Blog

Odoo Blog lets you manage blog pages and posts, and customize them with the website builder.

Truco

Install the Blog app by clicking New on the website builder, then selecting Blog Post, and clicking Install.

Consulta

Odoo Tutorials: Blogs [video]

Blog posts

To create a blog post, click New on the website builder and click Blog Post. Select a blog, define a Blog Post Title, and click Save. Write the post’s content and customize it using the website builder.

To publish a post, toggle the Unpublished switch in the top-right corner of the page.

To delete a blog post, go to Website ‣ Site ‣ Blog post. Select the blog post to delete, click Actions, and Delete.

Customize blog posts

To customize the layout of all blog posts, open one and click Edit ‣ Style. Under the Blog page section, different options can be used to customize the posts:

  • Layout: display the title inside or above the cover.

  • Increase Readability: adjust or not the posts” formatting for better reading comfort.

  • Sidebar: display or hide a sidebar that can contain several elements:

    • Archive: allow visitors to view all posts from a specific month by selecting it.

    • Author: display the post author.

    • Blog List: display links to all blog pages.

    • Share Links: add clickable icons that link to your social network profiles and a subscription field for your newsletter.

    • Tags: create or select existing tags and display them on the post.

  • Breadcrumb: display the breadcrumb trail.

  • Bottom: click the Next Article to hide or display the next post at the end of the page, and click Comments to enable or disable visitors” comments.

To add tags or customize the cover of a specific post, click the cover and use the following settings under the Blog Post Cover section:

  • Tags

  • Background: add an image by clicking the (camera) icon, or use a background color by clicking the (None) icon and selecting a color.

  • Size: select the size of the cover (Full screen, Half screen, or Fit text).

  • Filter Intensity: choose the cover filter’s intensity (Low, Medium, High) or disable it by selecting No filter.

After applying the desired changes, click Save.

Truco

  • Illustrate your posts with copyright-free images from Unsplash.

  • Use Plausible to track traffic on your blog.

  • Customize blog building blocks through the website editor. For example, filter by the Latest blog posts or Most viewed blog posts and determine which blog to display in the building block.

Consulta

Etiquetas

Tags let visitors filter blog posts that share a specific tag. They are displayed at the bottom of each post.

To create a tag, go to Website ‣ Configuration ‣ Tags and click New. Fill in the:

  • Nombre

  • Category

  • Color

  • Used in: to apply tags to existing blog posts, click Add a line.

Add and create tags directly from posts by clicking Edit ‣ Style and selecting the post’s cover. Under Tags, click Choose a record…, and select or create a tag by writing a new name.

Tag category

Tag categories let you organize tags displayed on the sidebar into groups.

tag categories

To create tag categories, go to Website ‣ Configuration ‣ Tag Categories and click New.

Blog landing pages

To create multiple blogs, go to Website ‣ Configuration ‣ Blogs and click New. Next, enter the Blog Name and the Blog Subtitle.

The Blog menu gathers all the blogs and their posts.

Nota

With two or more blogs, the blog landing page (/blog) aggregates posts from all blogs and lets visitors choose which blog to view.

Customize blog landing pages

To customize the blog landing pages, go to Edit ‣ Style and use the available options as desired.

Nota

If you use multiple blogs, settings configured on the main blog landing page or on a specific blog landing page will be applied to all other pages.

  • Top Banner: display or hide the page’s banner:

    • Full-width: make the banner use the page’s full-width or display a condensed banner.

  • Layout: display blog posts as a grid or as a list.

  • Cards: display blog posts with or without the card effect.

  • Increase Readability: enlarge or not the blog posts” size for better reading comfort .

  • Sidebar: display or hide a sidebar that contains an about us section, and, depending on the options selected:

    • Archives: allow visitors to view all posts from a specific month by selecting it.

    • Follow Us: add clickable icons that link to your social network profiles and a subscription field for your newsletter.

    • Tags List: allow visitors to view all blog posts that share a specific tag by selecting it.

  • Posts List: select Cover to display the posts” covers or select No Cover to hide them.

  • Author: display the posts” authors.

  • Comments/Views Stats: display or hide the number of comments and views for each post.

  • Teaser & Tags: display the posts” first sentences and tags.

After applying the desired changes, click Save.

Nota

Increase your blog’s visibility in search engines, attract more visitors while improving the SEO by:

  • Updating the content of the website regularly.

  • Using meta tags and ensuring that both the content and metadata are translated.

  • Never having more than one Heading 1 per page, so search engines can easily identify the page’s main topic.

  • Use the Blog building blocks anywhere on the website.