How to Create a Blog Post on GogoPogo

Your dashboard has a blog built in. You write the posts; they appear on your own store website under /blogs. Flip any picture below between Desktop and Mobile to see that screen on a laptop and on a phone.

Step 1 — Open the Blogs list

Marketing in the left menu, then Blogs. Newest edits first.

The Blogs list in the GogoPogo dashboard — as seen on a desktop or laptop screen — The Blogs list. Ten posts show at a time. New Blog Post is top right.

The Blogs list in the GogoPogo dashboard — as seen on a phone screen — The Blogs list. Ten posts show at a time. New Blog Post is top right.

Each post shows its cover picture, a Published or Draft label, the title, category, description and when it was last changed. Filters searches by text, category or status. Manage Categories and New Blog Post sit at the top right.

Step 2 — Click “New Blog Post”

This button does not open a blank page — it creates a real draft immediately, saved as Untitled Blog Post. Close the tab and it is still there, one click away from being live.

A freshly created draft post appearing at the top of the Blogs list — as seen on a desktop or laptop screen — The new post appears at the top of the list with a Draft label. Nothing you type is kept until you press Save.

A freshly created draft post appearing at the top of the Blogs list — as seen on a phone screen — The new post appears at the top of the list with a Draft label. Nothing you type is kept until you press Save.

Looked around and decided not to write? Delete that draft before you leave.

Step 3 — Add a cover picture

The empty blog editor with the cover image dropzone — as seen on a desktop or laptop screen — A brand new post.

The empty blog editor with the cover image dropzone — as seen on a phone screen — A brand new post.

Any normal picture file works. The 15 MB limit is real — bigger files are refused.
Use a picture wider than it is tall — about twice as wide is ideal. A tall picture looks stretched on your blog page.
Crop it on your own device first. There is no cropping tool here.
Removing a cover picture deletes the file for good.

Step 4 — Write the title

The title is the only box you must fill in, up to 200 letters. The Slug box below it is the last part of the post’s web address.

Step 5 — Write the post

Everything in the text box is optional. The buttons above it:

Button	What it does
Undo / Redo	Undo or redo your last changes
Heading	Four sizes of heading
Quote	A set-apart block for a quotation
Image	A picture inside your text
CTA button	A clickable button, for example to shop
B / I / S / U	Bold, italic, crossed-out, underlined
Highlighter	A colour behind the words you select
Link	Turns selected words into a link
Line up	Left, centre, right or full-width text

The blog editor with a title, cover image and content filled in — as seen on a desktop or laptop screen — A post part-way through being written. Top right: save status, the Draft/Published switch and Save. Right: the Slug box, which sets the post's web address.

The blog editor with a title, cover image and content filled in — as seen on a phone screen — A post part-way through being written. Top right: save status, the Draft/Published switch and Save. Right: the Slug box, which sets the post's web address.

There are no bullet-point or numbered-list buttons. Type the dashes or numbers yourself and press Enter after each.
Spelling is not checked and nothing is tidied up for you. No red lines, no capital letters added at the start of sentences. Read it through before you publish.
Pictures inside your text have the same 15 MB limit, one at a time. Take one back out and save, and the file is deleted.
Some symbols change while you type — two dashes and a greater-than sign can become an arrow. Check anything that must stay exactly as written.

Step 6 — The three boxes on the right

The URL Settings, Excerpt and Category boxes in the blog editor — as seen on a desktop or laptop screen — Only the web address is required. The other two are optional.

The URL Settings, Excerpt and Category boxes in the blog editor — as seen on a phone screen — Only the web address is required. The other two are optional.

Slug — required. Small letters, numbers and dashes only. The box will not tidy up after you: type a capital letter, a space or an accent and it stays, and the post refuses to save. Two posts cannot share the same address.

Excerpt — optional, up to 500 letters. The short description under your title in previews.

Category — optional. See the next step.

None of these boxes count letters as you type. Go over a limit and nothing turns red — the post just refuses to save and tells you the limit.

Step 7 — Choose a category, if you want one

Categories are optional, and No Category is the default. Create New Category adds one without leaving the post.

You cannot delete a category while any post is using it, draft or published. The bin button is greyed out. Move those posts first.

Step 8 — Save, then put it live

Draft / Published sits next to Save. On a post that already exists, clicking either side saves straight away. On a brand-new post, the switch only records your choice — press Save.

Green cloud = saved. Yellow cloud = changes not saved. Nothing saves itself and you get no warning if you leave the page, so check that cloud.

Save does nothing while something is missing. No title or no web address and the button is dead — and the dashboard only tells you what is wrong when you try to save. If Save will not respond, check the title and address first.

Step 9 — What your customers see

Published posts live at:

https://your-store-website.com/blogs/your-web-address

Drafts show a “page not found” error, not a “coming soon” page.
Your blog list is ordered by when posts were created, not published. Publishing an old draft does not push it to the top.
Google uses the blog title and summary from the next section.
Category pages and “related posts” only list published posts.

Blog settings (the whole blog)

The Settings tab.

The Blog Settings tab with homepage title, description and meta boxes — as seen on a desktop or laptop screen — These apply to the whole blog, not to one post.

The Blog Settings tab with homepage title, description and meta boxes — as seen on a phone screen — These apply to the whole blog, not to one post.

Blog Homepage Title — the big heading on your blog’s front page
Blog Homepage Description — the line under it
Meta Title — the title Google shows in search results and browser tabs
Meta Description — the summary under that title

No setting here hides a single post, schedules a post for later, or changes how many posts show per page.

Managing categories

Manage Categories opens the full list for your store. Each one shows how many posts use it.

The Manage Categories window — as seen on a desktop or laptop screen — The number next to each category decides whether it can be deleted.

The Manage Categories window — as seen on a phone screen — The number next to each category decides whether it can be deleted.

Deleting a post

Delete Blog Post at the bottom of the editor.

The delete blog post confirmation window — as seen on a desktop or laptop screen — Deleting is permanent and takes the post's pictures with it.

The delete blog post confirmation window — as seen on a phone screen — Deleting is permanent and takes the post's pictures with it.

No undo and no bin. Download any artwork you want to keep before you delete the post.

Quick checklist

Owner, Editor or SubAdmin role?
Cover picture wider than it is tall, under 15 MB?
Title filled in, under 200 letters?
Already published? Did you put the web address back the way it was?
Web address small letters, numbers and dashes only, and not already used?
Short description under 500 letters?
Cloud green, not yellow?
Switched to Published, not left as a Draft?

Who can access this

Can access: Owner Editor SubAdmin

Cannot access: Staff