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Blog settings

Choose how your blog page looks to visitors: how many posts per page, full posts or previews with a More button, pictures in the previews, and the tag cloud, month list and latest list at the side.

Watch it done: a short silent video with captions · 0:48. The steps below show the same thing picture by picture.

Before you start

  • Log in as the site owner.
  • Open ADMIN › Manage … followed by your blog's name (here: Manage Support FORUM).

Open the settings

Step 1. Click the Settings tab (next to Posts).

Step 1: Click the Settings tab (next to Posts).

Posts and previews

Step 2. Number of posts per page: ALL, or a number from 5 to 30.

Step 2: Number of posts per page: ALL, or a number from 5 to 30.

Step 3. Show only previews of posts: Yes shows the start of each post with a More … button; No shows each post in full.

Step 3: Show only previews of posts: Yes shows the start of each post with a More … button; No shows each post in full.

Step 4. Include pictures in previews: Yes or No.

Step 4: Include pictures in previews: Yes or No.

Step 5. Maximum preview picture height (200 here) keeps preview pictures small. Tick Do not apply height to show them at their own size.

Step 5: Maximum preview picture height (200 here) keeps preview pictures small. Tick Do not apply height to show them at their own size.

The side lists

Step 6. Show Tag Cloud: the list of your tags at the side; bigger words are tags with more posts.

Step 6: Show Tag Cloud: the list of your tags at the side; bigger words are tags with more posts.

Step 7. Show 'Month List': the years and months at the side, with the number of posts in each month.

Step 7: Show 'Month List': the years and months at the side, with the number of posts in each month.

Step 8. Show 'Latest' List: the newest posts with their dates at the side.

Step 8: Show 'Latest' List: the newest posts with their dates at the side.

Save and look

Step 9. Click Save Settings to keep your changes. (In this demonstration nothing was changed.)

Step 9: Click Save Settings to keep your changes. (In this demonstration nothing was changed.)

Step 10. Your visitors see the result on the blog page: here previews with a More … button, and the tag cloud, months and latest posts at the side.

Step 10: Your visitors see the result on the blog page: here previews with a More … button, and the tag cloud, months and latest posts at the side.

Check it worked

After saving, open your blog in a private window and check it looks the way you chose.

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Shown on the 2026 version of the SoNET Web Engine. Last checked 9 November 2026. Something different on your screen? Tell us through the Contact page.