--- title: "Blogs" canonical_url: https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/category/11ee81d6-aa91-11e2-97b5-b8f6b11825bb short_url: https://dpg.support/cerg path: "Blogs" locale: en source: Digital Photo Gallery Support --- # Blogs Help articles in this category. Append `.md` to any article URL for clean Markdown, or `.json` for structured data. ## Admin - [Setting up a blog](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/81d3eca0-ac19-11e2-8714-f23c91703874): To create a blog, go to the Blogs screen from main navigation. Click the Create button and give your blog a name. Click OK. - [Backups](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/100bf8f0-5526-11e7-8ea6-76c92ec7a447): The backup options allows you to export a JSON version of your blog. ## Posts - [Making a new blog post](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/f3c3be16-f310-11e6-976a-6e61028599f7): Navigate to your blog and click the New Post button. Give your post a title (you can change this later) and click OK. Saving a draft While you're working on you… - [Editing a blog post](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/39127e1e-ac1e-11e2-8b5b-f23c91703874): To edit an existing post, click the Edit button from the blog overview screen, make your changes, then click the Save button. - [Publishing a blog post](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/1edc96f0-f310-11e6-976a-6e61028599f7): When you're ready to make your post public, click the Publish button. Unpublishing a post To return a post back to draft status, click the Unpublish button. - [Deleting a blog post](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/7be21988-f310-11e6-976a-6e61028599f7): To permanently delete a blog post, open the Delete panel and click the Delete button. - [Adding images to a blog post](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/31fc4190-ac1f-11e2-96b4-f23c91703874): When you set up a DPG blog, a corresponding blog set will automatically be created in your sets. This is where you need to add the images or videos that you wan… - [Adding blog categories and keywords](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/d3e80cfa-f3a6-11e6-8cef-6e61028599f7): To organise your blog posts, you can add categories and keywords to posts. These will show in the sidebar of the blog and allow your visitors to find and naviga… - [Formatting text](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/cc41eee4-f310-11e6-976a-6e61028599f7): You can format your text by highlighting it and clicking on the various text formatting icons. - [Adding a jump](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/63d16980-ac37-11e2-bdcf-d49a20fffecc): Insert the following into your posts HTML to add a break. ## Management - [Batch editing categories](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/675ce0de-caa3-11e9-87c2-66ad71e9c169): To batch edit a category name, first go to a blog post with that category applied to it. In the Categories panel, click on the category name. - [Batch editing keywords](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/f62a0c72-caa5-11e9-87c2-66ad71e9c169): To batch edit a keyword name, first go to a blog post with that keyword applied to it. In the Keywords panel, click on the keyword name. ## Websites - [Adding a blog to a website](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/38744fda-c375-11e9-ad3b-faa88f73be91): You may want to start populating your blog with content before launching it publicly. Once you're ready to add it to your website, you need to create a new blog… - [RSS feeds](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/7e8363e6-ac37-11e2-bdcf-d49a20fffecc): If you want to allow visitors to keep up with your work via an RSS reader such as Feedly you can enable an RSS feed for your blog. - [Social sharing options](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/7aa36d18-f3b2-11e6-8cef-6e61028599f7): You can add sharing icons to your blog posts to make it easy for visitors to share your work. - [Blog comments](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/c98517ae-f3b4-11e6-8cef-6e61028599f7): By default Facebook comments are enabled on DPG blogs. ## External Services - [Set up a Tumblr blog as a subdomain](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/046b2062-aead-11e2-a47c-22b8e83b8e79): An easy way to use your existing Tumblr blog with DPG is to set it up as a subdomain. This means that your DPG site would load at an address like http://www.you… - [Creating a link from your site to an external blog](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/79ffa408-ef2f-11e6-9d7f-6e61028599f7): If you have a blog which is hosted with an external service you can create a link to that blog from your website by creating a new website navigation item. ## Series 3 Blogs - [Beta testing info](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/8d6bfaf8-c396-11e9-a64e-faa88f73be91): Thank you for joining the Dedicated Blog beta test! We're so excited to have you on board and to hear your feedback. About template testing Dedicated Blog is ou… - [Featured posts](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/4243a2d0-c38f-11e9-a64e-faa88f73be91): 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. Ca… - [Related posts](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/52c383dc-c38f-11e9-a64e-faa88f73be91): You can select related posts to show visitors additional relevant content at the end of any post. - [Enabling post templates](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/64b29cf4-c38f-11e9-a64e-faa88f73be91): Post templates allow you to create posts with special formatting and layouts in Series 3 blogs. This includes full-width images, side by side images, two or thr… - [Using post templates](https://support.digitalphotogallery.com/articles/article/f0df0258-d343-11e9-bf01-222534bf2d82): Post templates allow you to create posts with special formatting and layouts in Series 3 blogs. This includes full-width images, side by side images, two or thr…