In this guide, we’ll walk you through the tools that you have to add polish and personality to your website and to organize your posts, creating an easy-to-navigate experience for readers.
My branding has colors and fonts. I can set the color codes but the font selection is pretty limited. It would be great to support Google Fonts at least. No need for fancy custom fonts, but one should be able to use the name of a Google Font (which is distributed via CDN across the globe, without a serious performance hit).
Fonts allow giving a true character and feeling on top of the colors. I wish substack adds this feature.
Useful stuff for sure. But a plea to you Substack boss honchos: fix up your searchabilty. How come peeps can search on google for my exact post title, a phrase or even a Newsletter name, and get absolutely NO success. I can't even get a result using Substack's own search function to search for my own posts.
I know it might sound stupid, but one of the few reasons considering NOT to use substack is the wordmark being so small and that there is no option to make it bigger.
You know what would be useful? A feature called Categories in which readers could consult a list of topics they might be interested in (like a pet care Substack might offer categories for Dogs, Cats, Little Critters, Animal Rescue, Pet Selection, etc.
I need to know how Elle Griffin is able to display two rows of "Most Recent Posts" right below her hero post. Also, how she gets 4 post columns in all her groups on the home page. If you look at my homepage all I get is an option for "Most popular" and they are super tiny. Also, in my groups they only run 3 columns across the page.
I added a page to my nav bar. I have my settings to move all archives to paywall after a certain time. Although this article states that a page doesn't go into the archive, my stand-a-lone page is going into the archive and then become unavailable to free viewers. Am I simply misunderstanding how the Page feature works, or am I doing something wrong setting it up?
Man, figuring out all this stuff about email sections and when to let people unsubscribe is a real brain-twister. I keep worrying that if I mix things up too much, everyone will just bail on all the emails they get. It's like, how do you balance giving people options with not overwhelming them, you know? It's tricky trying to come up with a game plan for this feature. For more info visit https://archive.ph/.
What I can't find is how people set the font size and the page width? For example, the font size and page width of this post. I have minuscule fonts and a narrow column that is completely at odds with those of other writers. There is nothing in the font styles and layout of the site design settings. What am I doing wrong? Any suggestion?
Thank you for the helpful information. I want to be able to choose a list of my most important publications that should be displayed in an appropriately labelled section on my home page. This list is not chronological and is not easily ordered based on the number of likes, views, comments, etc. Is there a way of calling viewer attention to such a list, and creating a custom list like this on the home page? Thanks again.
Thanks so much for the great info! I have an issue, which is that I can't seem to change my social image. I've uploaded a new one, it shows up, saved it, etc. but when I get a Share link, the old image keeps appearing. It's maddening! What I'd really like to do is delete the old social image which Substack seems to have saved somewhere but I can't for the life of me see where after looking for hours. Any help would be much appreciated!
I have successfully implemented this page, but I have a problem. Even if this first page is mine and managed by myself, it is not my main page. I wish to have a separate and personal page. So, I tried to start another page with a different email, description, and so on. But your system is confusing the two pages, as tas they were only one. What to do? May I have two separate pages or not?
My branding has colors and fonts. I can set the color codes but the font selection is pretty limited. It would be great to support Google Fonts at least. No need for fancy custom fonts, but one should be able to use the name of a Google Font (which is distributed via CDN across the globe, without a serious performance hit).
Fonts allow giving a true character and feeling on top of the colors. I wish substack adds this feature.
Useful stuff for sure. But a plea to you Substack boss honchos: fix up your searchabilty. How come peeps can search on google for my exact post title, a phrase or even a Newsletter name, and get absolutely NO success. I can't even get a result using Substack's own search function to search for my own posts.
Substack really screwed the pooch on this one.
I know it might sound stupid, but one of the few reasons considering NOT to use substack is the wordmark being so small and that there is no option to make it bigger.
this is madness. I have struggled for two days
I'm battling with this issue six months into substack. It seems that everyone has the same problem
You know what would be useful? A feature called Categories in which readers could consult a list of topics they might be interested in (like a pet care Substack might offer categories for Dogs, Cats, Little Critters, Animal Rescue, Pet Selection, etc.
Talk to me about wordmarks
I need to know how Elle Griffin is able to display two rows of "Most Recent Posts" right below her hero post. Also, how she gets 4 post columns in all her groups on the home page. If you look at my homepage all I get is an option for "Most popular" and they are super tiny. Also, in my groups they only run 3 columns across the page.
More fonts and a bigger wordmark. Then Substack will be the perfect choice for everybody. It is really that simple
For the pages:
I added a page to my nav bar. I have my settings to move all archives to paywall after a certain time. Although this article states that a page doesn't go into the archive, my stand-a-lone page is going into the archive and then become unavailable to free viewers. Am I simply misunderstanding how the Page feature works, or am I doing something wrong setting it up?
I am trying to make it work, but the whole design concept is horrible.
How do I separate the "header 1" "header 2" etc from the "normal" text? I change one and it changes all of it. I can't get it to separate them.
Man, figuring out all this stuff about email sections and when to let people unsubscribe is a real brain-twister. I keep worrying that if I mix things up too much, everyone will just bail on all the emails they get. It's like, how do you balance giving people options with not overwhelming them, you know? It's tricky trying to come up with a game plan for this feature. For more info visit https://archive.ph/.
“Pages are standalone posts hidden from your homepage that do not populate in your archive”
If they are hidden how do people see it?
What I can't find is how people set the font size and the page width? For example, the font size and page width of this post. I have minuscule fonts and a narrow column that is completely at odds with those of other writers. There is nothing in the font styles and layout of the site design settings. What am I doing wrong? Any suggestion?
Thank you for the helpful information. I want to be able to choose a list of my most important publications that should be displayed in an appropriately labelled section on my home page. This list is not chronological and is not easily ordered based on the number of likes, views, comments, etc. Is there a way of calling viewer attention to such a list, and creating a custom list like this on the home page? Thanks again.
Thanks so much for the great info! I have an issue, which is that I can't seem to change my social image. I've uploaded a new one, it shows up, saved it, etc. but when I get a Share link, the old image keeps appearing. It's maddening! What I'd really like to do is delete the old social image which Substack seems to have saved somewhere but I can't for the life of me see where after looking for hours. Any help would be much appreciated!
I have successfully implemented this page, but I have a problem. Even if this first page is mine and managed by myself, it is not my main page. I wish to have a separate and personal page. So, I tried to start another page with a different email, description, and so on. But your system is confusing the two pages, as tas they were only one. What to do? May I have two separate pages or not?