# Start the blog

Switch the blog on, choose its address and name, and know what visitors will get.

For: Everyone running a site with a blog

## Switching the blog on

Every website has a blog waiting to be switched on. In the site Blog tab, Settings opens the panel: Turn on the blog, an address (blog by default, so posts live at /blog/...), a name and an introduction shown at the top of the blog index.

The other setting that shapes daily use is what a single post is called: a Post, an Article or News. It changes the wording in the editor and the blog itself, and nothing else.

Walkthrough: Switching the blog on (Blog settings)

1. **Turn on the blog**: Every website has one waiting. Switching it off later hides it everywhere without deleting a thing.
2. **The address**: blog by default, so posts live at /blog/.... Change it before the blog is shared anywhere.
3. **The name**: Shown at the top of the blog. Pick something you will still like in a year.
4. **What is one called?**: Post, Article or News. It changes the wording everywhere, and nothing else.
5. **Save**: The blog appears on the site at the next publish, ready for its first post.

1. Open Blog and choose Settings.
2. Switch the blog on and keep the default address unless there is a reason.
3. Name it in a way you will still like in a year, for example The Your Company blog.

## What visitors get

Visitors get the blog index at its address, with the newest posts first, and a page per post with its cover image, tags and author. The Latest posts block can drop the newest posts into any page, usually the home page.

If search engines are allowed the site, blog posts are offered to them with their own titles and descriptions. AI assistants read the blog like other pages, unless you switch them off for the site.

Walkthrough: What the blog looks like when it is on (The Blog tab)

1. **New post**: The one button that starts everything: title, summary and the body, in the same editor style as pages.
2. **The states**: All, Published, Scheduled and Drafts. A scheduled post is waiting for its time by design.
3. **A row per post**: Title, tags and its state, with the date it went out or the time it is due.

Note: Switching the blog off hides it everywhere without deleting it. Posts and subscribers wait for whenever it returns.

## Can the blog live at a different address, like /news?

Yes. The address field accepts any lower-case word. Change it before the blog is shared anywhere, so you do not need a redirect later.

## Do blog posts count as pages for search?

Yes, each post is a real page at its own address, with its own search title and description.

## Related guides

- [Write and publish posts](/help/blog/write-and-publish-posts)
- [Bring in posts from a feed](/help/blog/bring-in-posts-from-a-feed)
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