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derricksrandomviews

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  1. The Link is to a WordPress site. I don't think that the client testimonials are in a typical blog summary block. I  think it is either  a custom-designed page with a link to a separate page for each video or the summary blocks are pulling from a gallery-like page that allows videos in the excerpt. With code you might be able to substitute an image with a video but I wouldn't bet on it here. 

  2. I use two blog pages. Blog Number One is where all my posts are, and they each have a group category or categories,  depending on the number of items I want on a page, more than 30 require more than one category. For example: I might give Soul Stories to the first 30 items and Soul Stories 2 to the next 30. This is my main blog page and goes into the unlinked section of my site. All my blog posts reside there. 

    The second blog page is in the main section of my site and contains only summary blocks in the posts. There can be multiple summary blocks in each post and they are filtered using the categories as mentioned above to pull content. Each post in the second blog (remember this is my front-facing blog page) has a category and the archive block pulls content from the second blog page, and the subject in the menu matches the category that I gave the post with the blocks containing those posts from blog number one. So the steps are as follows:

    Create a Second blog page 

    Give all your posts in blog number 1 a category grouped by subject. If that subject has more than 30 posts then give the ones above 30 an xxx 2 category. 

    Create posts in blog number 2 with a post for each subject. In that post put summary blocks pulling content from blog number one filtered by the categories you gave those posts in blog number 1. Remember if over 30 items you will need more than one block per 30 and you will use two categories xxx 2 etc, 

    Give the posts in blog number 2 the category that will appear word for word in your archive block. 

    Create the archive block pulling content from blog number 2 grouped by category. I use the drop-down layout. 

    Put blog number 1 in the unlinked section of your site,

    Put blog number 2 in the linked section and give it the nav title you wish to show up on the menu bar. 

    Also, you can create a post in the second blog for featured posts from blog 1. I put this at the top of the page.  You create a block pulling content from blog 1 and do not filter by category, filter by featured posts and then when you toggle that option in a post from blog 1 it will show up in this post. It is a good way to get your newest post to be at the top and also a way to feature an older blog that you think deserves some new attention. 

    The blogs cannot share the same nav name, page name, or URL slug. 

    If you have any questions, don't hesitate to come back here and ask me. 

    Derrick

     

     

     

  3. You can add this to the footer of your site in a markdown block and it works for all plans and sites:

    <p><a href="#top" class="t-top"><span class="arrow"></span>Top</a>
    <style>
      /* Back to Top */  
    .t-top {
        font-weight: 500;
        letter-spacing: 2px;
        font-size: 15px;
        text-transform: lowercase;
        text-align: center;
        line-height: 1.6;
        padding-left: 2px;
        padding-top: 4px;
        position: fixed;
        right: 25px;
        bottom: 60px;
        width: 40px;
        height: 40px;
        z-index: 999;
        background-color: transparent;
        color: #000;
      filter: drop-shadow(8px 8px 8px #666666)
    }
    .t-top .arrow:before {
          font-family: 'squarespace-ui-font';
        font-style: normal;
        font-weight: 300;
        font-size: 20px;
        line-height: 1;
        -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
        content: "\e02d";
        text-align: center;
        display: block;
        vertical-align: middle;
        transform: rotate(-90deg);
        cursor: pointer;
        margin-left: -4px;
      filter: drop-shadow(8px 8px 8px #666666)
    }
    .t-top .arrow {display:inline;}
    </style></p>

  4. I think they are suggesting Brine or Bedford because the look of 7.1 is based on the Brine family and Bedford inspired the Brine family. Both like 7.1 have page sections, and parallax scrolling if you want it. 7.1 is a major configuration design tool change from 7.0 but if it is the look you want, then Brine will be a much easier "upgrade" to make. If you switch to Brine I would stay with it. It is considered by many professional web site designers to still be the best template on the web. 

  5. I wouldn't worry about it. The search engines will drop it eventually, there is nothing you can do right now since the link doesn't go anywhere. Renaming a page is one thing but the main domain change which happens with websites a lot confuses the engines for a while. I would be more concerned about my main domain and you can check for any broken link here:

    https://ahrefs.com/broken-link-checker

  6. You need to edit the blog page.  Choose the page, the menu comes up on the right then edit the section. The next menu block could pop up on either side of the page. Scroll down to text, the first choice is text alignment, and you choose either left, center, or right.  
     

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