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Is there a way to link summary blocks to regular pages instead of collections (blogposts etc)?

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This is the page I'd like to have linked to the first square in my summary block https://www.emilychoi.co.nz/68-kairakau-street

But there is no option to link it as it needs to be under collections. I've tried making the above page into a blogpost format (https://www.emilychoi.co.nz/properties/blog-post-title-one-nmda9) but I'm finding that there's not as much freedom to edit the blogpost compared to a regular page.

Is there any solution to this?

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I have all the features but there are no anchors to click and drag to resize any of them.

1 hour ago, derricksrandomviews said:

What blog post editing features are you missing? As you stated summary blocks can only link to collection pages and there is no workaround for that.

 

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I see, you are missing Fluid Engine and its resizing method, in 7.1 Blog posts because that is not a blog post option. Blog page image blocks, text blocks, and all blocks for that matter can be resized, by using spacers, 

I posted this answer for adding and resizing video blocks in a blog post on 7.1 The solution is the same for you, and then you can use summary blocks, it isn't that bad, I have been using spacers for years:

7.1 blog post pages do not have Fluid Engine so they work a bit like 7.0 (which I still use). I will start from scratch. You edit a post and maybe a section.  To add a  block you hover over a text block (and one may pop up on its own) or any other block until it gets a blue frame and + signs on the top and bottom. You click one of those + depending on where you want the block, in your case a video block. Add your video, like you would any other page on your site. Now comes the fun part. You have to use spacer blocks on each side of the video block to size it. You add them one at a time. You add one then drag it over to one side until a vertical blue line appears but you don't want that line to go up any further than the block or it will shift your whole page to the right if you moved the spacer to the left side of your video block. Once you have one positioned correctly add another one, position it, and then resize the spacer blocks to push the video block to the size you want it to be, it will keep the same aspect ratio. Don't forget to hit done and save (yes I have forgotten).

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