Blog

Publishing blog content on your website helps establish your expertise, improves your search engine rankings, and drives organic traffic. The ListHouze blog system is built into the Website Builder with full support for creating, editing, publishing, and managing posts.

Accessing the Blog Manager

Navigate to Website → Blog in your dashboard sidebar. You will see a list of all your blog posts with their current status.

Creating a Blog Post

Click New Post to open the blog post editor. Fill in the following fields:

Field	Required	Description
Title	Yes	The post title, displayed as the heading and in browser tabs
Slug	Auto	URL-safe identifier, auto-generated from the title. You can edit it manually
Excerpt	No	A short summary shown in blog listing cards
Body	No	The full post content, written in Markdown
Featured image	No	Cover image displayed at the top of the post and in listings
Tags	No	Categorization tags for organizing your posts
Meta description	No	SEO description shown in search engine results

Writing in Markdown

The blog editor uses Markdown for formatting. You can toggle between the editor and a live preview to see how your post will look when published.

Common Markdown formatting:

# Heading 1
## Heading 2
### Heading 3

**Bold text**
*Italic text*

- Bullet list
- Another item

1. Numbered list
2. Second item

[Link text](https://example.com)

![Image alt text](https://example.com/image.jpg)

Post Status Lifecycle

Every blog post goes through a status lifecycle:

Status	Description
Draft	Work in progress, not visible to the public
Published	Live on your website, visible to all visitors
Archived	Hidden from public view, kept for your records

Publishing a Post

Click Publish in the editor to make your post live. The published_at date is set automatically when you first publish. Published posts appear on:

• Your blog index page (/blog)
• The Blog section on your home page (if enabled)
• Search engine results (once indexed)

Unpublishing a Post

If you need to take a post down temporarily, click Unpublish to revert it to draft status. The post is immediately hidden from public view but remains in your dashboard for editing.

Managing Posts

The blog dashboard shows all your posts organized by status. Use the tab filters to view:

• All - Every post regardless of status
• Draft - Posts still being written
• Published - Live posts visible on your website
• Archived - Hidden posts

From the post list, you can:

• Edit - Open the post in the editor
• Publish / Unpublish - Toggle between draft and published status
• Delete - Permanently remove a post (requires confirmation)

Social Content Integration

If you use the ListHouze Social Content Creator, you can publish content to your website blog as an additional channel alongside Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and TikTok.

When you select My Website as a channel in the social post builder:

1. A blog draft is automatically created from your social content
2. The post is saved with source: social for easy identification
3. You receive a notification with a link to review the draft
4. Edit and publish the draft from your blog dashboard

Social-sourced posts are marked with an indicator in the blog manager so you can track which posts originated from your social content workflow.

Tip

Repurposing social media content as blog posts is a great way to build your website's SEO without writing everything from scratch. The social content creator makes this a one-click process.

Blog on Your Home Page

The Blog section on your home page automatically displays your latest published posts. If you have no published posts, default placeholder content is shown. Once you publish your first post, real content replaces the placeholders.

The blog section includes a "View all posts" link that takes visitors to your full blog index page.

Public Blog URLs

Page	URL
Blog index	/site/your-slug/blog
Individual post	/site/your-slug/blog/post-slug

With a custom domain, URLs become /blog and /blog/post-slug.