Blog Post Settings

Open post settings

Settings you can edit

• Blog URL path (public root path, for example /blog or /news)
• Title and Slug
• Author
• Publish date (schedule a post)
• Excerpt
• Meta title and Meta description
• Social sharing
• Disclaimer and CTA
• Main media (image or video)
• Categories and Tags

When you save an image as the main media, Hiveality keeps that image selected through later draft edits and assisted SEO updates. Clearing the image removes the main-media selection intentionally.

Blog settings tabs

Global blog settings are grouped into tabs so listing, header, post footer, and author defaults can be managed separately.

Podcast

Use Podcast when you want a dedicated podcast collection on your site.

• Turn on Official Podcast Collection to create the fixed /podcast listing and episode URLs such as /podcast/episode-slug.
• Set a podcast listing title, subtitle, layout, card style, image shape, density, header image/banner treatment, SEO title, and meta description.
• Use Show Players on Cards when listing cards should include the episode player below the card.
• Connect a podcast RSS feed, preview the feed, and import or sync episodes. Import modes include future episodes, all episodes, the last N episodes, or a manual selection from the feed preview.
• Choose whether imported episodes are created as drafts or auto-published, and how future feed syncs update existing episodes.
• Scan existing article posts for podcast embeds, provider links, audio files, or podcast metadata, then convert selected matches into official podcast episodes while preserving the current post body.

Podcast listing settings stay separate from the normal blog listing settings. Hiveality imports episode pages and renders the media from your connected podcast host; it does not replace your podcast hosting provider.

Listing

Use Listing to control the public blog list.

• Choose the default layout: one-column, two-column, three-column, or four-column card layouts.
• Choose a card style such as Classic, Editorial List, Magazine Grid, Elevated Cards, Minimal Archive, or Image Overlay.
• Set image shape, card density, borders, and optional display controls for images, excerpts, authors, dates, and read-more links.
• Choose whether the public listing shows a search bar, category filter, and tag filter. Each control can stay hidden, always show, or appear automatically when published posts have matching terms.
• Leave Page Description blank when the listing should show a title without a subtitle. Use the separate SEO description when search and social previews still need descriptive copy.
• Use the blog manager's Manage Categories and Manage Tags actions when terms need to be added, renamed, or removed before they appear in filters or post settings.
• Review the live blog URL before changing the public blog slug.

Public listing searches update the page URL, so filtered views can be shared with search terms, categories, or tags already applied.

When the public listing has more matching posts, visitors can keep browsing as the feed loads additional results instead of leaving the page. Published posts also include a copy-link share action when social sharing is enabled.

Header

Use Header to set the blog listing title, description, and header treatment.

• Choose a plain header or an image banner.
• Set a contained or full-width banner.
• Pick the banner image, color, opacity, alt text, and top spacing.
• Set the title and description font, size, and color. Use Auto when the blog should inherit your site typography and use readable banner text automatically.
• Choose whether the website header pushes content down, overlays the blog, follows the website default, or stays hidden on blog pages.

The title typography also keeps blog post hero titles aligned with the listing style when post heroes use the blog banner or post image.

Post Extras

Use Post Extras to manage items that appear around blog post content.

• Add a global disclaimer that can be shown on posts.
• Turn social sharing on or off, then set alignment and opacity.
• Add a call-to-action section with title, description, button text, and button link.

Author

Use Author when a solo site needs a fallback author profile for posts that are not linked to a team profile.

• Add author name, credentials, headshot, image shape, mini bio, and a full-bio link.
• Team profiles still take priority when a post is linked to a public team profile.

Blog URL path rules

• Use one top-level path segment only (no slashes), for example blog or news.
• Use lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens only.
• Reserved system paths are blocked.
• Paths that conflict with existing pages or funnels are blocked until the conflict is resolved.

What happens when you change the blog URL path

• Hiveality updates your public blog index and post URLs to use the new root path.
• Managed redirects are created so older blog URLs keep forwarding correctly.
• Managed blog redirects appear in Redirects and are read-only.

Insights panel

Post settings now include a built-in insights panel with:

• Traffic cards for 7/30/90 day visits and views.
• Ranking Visibility for tracked keywords, rank movement, impressions, and clicks.

Use this before updating metadata so you can prioritize high-impact posts first.

SEO workflow

Use Blog SEO for post optimization and SEO Automation and Bulk Actions for repeatable metadata updates.

Save and publish propagation

When you save blog settings, Hiveality revalidates:

• The blog listing page
• Published blog post pages
• Published podcast episode pages and the podcast listing, when podcast settings or imported episodes change
• Blog sitemap metadata

This helps updates like listing title/description, disclaimer, and CTA settings appear faster on live pages.