Content Management

Create & Edit Articles

Article Management Interface

Article management relies on a dynamic interface that updates without reloading the page. This page allows you to search your content by article, author, category, status and language.

From this interface, you can:

• Edit or delete an article individually
• Select multiple articles for bulk actions (activation, deactivation, deletion)
• Load more articles to display more results

Writing Articles, the Heart of Your Content

Writing your articles is the core of your visibility. It's what allows your blog to perform well or, conversely, fail to achieve its objectives.

Structure plays a central role. The article title corresponds to the H1 tag and is unique. Main sections should be structured with H2 titles, and subsections with H3. A clear hierarchy improves readability and allows search engines to properly value your content.

Adding and Editing an Article

When adding or editing an article, all fields (title, introduction, content and SEO fields) are multilingual if multiple languages are active in your store.

Tools available when adding or editing:

• AI-assisted article creation, focused on structure and SEO link
• Main article title (H1)
• Article activation or deactivation
• SEO tools: URL rewriting, meta title, meta description, keywords and redirects link
• Main article image link
• Introduction and main content link
• Table of contents based on H2, H3, H4 tags link
• Association with one or more categories link
• Related products and articles link
• Publication date management
• Pop-up association

AI-Assisted Article Creation

PrestaBlog offers an AI-assisted article creation tool. Its use requires prior configuration of an API key in the Tools > Artificial Intelligence section. (see the AI section)

Actions available via the AI assistant:

• Free discussion: allows you to freely exchange with the AI to clarify a point, structure a thought or explore a topic. Conversation history is preserved, allowing you to progressively build your content.
• Find topic ideas: from a general theme, the AI suggests several relevant article angles. Ideal for feeding your editorial calendar and identifying topics you wouldn't have considered.
• Find SEO variation ideas: generates title variants, associated keywords and subsection ideas (H2, H3) to optimize SEO.
  This function is an excellent starting point before writing.
• Write an article: generates structured content from provided elements (topic, outline, keywords). The result respects title hierarchy (H2, H3) and can be directly inserted into the editor. Use as a working base to customize.
• Create a summary: synthesizes long content into a concise introduction. Useful for quickly generating the article's "Introduction" field.
• Create a meta title: will suggest a meta title related to your article.
• Create a meta description: generates an impactful SEO description that encourages clicks in search results. Although less impactful for SEO, it remains important for click-through rate.

SEO

URL rewriting is automatically generated from the title when adding an article. Once the article is published, the URL is locked to avoid any SEO loss. However, you can unlock the URL to modify it by clicking "Enable or disable rewrite".

A permanent redirect URL is available to permanently redirect an article to another.

Main Image

The main image is uploaded when the article is saved. For optimal rendering, upload an image with dimensions defined in the image size configuration.

PrestaBlog offers a resizing tool to adjust cropping. Images are automatically generated in JPG and WebP formats on the front office. However, for optimal quality, we recommend cropping your image directly in photo editing software, as server-side image resizing can sometimes alter image quality.

Introduction and Content

The introduction is displayed on category pages. It must be distinct from the main content to avoid duplicate content.

Content must be original, structured and useful. Use H2, H3, H4 titles to organize the article. Space out text and integrate illustrative images to capture attention.

Using Creative Elements

PrestaBlog is compatible with Creative Elements for creating advanced layouts. The article must first be saved before using Creative Elements.

Table of Contents

The table of contents, if enabled, is displayed above the article. It is automatically generated from titles present in the content (H2, H3, etc.). Make sure to have sufficiently long paragraphs for the table of contents to be truly useful, otherwise it unnecessarily clutters your article.

Category Association

To publish an article, you must select at least one active category.

Product and Article Association

Associated products and articles are searched by name or ID. They automatically appear after selection and saving, at the bottom of articles.

Create & Edit Categories

Categories are the starting point of the blog. A first default category is automatically created, allowing you to publish articles immediately.

Subsequently, add as many categories as needed to organize content. Categories facilitate navigation and contribute to better readability for SEO.

Category Listing

From the category management page, you can:

• Add a new category
• Order categories via "Category Order"
• Edit an existing category
• Delete a category

Adding and Editing a Category

A category can be enabled or disabled. A disabled category is not visible on the blog but remains available in the administration.

Each category has a title and can be attached to a parent category to create a subcategory tree. Top level indicates that the category is at the first level.

SEO Fields

Each category has classic SEO fields:

• Meta title: the most important, must be concise and SEO-oriented
• Meta description: optional, little weight with Google
• Meta keywords: ignored by search engines

URL rewriting is automatically generated from the title but remains editable. However, it is locked as read-only; to reactivate its modification, simply click the Enable/Disable field button.

Description and Multilingual

Filling in a category description strengthens your category's relevance and will thus improve your SEO. Categories are multilingual, each field can be filled independently for each language.

Replace Global Display Settings

For a given category, you can replace the global display settings. This allows you to create categories with specific designs:

• Categories in gallery mode with only images
• Categories with a lightweight display
• Categories with a complete display (dates, ratings, authors, categories, intro, etc.)

Permissions and Pop-up

Define access permissions by customer groups for each category. A pop-up can also be associated with a category. If no popup exists, you'll need to create one (see section creating a pop-up).

Category Images

An image can be associated with each category. Depending on the category configuration, it can display as a thumbnail or large image at the top of the page.

Category Order

Category order is managed via a drag and drop system. Move a category up or down to change its order, or to the side to place it as a subcategory.

Manage Comments

To manage comments, you must first have enabled comment management in Configuration > Comments.

Comment Management Interface

A filter system facilitates searching:

• Filter by comment status
• Search by article title
• Search within comment text

For each comment, several actions are available:

• Reply to the comment
• Change status
• Edit content
• Delete the comment

A checkbox system allows deleting multiple comments in a single action.

Replying to a Comment

The reply interface allows you to:

• Review the original comment
• Enter a reply
• Change the name of the person replying
• Adjust the reply date

If you are the article author, an author badge is displayed next to your username.

Create & Edit Custom Lists

Custom article lists allow you to display blog articles on the homepage, on other pages accepting a shortcode, or directly included in a tpl file of your template (for advanced users).

Access this feature via Content Management > Custom Article List, then click "Create a list".

You can define the information to display and a specific period, for example to highlight a category during a marketing campaign.

Available Hooks

• DisplayHome: displays the list on the homepage
• DisplayCustomHook: allows inserting code directly into a template tpl

Create & Edit Popups

Transform your articles into commercial opportunities

Pop-ups allow you to create direct bridges between your content and your products. Offer a promotion on a product mentioned in the blog, invite newsletter signup after 30 seconds of reading, or highlight your best offers: easily configure targeted and non-intrusive pop-ups to boost your conversions.

Access the management interface via Content Management > Pop-up.

Pop-up Configuration

Appearance and Targeting

• Theme:
  • Light Pop-up: clean display with image or video, customizable background
  • Color Picker: content with borders, customization of background, text and button
• Customer group: restricts display to certain segments
• Dimensions: width and height in pixels

Scheduling and Behavior

• Activation: puts online or hides the pop-up
• Start and end date: schedule temporary campaigns
• Display delay: seconds before display
• Recurrence (Cookie): avoids display each time the page is shown (0 = display on each visit)

Content

The WYSIWYG editor allows you to write your message, insert visuals, links or CTA buttons. It works like the article editor.

Create & Edit Slideshow

The slideshow allows you to visually highlight certain content or products. It can be enabled on your store's homepage and/or on the blog homepage.

Slideshow Configuration

Slideshow Activation

Two switches allow you to enable the slideshow depending on location:

• Slideshow on homepage: central column of the PrestaShop homepage
• Slideshow on blog page: at the top of the blog article list

Configuration Settings

• Number of slides: recommended between 3 and 10
• Image dimensions: width and height in pixels
• Display title: controls title display on client side

Slide Management

The slide list allows you to view and manage all your slides. Language filtering is available.

Each slide displays:

• The slide image
• The title (with language flag)
• The position in the slideshow

Adding or Editing a Slide

Available Fields

• Language: create for one language or all languages
• Image: respect configured dimensions
• Title: identification in back-office and optional display in front
• URL: optional, makes the slide clickable
• Position: display order (1 = first)