# Article page settings

Source: https://themes.spicydesign.ca/help/reference/templates/article/
Updated: 2026-11-12

Article with a reading progress bar, share links and comments. Settings for the article page in the Picante Shopify theme.


Article with a reading progress bar, share links and comments.

**Where to find it:** Open the theme editor, use the page picker at the top to open a blog post, then select **Blog post** in the sidebar. This section is part of the template and cannot be added to other pages.


## Settings

| Setting | Type | Default | Options | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Heading size | Select | Extra large | Small, Medium, Large, Extra large, Huge |  |
| Alignment | Select | Left | Left, Center |  |
| Content width | Select | Normal | Narrow, Normal, Wide |  |
| Show date | Checkbox | On |  |  |
| Show author | Checkbox | On |  |  |
| Show reading time | Checkbox | On |  |  |
| Show tags | Checkbox | On |  |  |

### Image

| Setting | Type | Default | Options | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Show featured image | Checkbox | On |  |  |
| Image ratio | Select | Wide (16:9) | Adapt to image, Square (1:1), Landscape (4:3), Wide (16:9) | Shown when **Show featured image** is on. |
| Grow image on scroll | Checkbox | On |  | The image starts inset and grows to full width as it scrolls into view. Shown when **Show featured image** is on. |

### Extras

| Setting | Type | Default | Options | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Show reading progress bar | Checkbox | On |  | A thin accent bar at the top of the screen fills as customers read the post. |
| Show share links | Checkbox | On |  |  |
| Show previous and next posts | Checkbox | On |  |  |

### Section style

| Setting | Type | Default | Options | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Color scheme | Color scheme | Scheme 1 |  |  |
| Layout width | Select | Page width | Page width, Full width |  |
| Animation on scroll | Select | Theme default | Theme default, None, Fade, Slide up, Scale in, Wipe, Blur in |  |
| Top padding | Slider | 48 px | 0 to 200 px, step 8 |  |
| Bottom padding | Slider | 96 px | 0 to 200 px, step 8 |  |