Set up the blog
WordPress selects the posts index URL. POM Theme controls the presentation of that index, category and tag archives, author pages and individual posts.
Choose the posts page
- Create the page that will represent the blog.
- Open Settings → Reading.
- Select A static page when the site uses separate home and blog pages.
- Select the required page under Posts page.
- Save the settings and open that page.
The posts page is an archive route. Its editor content does not become the post grid.
Configure the post archive
Open Settings → POM Theme → Templates → Blog → Post archive.
Configure:
- Sidebar layout, choosing either a built-in sidebar/container layout or a saved archive HTML template for category, tag and date archives.
- Sidebar option when the selected built-in layout uses a sidebar.
- Results wrapper for the overall loop structure.
- Custom result template for the HTML of each post.
- Results columns for the selected standard or masonry wrapper.
- Category child/post display and the headings used before those sections.
- Featured-post ordering when required.
Use an archive template for the HTML shell around a category, tag or date archive, and place {{archive_results}} where the results should appear. Use a feed template for the HTML of each repeated post card.
Configure single posts
Open Settings → POM Theme → Templates → Blog → Post single.
Layout style offers Simple layout, Use with Visual Composer and the available custom single templates. The remaining settings control the applicable container, sidebar, title, featured media, dates, author and taxonomy metadata, related content, sharing, comments, rating and previous/next navigation.
When a custom single template is selected, place the required title, content, media and navigation merge tags in that template.
Configure author pages
Open Settings → POM Theme → Templates → Author pages → Author pages.
Set:
- The headings before the feed and biography.
- Results wrapper and Custom result template.
- Result columns and loading behavior.
- Sidebar layout and sidebar selection.
The author feed uses the same feed-template system as other repeated results. Confirm each public author has an appropriate display name, biography and avatar.
Use custom HTML templates
Create reusable result and single designs under Settings → POM Theme → Templates → HMTL templates:
- Archive HTML templates. for the complete shell of category, tag and date archives.
- Feed HTML templates. for one post card.
- Single HTML templates. for one complete post body.
The interface currently displays the tab label as HMTL templates.
Verify the blog
Check:
- The posts page, a category, a tag and an author archive.
- A paginated or progressively loaded result set, if enabled.
- Posts with short, long and missing optional content.
- Single posts with and without featured images.
- Related posts, comments, sharing and previous/next navigation when enabled.
- Desktop and narrow viewport layouts.