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title: "Featured posts"
canonical_url: https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/4243a2d0-c38f-11e9-a64e-faa88f73be91
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category: "Blogs > Series 3 Blogs"
locale: en
updated_at: 2019-08-22T00:41:16Z
source: Digital Photo Gallery Support
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# Featured posts

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Series 3 blogs allow you to mark posts as **featured posts**. Featured posts appear as a banner at the top of the blog and multiple posts become a post carousel. Carousels can be set to autoplay, so that after a set amount of time the carousel moves on to the next post. 

The appearance of the featured post is controlled by and designed to suit the index page layout.

> 💡 **Tip:** This feature is new for [Series 3](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/category/197946ac-c38f-11e9-a64e-faa88f73be91) blog websites. If added, featured posts will not be visible on older blog websites.

### Making a featured post 

[▶ Video](https://cache.dpg.media/hyqelgcvfopo/videos/33b4a4a0-c455-11e9-a92d-1ae551117509/4d8d8842-c455-11e9-a92d-1ae551117509.mp4)
In the Blogs section, navigate to your chosen blog post. In the **Options** panel, switch the **Featured** toggle to the on position and click **Save**.

> 💡 **Tip:** Marking the post as featured will reload the page, so make sure your blog content is saved in the post editor.

The post will now appear as a featured post on the Dedicated Blog website linked to this blog.

[▶ Video](https://cache.dpg.media/hyqelgcvfopo/videos/c7c4e068-c457-11e9-a0d4-1ae551117509/e9d2fe7e-c457-11e9-a0d4-1ae551117509.mp4)
Add multiple featured posts to make a carousel. The order of the posts in the carousel is organised by date, with the newest post first. 

### Setting the carousel to autoplay
[▶ Video](https://cache.dpg.media/hyqelgcvfopo/videos/48d6fe62-c45c-11e9-b86c-1ae551117509/6eeb0652-c45c-11e9-b86c-1ae551117509.mp4)
In the website's Design section go to the **Page**, then **Blog** tab. Switch the **Autoplay Featured Posts Carousel** toggle to the on position and **Save**. You can control the speed of the carousel by choosing the time in seconds from the dropdown menu.