Mercantile Supply · Merchant guide

Blog posts

Shows your latest blog posts as cards on any page, such as the home page. Pick the blog and how many posts to show.

Where to find it

In the theme editor, Add section › Blog posts. The theme starts with it on: Home page.

Settings

Setting Choices Shows when What it does
Density Follow theme · Compact · Normal · Spacious Always Space, columns and image shape in this section. Follow theme uses Density in Theme settings › Layout.
Text size Default · Smaller · Standard · Larger Always Makes this section's text and title smaller or larger than its Density sets.
Color scheme Always
Blog Always
Number of posts Always
Overline Always
Heading Always
Text Always
Button label Always Links to the blog. Leave empty to hide the button.

Show on each post

Setting Choices Shows when What it does
Post details Standard · Custom Always Standard shows the image and date. Custom lets you pick each detail.
Show cover images On · Off Post details is Custom Each post's featured image. Posts without one get a plain tile, so rows stay even. Learn more
Show date On · Off Post details is Custom
Show author On · Off Post details is Custom

Who sees this

Setting Choices Shows when What it does
Show this section to Everyone · Guests and retail · Trade customers Always Trade customers are signed-in company buyers. The theme editor always shows the section. Learn more

Layout

Setting Choices Shows when What it does
Image shape Follow density · Square · Landscape (4:3) · Photo (3:2) · Wide (16:9) · Original shape Post details is Standard or Show cover images is on Follow density takes the shape from this section's Density. Original shape never crops.
Section width Full width · Contained Always Contained draws the color scheme as a panel inside the page margins.
Color around the panel On · Off Section width is Contained Off shows the page background around the panel. Color scheme colors the panel itself.
Around the panel Section width is Contained and Color around the panel is on

Which settings reveal which:

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  post_details["Post details"]
  show_image["Show cover images"]
  show_date["Show date"]
  show_author["Show author"]
  image_ratio["Image shape"]
  section_width["Section width"]
  panel_ground["Color around the panel"]
  ground_color_scheme["Around the panel"]
  post_details -- "is Custom" --> show_image
  post_details -- "is Custom" --> show_date
  post_details -- "is Custom" --> show_author
  post_details -- "is Standard  + more " --> image_ratio
  show_image -- "on  + more " --> image_ratio
  section_width -- "is Contained" --> panel_ground
  section_width -- "is Contained  + more " --> ground_color_scheme
  panel_ground -- "on  + more " --> ground_color_scheme

Before you start

You need a blog with at least one published post. See Blog posts.