Short description
Webinse Blog extension for Magento 2 is an easy way to implement blog for your store and post articles in it. The extension allows you to create an unlimited number of categories, tags, posts and fully manage them.
Overview
Do you have a store and want to add blog for it? Want to quickly and easily post new articles? Our extension will help you with this!
Webinse Blog extension for Magento 2 is created for that purpose, and is easy to install and configure.
It lets you to create your own posts with tags in different categories. You can enable a comment feature for posts, which will allow you to always stay in touch with your customers and blog readers. Convenient widgets in the sidebar will help you and your clients to easily find the necessary articles and read the latest and up-to-date posts. Also you can share liked posts in social networks.
And that is not all! All posts, categories and tags are managed from Admin panel. They fully customizable and have SEO tools. Also you can add a widget with latest posts on any pages of your store so that your customers are always up to date with your latest news.
Features
Creating posts, categories and tags.
The extension is fully managed from the admin side.
Adding comments for posts.
Searching by posts.
Social sharing.
Sidebar widgets and widget with latest posts for any page.
Adaptive design.
Administration & Configuration
All features are fully configurable, require little time to install and can be controlled from the Magento Administration Panel.
Version and Compatibility
Blog extension version 1.0.0 is compatible with Magento Community Edition version 2.1 and guaranteed to work with Magento default theme.
Extension Configuration
Blog Tab
The settings in this section define configurations of the Blog integration into your Magento 2 e-Commerce site.
General Config Section
Field | Default | Description |
Page Size | 5 | Number of posts per page |
Post Settings Section
Field | Default | Description |
Enable Social Sharing | Yes | Enable/disable possibility to share posts in social networks. |
Enable Similar Posts | Yes | Enable/disable Similar Posts widget. |
Comments | No | Enable/disable possibility to comment posts. |
Your Disqus Forum Shortname | - | A comments feature is required Disqus shortname. You can learn more by this link: https://help.disqus.com/customer/portal/articles/466208 |
Sidebar Settings Section
Field | Default | Description |
Enable Search | Yes | Enable/disable search widget on the sidebar. |
Enable Categories | Yes | Enable/disable categories widget on the sidebar. |
Enable Recent Posts | Yes | Enable/disable Recent Posts widget on the sidebar. |
Number of Recent Posts | 5 | Number of Recent Posts |
Enable Tags | Yes | Enable/disable tags on the sidebar. |
User Manual
How to Configure?
Log in to the admin panel, and we will show you how to configure the extension step by step. To configure basic settings, go to Webinse -> Blog -> Configuration (or Stores -> Configuration -> Webinse -> Blog) on your Dashboard. Here you can set up basic settings, such as post and sidebar settings.
How does it work?
All you need is to install the extension and all the necessary functionality will be automatically added and ready for use. Go to the Blog Categories page (Webinse -> Blog -> Categories) and click on Add New Category button.
Now you can create your new category.
After filling in the fields, click the Save button.
Also, you can create tags. Go to the Blog Tags page (Webinse -> Blog -> Tags) and click on Add New Tag button.
After filling in the fields, click the Save button.
Now you can create our new post. Go to the Blog Posts page (Webinse -> Blog -> Posts) and click on Add New Post button.
Fill title and category fields. These fields are required. You can upload your image for a post. Then fill a content field by WYSIWYG editor. This field is also required.
Note that if you want to display previews of your articles (e.g. short content on the category page), then you need to use pagebreaker.
All content above <!--pagebreak--> will be outputted as short content (post preview). All content below <!--pagebreak--> will not be outputted and will be and will be available only when viewing the full version of the article. To do this, you will need to press the "Read more >>" button. To do this, you will need to press the "Read More" button on the store frontend after creating post.
But back to the creation of the article.
You can choose tags for your new post. Also you can fill SEO fields but some of them you can leave it empty. URL key will be generated automatically by post title. Meta Title will be generated automatically by post title. If you want to add them manually, please avoid special characters.
After filling in the fields, click the Save button. Our new article was created. Check it in a blog on the site frontend.
Recent Posts
You can add recent posts widget on any page of your site. For our example, go to Content -> Elements -> Blocks and edit Men Left Menu Block. Expand the Сontent section and in the WYSIWYG editor choose position and then click on the Insert Widget Button.
In the Insert Widget modal window choose Widget Type “Blog - Recent Posts”. In the Widget Options you can configure a widget. After that, click on the Insert Widget button.
Your widget was created and added on the page. Now click on the Save Page button and please clear site cache. This last step is very important! Go to the Men category page on the site front-end. You can see our created widget with recent posts there.
