This page lists its posts in reverse chronological order, with whatever filtering and grouping your theme provides.

A site can have one blog or several. For example, separate blogs can keep public-facing news distinct from production-specific program notes.

What a blog contains

  • A title and description that introduce the blog on its landing page.
  • An optional header image for the blog's landing page.
  • A list of posts that belong to it.
  • The categories and tags the blog uses to organize posts.

Categories and tags are scoped to a blog. A "Reviews" category in your news blog and a "Reviews" category in your program-notes blog are separate things.

What posts contain

Posts are the individual editorial entries that live inside a blog. Each post has its own URL, its own page, and its own SEO metadata. See Create a post.

When to add a second blog

A second blog makes sense when the editorial streams have different audiences or different publishing cadence. It also makes sense when your theme applies a different visual treatment to each. Otherwise, a single blog with categories and tags is usually enough.

Where to go next

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