Blogs

Generate more content your customers can appreciate and Google can love using one or several blogs on your store. This feature is available immediately at no charge. All you have to do is setup your blog pages and you're good to go.

The Blog System

The blog itself is a collection of features including blog lists, blog rolls, blog posts, profiles, comments, blog widgets, SEO settings, and the blog theme files. Together, the blog system is able to achieve a wide range of customization and capabilities. We use this tool ourselves on AmeriCommerce.com

Multiple Blogs and Blog List Page

Not just one blog, unlimited blogs!

This is an important distinction in the blog system because many blogs only allow you to have one blog on your domain. So, if you need multiple blogs on your store (or stores) then each blog (and blog roll) can be branded and designed specifically for that blog. This allows you to segment your message, create stronger content for respective audiences and improve your readership. Use the blog list page to aggregate all your blogs into one single blog roll page.

Blog Roll

This is what you are most familiar with seeing when you visit a blog. The blog roll page is the single page that has the blogs listed in order down the page with links for oldest and newest posts. You can design the blog roll page to show any number of posts on the page, full or partial content of a blog post and other blog post information such as a teaser image, teaser description, author avatar and number of comments. Also, your blog roll design can feature a sidebar, widgets like newsletter signup, categories, tag cloud, and more.

Blog Posts

With a wysiwyg editor, featured image, and all the SEO fields you expect, you can make your blog posts complete with content, images, links. Your blog post can include your author avatar and allow for comments on blog posts by your readers and customers.

Profiles and Blog Comments

Your blog includes profiles in order to create blog posts, comments and reviews. With profiles, you can allow people to register and you can moderate as needed. Each profile includes an avatar, username, bio, and links to comments and posts that user has created.

Blog Widgets

For design, layout and functionality, you'll use widgets to handle options for:

Blog Drill-down
Blog Archive
Blog/ RSS Feeder
Blog Tag Cloud
Blog Roll

And many other widgets like custom html, search box, newsletter signup and more.

Blog Design

In the Theme System, using custom HTML and CSS, you can make all blogs look and feel unique with custom designs, calls to action, sidebars, headers and footers. Or you can use the default layouts provided in any of the AmeriCommerce Theme Templates.

More Information

You might use this tool for advanced content management capabilities by using this for other blog like sections of your site like press releases or articles or testimonials. In these cases, you could use the tool but disable comments and other unnecessary features.

Knowledge Base Articles (more detailed setup steps)

How to Setup Your Blog - General Overview

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: How does this Blog compare to Wordpress?

A: If you have ever used Wordpress, then you are familiar with the idea of blogs and that wordpress only lets you have one theme and one blog roll. AmeriCommerce give you more than one blog and more than one blog roll if you choose to have it. Unlike Wordpress, it is secure and PCI Compliant. In terms of the software, AmerICommerce is an ecommerce tool with blog features so there are many features and capabilities for ecommerce that are not comparable to Wordpress.

Q: Can I sell products from the blog.

A: Yes. Use the embed tools and your product catalog to list any products you want within individual blog posts.

Examples of Live Sites Using the Blog System

https://www.americommerce.com/blog