Any online store owner who wants to handle blogs directly on the Magento store without relying on other platforms has to have the Magento 2 Blog extension. When this versatile module is linked to the backend, you can easily open a blog and manage categories, posts, and comments. You can also decide how you want the design and outlook of your blog to appear on the storefront. 

In this article, we would discuss and understand the very easy process to configure blog design in Magento 2.

If you wish to configure blog design in Magento 2 Blog, look for the DESIGN section in BLOG. you will find it if you go to STORES and then proceed to CONFIGURATION > MEGAFAN EXTENSIONS.

Please take note that only users of Blog Plus and Blog Extra have access to this feature.

You can select the LAYOUTS for BLOG POST, CATEGORY, TAG, AUTHOR, SEARCH, and INDEX PAGES in this section.

To configure blog design in Magento 2, keep in mind that It could have three columns, one column, two columns with a right or left bar, and also having no column at all is a common possibility. If you have any designs stored on your Magento instance, they will also be shown here.

Let us take a quick peek at how some of these layouts would appear on the storefront, so that it gets easier for you to configure blog design in Magento 2.

1 COLUMN

2 COLUMNS WITH THE BAR ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PAGE

2 COLUMNS WITH THE BAR ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PAGE

3 COLUMNS

In the Design area, you can decide whether or not to Display Post Publication Date and you can also pick the Post Publication Date Format. The blog dates configuration guide has further information on it, in case you would be willing to find out more.

For every page on a blog, such as a blog post, category, or author, there is a DESIGN section. On BLOG POST, CATEGORY, TAGS, and AUTHOR PAGES, you may control the CUSTOM DESIGN UPDATE and specify the DESIGN LAYOUT.

The extension will use the settings from the DESIGN section (STORES > CONFIGURATION > MEGAFAN EXTENSIONS > BLOG > DESIGN ) if you don’t specify and set the layout while updating these pages.

After selecting the layouts for your blog pages, choose the templates to add more appeal to your blog posts.

By now, you should have learned this quick and easy way to configure blog design in Magento 2. To find more useful guides that are detailed yet simple to understand, you can click here <link> and find a whole other realm of Magento and unimaginable E-store success!