Blog Management

When you click the New Post button on the blog list page, your post automatically starts in Draft status and the editor opens. The editor has five regions:

• Top bar: status badge, unsaved changes indicator, Save Draft and Publish buttons.
• Cover area: image upload or color selection.
• Title field: post title. For new posts, the URL slug is auto-generated from the title (details in the SEO section).
• Content area: rich text editor.
• SEO & Settings panel: a collapsible section below the editor.

Important: there is no auto-save in the editor. You must save your changes with Save Draft.

You have two options for your post cover: upload an image or choose a preset color.

• Cover Image: drag-and-drop or click to upload. Supported formats: JPEG, PNG, WebP. Maximum file size 5 MB. Recommended size: 1200 × 630 pixels (so it renders best in social share cards).
• Cover Color: if you don't want to upload an image, you can pick from 13 preset colors (Indigo, Blue, Teal, Emerald, Rose, Amber, Violet, Sky, Walnut, Mocha, Sand, Clay, Cocoa).

Priority rule: if you upload an image, the image is always shown; the color selection only kicks in when there is no image. How colors render on your site depends on the Blog Appearance settings under My Website → Appearance.

The content area is an advanced rich text editor. The following formatting tools are available:

• Headings: large and medium.
• Text formatting: bold, italic, underline.
• Block elements: quote box and horizontal divider.
• Lists: bulleted, numbered, and task list (with checkboxes).
• Alignment: left, center, right.
• Links: add and remove URLs in text.

In addition, two custom blocks (Callout and Stepper) add visual richness to your posts; covered in the next question.

On top of the classic text tools, the editor offers two custom blocks:

• Callout Block: a colored-border info box, used to draw the reader's attention to key points. 4 preset types: Tip (💡 yellow), Info (ℹ️ blue), Important (⚠️ red), Suggestion (✅ green). You can change the color of each type from 17 color options.
• Stepper Block: a numbered step-by-step block, ideal for giving readers sequential instructions. The first paragraph of each step is rendered as a bold title; you add a descriptive line below. Color and step count are freely adjustable.

Practical use: highlight important warnings with a Callout, and structure "follow these steps" content with a Stepper.

The SEO & Settings collapsible panel below the editor contains three SEO fields:

• URL Slug: the last part of the post's web address. It is the short string in the browser's URL bar that identifies the post; for example, in .../blog/anxiety-management-techniques, the slug is anxiety-management-techniques. For new posts, it's auto-generated as you type the title: text is lowercased, Turkish characters are converted (ç→c, ğ→g, ı→i, ö→o, ş→s, ü→u), spaces become hyphens, and special characters are stripped. Once you edit the slug manually, or if you're editing an existing post, the slug no longer auto-updates when the title changes; you can edit it by hand any time.
• SEO Title: the title shown in the browser tab and search results. Recommended: 50-60 characters, maximum 70.
• SEO Description: the description shown below the title in search results. Recommended: 150-160 characters, maximum 160.

Tip: keep the slug short and include a keyword (e.g., anxiety-management-techniques). If you leave the SEO title and description blank, your post's title and the beginning of the content are used; but writing them yourself directly improves search visibility.

Coming soon: Mindora will analyze your blog post and offer improvement suggestions for the title, description, and slug based on SEO best practices.

There are two ways to publish a blog post:

• Click the Publish button in the editor top bar (it saves unsaved changes first, then publishes).
• Or use the Publish option from the post card menu in the blog list.

When published:

• The status is updated to Published (green badge).
• The publication date is recorded.
• The post becomes visible on your site (if Show on Site is on).
• If marked as featured, it is shown at the top of the blog list.

You can pull a published post back to draft at any time via the Move to Draft option in the card menu; the content is not lost, just hidden from site visitors.

These two settings improve the reader experience and content discovery:

• Featured Post: posts you mark as featured are highlighted in two places: (1) at the top of the blog list with a special badge, and (2) in a dedicated Featured Posts section on your site's home page (3 slots). That's why a maximum of 3 posts can be featured at a time; since they'll be your most visible content on the home page, pick your 3 strongest posts.
• Related Posts: up to 2 related posts are suggested to the reader in a sticky sidebar on the right of each post. You select your other posts from the search box in the SEO settings panel; manual selection is both more accurate topically and strengthens your internal linking strategy for SEO. If you don't select any related posts, Mindora automatically shows the last 2 posts (Recent Posts) in the same column so the area doesn't stay empty.

Each blog post can be in one of three statuses; each has different visibility and a different action set:

• Draft (gray badge): visible only to you. Can be edited, published, or deleted.
• Published (green badge): visible on your site (if visibility is on). Can be edited, moved to draft, or archived.
• Archived (amber badge): not visible on your site, but not deleted. Can be republished directly.

Transition rules:

• Draft → Published: Publish action.
• Published → Draft: Move to Draft action.
• Any status → Archived: Archive action.
• Archived → Published: directly Publish.

Yes, all of these actions are available in the post card menu on the blog list:

• Move to Draft: converts a published post back to draft; not visible to site visitors but the content is preserved.
• Archive: moves the post to archive. Archived posts are hidden from the site, but you can find and republish them from the Archived tab later.
• Visibility: a faster alternative to Move to Draft. You hide the post from your site while keeping its status as Published; toggling off visibility on the card doesn't change the status, doesn't reset the publish date — the post just becomes invisible to site visitors. Turn the toggle back on and the post reappears on the site instantly, without going through the publish flow again. Difference from Move to Draft: Move to Draft changes the status to Draft; Visibility doesn't touch the status.
• Delete: only draft posts can be deleted, and the deletion is permanent. You cannot directly delete a published or archived post; you must move it to draft first. This prevents accidental loss of live content.

No. The post editor does not auto-save. You must click Save Draft in the top bar to save your changes.

• If you have unsaved changes, a warning indicator appears in the top bar; if you close the browser or tab, the changes are lost.
• The Publish button saves current changes first, then publishes the post; no extra save step is needed.
• Reading time is recalculated automatically whenever the content is updated (using the 200 words per minute formula).

Version conflict: if you also edited the same post in another tab, you may get a conflict warning when saving. In that case, refresh the page and redo your changes.

All posts that are published and have Show on Site enabled are automatically listed in the Blog section of your site. Each post card shows:

• Cover image (or your chosen cover color if no image).
• Post title.
• Estimated reading time (shown as "X min read"; calculated automatically by dividing the word count by 200).
• Publication date.

Sorting: posts marked as featured (max 3) are always at the top of the list; the rest are sorted by publish date, newest first. How cover colors render visually on your site depends on the Blog Appearance settings under My Website → Appearance.

When you share a blog post URL on WhatsApp, Facebook, LinkedIn, or X, the recipient sees a preview card. The card information is pulled from the post's own fields, not your site's general SEO settings:

• Title: the post's SEO Title (post title if blank).
• Description: the post's SEO Description (the beginning of the content if blank).
• Image: the post's cover image. Important: if you only set a cover color, the social card shows a flat color; for a more professional look, upload a 1200 × 630 pixel cover image to your posts.
• URL: the post's full address (your subdomain + the post slug).

This is different from the SEO card used when sharing your site's home page; each post carries its own marketing face.