If you’ve got sites with old blogs, we’ve got some great news. If those blogs have up to 20 posts, you can now update them to the new blog platform. Your posts will look the same after they’ve been moved to the new platform, and you’ll enjoy all the flexibility, consistency and management tools that come with the new blog.

This includes having full design freedom over the content of individual posts and powerful management tools so you can update posts and search through posts that have already been published. You’ll never need to worry about saving posts as you work (they’re automatically saved, just like the rest of the platform) and SEO for every blog post is easy to implement.

This update is irreversible, so make sure you’re familiar with the new blog before updating.

How to update to the new blog platform

Sites that are eligible for the update will display an Update your blog ribbon when you open them in the editor. Simply follow the flow and your blog will be updated in just a few moments. After the update, review every post to make sure they look just right and then republish the site - to read more about changes the may happen when moving from the old blog to the new one, read this support article.Note that posts will remain live in the old blog format until you republish the site.

Update team templates, too

If you have Team Templates that were built before the new blog was released, update those blogs too, so the next time the template is used it features the new blog. (To do this, simply edit the template in Template mode, follow the Update your blog flow, and click Done.) From now on, all websites based on those templates have the new blog platform.

A few things about the new blog to keep in mind

Posts automatically take on the Global Design settings for text, images, background page, etc. To override these settings, go to the Post Layout mode and customize the post page. There may be minor spacing differences in the posts after they move to the new blog, so make sure to review each post before republishing.



As mentioned, this update is currently available for blogs with up to 20 posts. We're working on a solution for blogs with more posts, and will let you know as soon as it's ready.