To add an excerpt:

1. Open the Pages panel and click your blog page, then click Blog Content.
2. Hover over a post in the side panel and click ..., then click Settings.
3. In the Content tab that opens, add an introduction or summary of the post in the Excerpt field.
4. Click Save.

To add an excerpt to a new post:

1. Open the Pages panel and click your blog page.
2. Create a new blog post.
3. Click the Options tab.
4. Add an introduction or summary of the post in the Excerpt field.
5. When you're done creating the blog post, click Save or Publish.

To add an excerpt to an existing post:

1. Open the Pages panel and click your blog page.
2. Hover over a post title, then click Edit.
3. Click the Options tab.
4. Add an introduction or summary of the post in the Excerpt field.
5. Click Save.

Excerpt image

In some templates, you can display images with post excerpts for a visual preview. Depending on the template, you'll create this image with featured images or promoted blocks:

• Add featured images in blog post settings.
• Add promoted blocks to the blog post above all other content.

You can add an image to excerpts in these template families. To learn more, visit your template's guide.

• Avenue - Promoted blocks
• Aviator - Promoted blocks
• Brine - Post featured images. Check the Show Image and Show Excerpt tweaks.
• Farro - Post featured images
• Five - Post featured images
• Flatiron - Promoted blocks
• Ishimoto - Promoted blocks or post featured images. Promoted blocks override featured images.
• Montauk - Promoted blocks
• Native - Post featured images. Display as a circle. Won't display on mobile.
• Pacific - Post featured images
• Skye - Post featured images
• Tremont - Post featured images. Check the Show Image and Show Excerpt tweaks.
• Wells - Promoted blocks. Disable promoted blocks to display post featured images instead.
• Wexley - Promoted blocks
• York - Post featured images. Check the Show Image and Show Excerpt tweaks.

Tip: In all templates, you can display featured images with excerpts in summary blocks.

Most blog page layouts display excerpts automatically. If they aren't appearing, change your blog section styles:

1. Open the Pages panel and click the blog page.
2. Click Edit in the top-left corner of the page.
3. Click the pencil icon.
4. In the Format tab, scroll down to Excerpt and select Show. For the Single-Column Blog layout, select Excerpt and Title from the Content Display drop-down.
5. Click Save to save your changes and keep editing, or click Exit and then Save to close the editor.

Tip: If you have multiple blog pages, repeat these steps for each blog page.

Some templates give you the option to add excerpts without displaying them on your blog page. If they don't appear, you may need to enable excerpts in page settings, site styles, or both. Follow the steps below on a computer to enable excerpts for your template.

Step 1 - Enable excerpts in page settings

You can either display full posts or excerpts in these template families:

• Brine
• Tremont
• York

 To show excerpts, enable them in page settings:

1. Open the Pages panel.
2. Hover over the blog page and click .
3. In the Advanced tab, use the Post Display drop-down menu to choose Excerpt.
4. Click Save and refresh the page.

Tip: If you have multiple blog pages, enable excerpts in each blog page's settings.

If the excerpts still don't appear, or if you're using a different template, move on to the next step.

Step 2 - Enable excerpts in site styles

Use the following style tweaks to show excerpts in these template families:

• Brine - Show Excerpt in the Blog: List section
• Skye - Show Excerpt On Blog List in the Blog Grid Options section
• Tremont - Show Excerpt in the Blog: List section
• York - Show Excerpt in the Blog: List section

Read More links can display independently of blog post excerpts. To show or hide the Read More link, change your blog section styles:

1. Open the Pages panel and click the blog page.
2. Click Edit in the top-left corner of the page.
3. Click the pencil icon.
4. In the Format tab, scroll down to Read More Link and select Show or Hide.
5. Click Save to save your changes and keep editing, or click Exit and then Save to close the editor.

Font

To change the Read More link font:

1. While editing your blog page, open Site styles, then click > next to Fonts.
2. Click Assign Styles. 
3. Under Blog, click Excerpt, then click Style and Size to assign a style for each option. 
4. Click Save.

Color

The Read More link color follows your section's color theme. To change it:

1. Open the Pages panel and click the blog page.
2. Click Edit in the top-left corner of the page.
3. Click the pencil icon, then click Colors.
4. Select a new color theme, or click the pencil icon on your selected color theme to further customize.
5. Scroll to the Blog section matching your layout and change the Read More Link color.
6. Click Save to save your changes and keep editing, or click Exit and then Save to close the editor.

Most templates include a Read More link in the excerpt. Some also include a + or → symbol.

These template families don't include "Read More" links:

• Farro
• Galapagos - Displays "Continue" and an arrow instead of "Read More"
• Pacific
• Skye

Font and color

In most templates, the Read More link follows the font of your site's body text and the color of your body link text. These template families have different style settings:

• Brine - Use the Read More Link Font and Color tweaks in the Blog: Typography & Colors section of site styles.
• Five - No font style options.
• Native - No font style options.
• Tremont - Use the Read More Link Font and Color tweaks in the Blog: Typography & Colors section.
• York - Use the Read More Link Font and Color tweaks in the Blog: Typography & Colors section.

The Single Column Blog layout can display full posts instead of excerpts. To do this:

1. Open the Pages panel and click the blog page.
2. Click Edit in the top-left corner of the page.
3. Click the pencil icon.
4. In the Format tab, scroll down to Content Display and select Full Post.
5. Click Save to save your changes and keep editing, or click Exit and then Save to close the editor.

It's not possible to display full posts on other blog post layouts, even if you hide the excerpts.

In most template families, if your blog post doesn't have an excerpt, the full post displays instead. This means you can mix excerpts and full posts on your blog landing page. This example is from the Adirondack template:

In templates that support the grid/stacked blog page (Brine family, Tremont family, York family), you can either have excerpts or full text, but not both. If you've enabled excerpts, and you've chosen the stacked layout, ensure all your blog posts include excerpt text. Otherwise, you'll end up with blank areas on your blog landing page, like in this Brine example:

Templates with grid-only blog pages never show full posts. This includes these template families:

• Farro
• Skye

Here's an example in the Farro template: