Blogs: Create an alternate blog template
If you have multiple blog categories with separate articles within (blog posts with blog categories), you can create an alternative blog template to display a different featured image for the main blog listing index.
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Create a new template file
Open your code editor:
https://myshopify.com/admin/themes/current
In the templates folder, choose Create a new template:
Choose blog in the first dropdown and you can use alternate for the file name:
Choose the Create template button to complete.
Change the original code from:
to:
Save the file.
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Create a new section file
In the Sections folder, choose Create a new section:
Call the file blog-two
Choose the Create section button to complete.
Erase all the default code that's generated:
Replace with all the code from this file (click the link to view code):
Save the file.
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Choose the new blog template for your second blog category
Open your Blog manager:
https://myshopify.com/admin/blogs
Choose the second blog category or the category you'd like to use the new template with.
Next, change the template on the lower right section:
Change to blog.alternate
Save the change:
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Navigate to blog section in the Theme Editor
Before continuing, be sure to have a menu item created for the second blog so you can navigate to the blog category. Next, use the Theme Editor and navigate to the second blog.
https://myshopify.com/admin/themes/current/editor
Be sure you've navigated to the second blog category or the one you've applied the alternate template to. That's the only way to see the custom section options.
A new or different featured image or other settings be be applied to this blog category which is using the blog.alternate template:
