Overview
You can use the News Listing template to create a page displaying your website's posts. The posts appear in reverse chronological order, and site visitors can click on a post or narrow down the list by using the filters or search feature available on the page.
Be aware that this template's purpose is to display posts in an easily browsable format: you won't be able to add other text or image components in this template.
Before you begin: adding posts
Before creating a News Listing page, you'll need to add some posts to your website. Otherwise, the News Listing page will look empty. Refer to the following guide:
Make sure that you follow the guide not just to create posts, but to set up the following properties within each post. These properties will appear on the News Listing page, but they are managed within the individual posts:
- Featured image
- Excerpt
- Categories
- Tags/Topics
Setting up a News Listing page
Once you've created some posts, you can set up a News Listing page:
Step 1: Create a new page using the News Listing template
Quick guide
- In the left menu, select Pages and then select Add Page.
- Fill out the Add title field.
- In the Settings sidebar, click Default template.
- Click Default template and select News Listing.
- Click Save draft in the upper right.
- Unable to save? Make sure you filled out the Add title field.
- Refresh or reload the page.
Detailed guide (with screenshots)
- In the left menu, select Pages and then select Add Page.
- Fill out the Add title field.
- In the Settings sidebar, click Default template.
- Click Default template and select News Listing.
- Click Save draft in the upper right.
- Unable to save? Make sure you filled out the Add title field.
- Refresh or reload the page.
Step 2: Set the featured post and categories
Once you reload the page, the page editor updates. You can show or hide a featured post at the top of the page, and decide whether you want the page to display all posts or just posts that meet certain requirements.
Featured post
To optionally display a featured post at the top of the page, select Yes under Show Featured Post. You can then select a specific post or select a category.
Categories option
Your news listing page can display all of your posts, or only posts within certain categories that you specify:
Step 3: Finish, save, and publish
Use the Publish panel in the right side for the following options:
- To save: Click Save Draft. This template does not have an autosave feature.
- To preview: Click Preview. Be aware that the filter option will only work on published pages, not on drafts.
- To publish: Click Publish.
