Sections · Placket 1.0.0
Blog and article sections
Blogs and articles come from Online Store > Blog posts in your Shopify admin. These sections control how they look.
The default blog page has one section (Blog). The default article page has two: Article and a Blog posts section that shows more articles.
Blog
The blog index page with a list of articles.
Editor name: Blog. Where you can add it: Blog page.
Settings
Content
| Setting | Choices | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subheading | Text | Blog | |
| Italic accent in heading | None; Last word | Last word | Titles come from Shopify and cannot hold italic text, so the theme italicizes the last word. |
| Heading size | Small; Medium; Large | Large | Small 64px, medium 88px, large 104px at 100%. Scaled by Heading size in Theme settings. |
| Text | Rich text | Share news, stories and updates with your customers. | |
| Show topic filter | On or off | On | Uses the blog's article tags, with an All option. |
Articles
| Setting | Choices | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Layout | Editorial; Grid; Index, feature band and ruled rows | Editorial | Editorial: one large article, two side articles, then a row of three. Grid: equal cards. |
| Articles per page | 3 to 24 | 6 | |
| Columns on desktop | 2 to 4 | 3 | Grid layout only. Shown when Layout is not Index, feature band and ruled rows. |
| Show first tag | On or off | On | |
| Show reading time | On or off | On | |
| Show date | On or off | Off | |
| Show excerpt | On or off | On | |
| Excerpt length | 40 to 240 | 100 | Characters. |
Style
| Setting | Choices | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Color scheme | Any color scheme | Scheme 1 | |
| Image ratio | Adapt to image; Portrait (4:5); Square (1:1); Landscape (3:2) | Portrait (4:5) | Grid layout only. Editorial layout uses fixed ratios. Shown when Layout is not Index, feature band and ruled rows. |
Spacing: Top padding (80 px, 0 to 200 px), Bottom padding (80 px, 0 to 200 px). These add space above and below the section.
Tips
- Show topic filter builds a list from the tags on your articles, with an All option.
- The Editorial layout shows one large article, two side articles, then a row of three. Grid shows equal cards. Index shows a feature band and ruled rows.
- The first tag of an article is its category when Show first tag is on.
Article
One article page, with an optional contents list, author, date and closing link.
Editor name: Article. Where you can add it: Article pages.
Settings
Content
| Setting | Choices | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Show breadcrumb | On or off | On | |
| Italic accent in heading | None; Last word | Last word | Titles come from Shopify and cannot hold italic text, so the theme italicizes the last word. |
| Heading size | Small; Medium; Large | Large | Small 64px, medium 88px, large 104px at 100%. Scaled by Heading size in Theme settings. |
| Show author | On or off | On | |
| Show date | On or off | On | |
| Show reading time | On or off | On | |
| Show featured image in body | On or off | On | Uses the article image at the top of the text. |
Body
| Setting | Choices | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Larger first paragraph | On or off | On | |
| Show contents rail | On or off | On | Lists the article headings as numbered links. |
| Contents heading | Text | In this article | |
| Headings in contents | Heading 2; Heading 3; Heading 2 and 3 | Heading 3 |
Closing link
| Setting | Choices | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Button label | Text | Shop now | |
| Button link | Link | Empty | |
| Button style | Primary; Secondary; Link | Link | |
| Closing note | Text | Empty | Short line beside the closing link. Empty hides it. |
Style
| Setting | Choices | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Color scheme | Any color scheme | Scheme 1 | |
| Layout | Standard; Long read, band and key facts | Standard | |
| Show key facts strip | On or off | On | A strip under the image with the topic (article tags), reading time, length and last update. Long read layout only. |
| Featured image ratio | Adapt to image; Portrait (4:5); Square (1:1); Landscape (3:2) | Landscape (3:2) | Shown when Layout is Standard. |
Spacing: Top padding (80 px, 0 to 200 px), Bottom padding (80 px, 0 to 200 px). These add space above and below the section.
Tips
- Show contents rail lists the article headings as numbered links. Choose which heading levels it uses with Headings in contents.
- The theme italicizes the last word of the title only. Set Italic accent in heading to None to turn the italic off.
- The Long read, band and key facts layout can show a key facts strip under the image. Turn it on or off with Show key facts strip. You do not type anything: the strip is built from the article itself. It shows the topic (the article tags, or the blog title when the article has no tags), the reading time, the length in words and the date of the last update. When comments are on for the blog, it also shows the number of comments.
- Comments follow your blog settings in Shopify admin. The theme shows comments and a form when they are turned on for the blog.
See also Blog posts for showing articles on other pages.