# Blog page settings

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

Blog index with an editorial first post and tag filter. Settings for the blog page in the Picante Shopify theme.


Blog index with an editorial first post and tag filter.

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


## Settings

| Setting | Type | Default | Options | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Layout | Select | Editorial | Grid, Editorial | Editorial shows the newest post oversized on the first page. |
| Columns on desktop | Slider | 3 | 2 to 4, step 1 |  |
| Columns on mobile | Select | 1 column | 1 column, 2 columns |  |
| Posts per page | Slider | 10 | 4 to 24, step 1 |  |

### Heading

| Setting | Type | Default | Options | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fit heading to full width | Checkbox | On |  | Scales the heading so it spans the whole row. |
| Heading size | Select | Extra large | Small, Medium, Large, Extra large, Huge | Shown when **Fit heading to full width** is off. |

### Content

| Setting | Type | Default | Options | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Show tag filter | Checkbox | On |  |  |
| Show date | Checkbox | On |  |  |
| Show excerpt | Checkbox | On |  |  |
| Show author | Checkbox | On |  |  |
| Show comment count | Checkbox | On |  | Shows only for blogs that accept comments. |

### 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 |  |