How to add more text under the blog category title in California theme?

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Topic summary

A user wants to add descriptive text between the blog category title and the post listings in the California theme, but standard text boxes either appear above the title or below all posts.

Proposed Solutions (both require code editing):

  1. Direct liquid file editing: Manually insert HTML paragraph tags (<p>, <h1>) directly into the blog liquid template file. This approach is harder to maintain since updates require code changes.

  2. Multi-step workaround:

    • Locate and comment out the existing blog title code in the theme’s blog liquid file
    • Return to the theme customizer and add a Custom Liquid block above the Blog block to restore the title
    • Add a Custom Content block below the Custom Liquid block for the descriptive text

Note: A blog filter app developer mentions this is a common theme design limitation that creates awkward content hierarchy. The user plans to attempt the suggested solutions.

Summarized with AI on November 20. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
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Thanks so much Chong, I will try this tomorrow first thing. I will see if that works.

many thanks again for your time and help :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

Cheers