Hi. My store is PolyClayEmporium.com, and the blog subsection is https://www.polyclayemporium.com/blogs/polymer-clay-color-blog.
Can I use a blog theme within the Dawn theme?
Goals:
- Have the first page more navigable, not just a landing page.
- Perhaps a 3 x 3 grid of one photo per blob post, 2-3 sentence description, ability to click through
- A sidebar with recent posts
- Posts searchable by keywords and categories
- Last post-next post at the bottom of each post
- SM sharing buttons
I am reasonably adept at coding, but am also willing to pay for assistance if this is too complex for me to do. All suggestions and recommendations warmly appreciated!
To create a grid of one photo per blog post, you can use CSS and HTML to create a grid layout, and include the photo and description in each grid item. You can also add links to each grid item that take the user to the full blog post.
To add a sidebar with recent posts, you can use the built-in blog widget in the theme, or create a custom widget using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
To make posts searchable by keywords and categories, you can use Shopify’s built-in blog search functionality, or add a third-party search app to your store.
To add “Last post-next post” links at the bottom of each post, you can use JavaScript to create a script that automatically generates the links based on the order of the posts.
Finally, to add social media sharing buttons, you can use a third-party app or add custom HTML and JavaScript code to the theme.