# Creating a blog

> Create a blog, choose its web address and settings, add it to your site navigation, and delete it when it is no longer needed.

Canonical: https://www.clubpal.app/docs/blogs/creating-a-blog
Section: Blogs

## Creating a blog

1. Go to **Admin > Content > Blogs**.
2. Click **New Blog**.
3. Enter a **Blog Name**. The web address is generated from the name automatically; edit it directly if you want a different one.
4. Set **Published?** and **Members Only?** as needed.
5. Add members to **Editors** if you want people other than full admins to manage this blog's posts.
6. Click **Save**.

![The New Blog form with the blog name, URL, Published and Members Only switches, and the Editors member search](https://www.clubpal.app/img/docs/blog-settings.png)

## Blog settings

**Blog Name**
Shown to admins in the blog list, and used as the heading on the blog's public page.

**URL**
Generated from the name as you type. Edit it directly if you want a different address; once you do, it stops following the name automatically. The full address is shown as `<your-club-domain>/content/<url>`.

**Published?**
If not published, only admins with **Manage Content** and the blog's editors can view the blog and its posts.

**Members Only?**
When enabled, only active members can view the blog and its posts. Admins and the blog's editors can always preview it.

**Editors**
Members who can manage this blog's posts without the full **Manage Content** permission. Search for and add members here; they can create, edit, publish, and delete posts in this blog only. They can't change the blog's own settings, delete the blog, or manage any other blog.

> **Note**
>
> An editor just needs to be added to this list. They don't need any other admin permission granted separately.

## Adding a blog to navigation

Once you've created a blog, add it to the site menu so visitors can find it:

1. Go to **Admin > Content > Pages**.
2. Find the blog in the **Not in navigation** area. It carries a **Blog** badge.
3. Drag it into the **Navigation** area, and drop it where you want it to appear.

There is no Save button: the change saves itself a moment after you drop. To change the wording shown in the menu, click the settings button on the blog's row and set its **Menu label**.

See [Content editing & navigation](https://www.clubpal.app/docs/club-website/content-management#the-pages-screen) for more details.

## Managing a blog's posts

Click a blog's name, or use the **Manage Posts** action in its row menu, to go to its list of posts. See [Writing and managing posts](https://www.clubpal.app/docs/blogs/writing-posts).

![The Blogs list with a blog's Actions menu open, showing Manage Posts, Edit and Delete](https://www.clubpal.app/img/docs/blogs-list.png)

## Deleting a blog

Use the **Delete** action in a blog's row menu on **Admin > Content > Blogs**.

> **Warning**
>
> Deleting a blog removes it from navigation and makes its posts unreachable. It doesn't delete the individual posts.