# Blogs and posts

A blog is a list of posts with its own home page. Every post belongs to one blog. A site can have more than one blog. How a blog's posts look is set once for the whole blog, so you do not design each post.

## Set up a blog

The first time you create a post on a site with no blog, NextPress asks you to set one up. You can also start a new blog with **Set up a new blog** in the **New blog post** dialog.

1. In **Set up your blog**, type a **Name**, such as "Notes from the team".
2. In **Address**, type where the blog's home page lives. The default is `blog`, so the home page is at `example.com/blog`.
3. Under **The home page lists posts as**, pick **Cards**, **Grid** or **List**.
4. Under **Each post shows**, turn on or off **Cover picture**, **Date**, **Reading time**, **Author**, **Previous and next** and **Comments**.
5. Press **Set up blog**.

The blog's home page is created and published straight away. These choices can be changed later in the post editor.

## Write a post

1. Press **New** at the top of the admin.
2. In **What are you making?**, pick **Blog post**.
3. In **New blog post**, type a **Title**. If the site has more than one blog, choose it in **Blog**.
4. Press **Create post**. The post editor opens.
5. Write the post, then press **Save**.

A new post is a draft. Visitors cannot see it until you publish it.

You can also start a post from **Posts** in the sidebar, under **Content**.

## Publish a post

1. Press **Publish**. The **Publish Post** dialog opens.
2. Check **Post URL**. Use only lowercase letters, numbers and hyphens.
3. Press **Publish**.

On a published post, **Save** makes later changes live. To take a post off the site, press **Published**, then **Move to Draft**.

## Categories and tags

Categories and tags are set on each post in the post editor. On the site, the **Post Info** block shows them, together with the date and reading time.

## Show posts on any page

Drag blocks from the **Post** group of the **Blocks** panel:

- **Post List** shows a blog's posts in a grid, list or card layout.
- **Post Title**, **Post Excerpt** and **Featured Image** show parts of a post.
- **Post Info** shows the date, categories, tags and reading time.
- **Author Box** shows the author's picture, name and bio.
- **Post Comments** shows approved comments and a comment form.
- **Post Navigation** links to the previous and next posts.
- **Table of Contents** lists the headings on the page.
- **Reading Progress** shows how far the reader has scrolled.

## Comments on posts

Visitors can comment on a published post when the site allows comments. See [Comments](/docs/content/comments).

## The RSS feed

Published posts are listed in the site's feed at `/feed`. Password-protected posts are left out. The feed can be turned off, and its length set, in **Settings**, on the **Reading** tab. See [Site settings](/docs/content/site-settings).

## Next steps

- [Comments](/docs/content/comments).
- [Import from WordPress](/docs/content/wordpress-import) to bring posts over.
- [Site settings](/docs/content/site-settings) for the feed and post dates.