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[Stefanie Mordaunt]

Mysite is built on 7.1 using Fluid Engine, and I'm adding a blog, but when I create my individual blog posts (not the main blog page) the Fluid Engine editor isn't available for me to lay out the page as I'd like. I don't even get the option to "upgrade" the post pages to Fluid Engine. Am I missing something, or is Fluid Engine just not available for blog posts on 7.1? Thanks!

I imagine they are looking at ways to improve editing of blogs, but I doubt they will add Fluid Engine, at least in its current form, as it is not really suited to single-column, text based posts and does not support publisher layouts (where text wraps around images).

Do you know if/when squarespace plans on updating blog posts to fluid engine? I'm getting very frustrated making my whole website look a certain way and then I cannot achieve that look on any blog posts.

Thanks for any help you can provide.

I can say that I have been creating a more custom layout with full screen images on blank pages and you cannot do that with the standard out of the box blog page. Fluid engine is great but missing in a few areas such as customizing blog layouts and blog pages.

There is currently no word on adding FE to blog pages, but a blog page can be customized using the standard tools such as spaces to resize blocks on a page. With summary blocks and Custom CSS you can give a blog listing page a very unique look just to name a couple of things.

This is a tutorial for using the classic editor to make a section with image wrap. The classic editor is the default for 7.1 blog pages. So this tutorial picks up for you at the choose classic editor point.

They have not added FE to Blog pages because they care. It would mean a huge redesign of the blog page format and it will happen eventually just like there is now a migration path from 7.0 to 7.1. It just takes time to accomplish.

Nothing that can't be done with a bit of CSS magic ? On a serious note, if you do have a specific issue you are having with the blog post page, curious to hear about them and see if we can find a none-code solution.

One of the downsides of SS's long standing collections types ( blog, events, and etc. ) is that they are basically stuck in the implementation of several versions past. The Blog Page ( collection ) is basically the version from v7.0 with a minimal page-section wrapper around it to make it fit into the v7.1 framework. Blog Page posts are not section aware as we now think of them for regular pages.

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Why is the blog editor so behind the webpage editor? They feel like completely different products and the blog editor is stuck in the 1990s. It's shocking, actually. It's so barebones that I can't believe I just paid money for it.

The Blog editor is so limited. Almost zero design options, no drag and drop modules, next to no options to make a blog post look beautiful. It's essentially text, text, image between two paragraphs, text, text. That's it.

@Sascha are you using a theme from the marketplace? Or building your own theme? When you say there are no drag and drop modules, and no options, that makes me think you're using a very basic theme. Just a thought.

I am using the Act3 theme. And according to HubSpot's own documentation, the only place on the blog that can be designed using the drag and drop modules is the blog listing page. No modules and no drag and drop can be used in actual blog posts. There you only have the bare minimum rich text editor.

@Sascha yes, currently all themes are limited by the capabilities within HubSpot, there is an idea by @Anton for DnD blog posts that is now marked In Planning.

I recommend upvoting this idea and adding any specific feedback for functionality that you are looking for here so that it is captured for the product team.

Just before I went to bed on May 13, 2017, I posted a job for a blog editor on Upwork, a site I use regularly for hiring freelancers. Not a permanent position, just a one-time gig to read through my already posted articles, identify weak patterns in my writing, and suggest improvements.

When I woke up the next morning, I had already received applications from 10 different freelancers. Several of the matches seemed strong. The applicant pool included PhDs, journalists, and writing teachers.

Samantha was also a great match because she had a background in engineering. She told me that she was a programmer as well, so I thought this would give her additional context into my more software-heavy posts.

I felt that my writing was pretty good but definitely had room for improvement. Changes to my style could have tangible benefits like a larger audience and readers gaining a better understanding of the content.

Beyond my blog, investing in my writing would pay dividends in many aspects of my life. Writing is a highly transferable skill, much like public speaking, time management, or knife juggling. Techniques I learned to better my blog writing would likely carry over into design documents I write at work or even emails I send to friends.

I feel that this plan worked. Of the three articles I wrote after I started working with Samantha, she only edited the GreenPiThumb post. The others, I edited myself based on what I had learned from her previous feedback.

If you post to a freelancing site like Upwork, you will invariably receive cheap offers from people willing to take any job they can get, regardless of their ability to deliver results. Do not be tempted to save money by hiring a cut-rate editor.

If you go to the trouble of hiring someone to critique your writing, hire an expert who can give you excellent guidance. If you needed surgery, would you hire the cheapest person to approach you with a scalpel? An investment in expert feedback on your writing will pay dividends for a long time, so invest well.

I'm having trouble with the blog editing interface. It's been quite buggy on multiple browsers and I'm not sure if it's my device or an issue with the editor itself. I used HubSpot frequently in the past and haven't had problems so this was unexpected.

Hello @DallenClark, I don't know if HubSpot has deployed some updates that might be causing some issues but our teams using the blog editor are not having issues so probably it's a local issue in your account/page/computer.

to some degree I think the editor is actually buggy. You can't for example select and copy a section of a test you want to highlight, make bolders or change font size with the whole paragraph highlighted or altered in some ways which doesn't look absurd.

It sounds like you may need to contact the blog editor's customer support team for help with the issue. They should be able to diagnose the problem and provide a solution to get the editor working properly again. If they are unable to help, they may suggest other options, such as using a different browser or trying a different editor. It may also be helpful to check the editor's website for any known bugs that may be affecting your experience.

Over the last year, I've been writing a handful of "profile" articles on different roles within a content marketing team, company, or organization. I've dug into what they do, what role they play, and how they can be valuable to you. These have included:

One role I haven't yet touched on is that of the blog editor. Editors are one of the most critical members of your content team, but they're also by far the most varied. The job duties of an editor for my team will differ from those of another group. A third team might have a completely different set of responsibilities from those.

Blog editors play three important roles: high, mid, and low-level responsibilities. High-level editors manage content, scheduling, publishing, and promotion strategy. Mid-level editors monitor links, engage with comments, analyze site performance, and handle SEO and site issues. Low-level editors proofread and fact-check content, ensuring a consistent style and voice. The need for these roles varies according to a business's size and resources, but low-level editors are important for all blogs to maintain high-quality content.

Editors for blogs, websites, and online magazines can have what I view as three different sets of duties. There are "top-level" duties, there are "mid-level" duties, and there are "low-level" duties. The level is more of a computer term than a scale of importance, though. Low-level for a computer means operating at the processor/assembly level rather than with code or a GUI. Low-level processes are still critical and not to be downplayed.

1. High-level editor duties tend to encompass upper-level management and overlap a lot with the blog manager position. In small companies and blogs, the owner or the head content marketer often does this work, not usually an editor.

2. For the middle level, you're looking at managing editor or senior editor duties. To put it in newspaper or magazine terms, this is the editor responsible for page layout, features, and overall themes for the entire website. On the web, those duties translate into technical responsibilities that affect the general direction and flow of the site but are still technical. They generally focus on tasks that need individual attention rather than strategic vision.

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