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What are Blogs?

What are Blogs?

Blogs on LavishMade are long-form content pieces that let you share your thoughts, stories, and expertise with your audience. Think of them as your personal magazine or newsletter where you can publish articles, essays, tutorials, and more.

Key Features

  • Rich Text Editor: Use our Trix-powered editor to format your content with headings, lists, links, and more
  • Auto-Save: Your work is automatically saved as you type, so you never lose your progress
  • Version Control: Every edit is tracked, and you can restore any previous version of your post
  • Cover Photos: Add a beautiful cover image to make your blog post stand out
  • Customization: Choose from different layouts and font themes

Subscription Features

Blogs support subscription-based monetization, allowing you to create different tiers for your readers:

  • Free Tier: Always available to all readers
  • Monthly Paid Tier: Subscriber-only content with monthly billing
  • Yearly Paid Tier: Annual billing with potential discounts
  • Founding Member Tier: Premium annual pricing with special recognition

Visibility Options

Control who can see your blog posts with flexible visibility settings:

  • Visible to All: Public posts that anyone can discover
  • Visible to Friends: Only your friends can see the post
  • Visible to Subscribers: Only your subscribers can access
  • Visible to Paid Subscribers: Exclusive content for paying subscribers
  • Visible to Self: Private posts for your eyes only

Private Blog Posts

Private blog posts are posts that only you can see. They won't appear on your public blog or in anyone else's feed, but you can still access and view them yourself. This is perfect for personal notes, drafts, or content you want to keep private.

How to Create a Private Blog Post

  1. While creating or editing a blog post, scroll to the visibility settings
  2. Select "Only Me" or "Visible to Self" from the visibility options
  3. Write your blog post content as normal
  4. Click "Publish" or "Save" - the post will be saved as private

Accessing Your Private Blog Posts

You can view your private blog posts:

  • Your Blog Dashboard: Private posts appear in your blog management area
  • Your Profile: When logged in, you can see private posts on your own profile
  • Direct URL: If you have the direct URL, you can access the private post (others cannot)

Important Notes About Private Blog Posts

  • Private blog posts are not published to your public blog
  • Only you, as the creator, can view private blog posts
  • If you share the URL of a private blog post, others will not be able to access it
  • Perfect for personal notes, drafts, or content you want to keep to yourself
  • You can change a private blog post to public later by editing its visibility settings
  • Private posts are different from drafts - they are published but only visible to you

Favorites (Saving for Later)

The heart icon on blog posts isn't a public "like" - it's a way to save content for later. When you click the heart icon on a blog post, you're adding it to your personal favorites collection.

How to Favorite a Blog Post

  • Click or tap the heart icon on any blog post
  • The heart will fill in with gold to show it's been favorited
  • Click it again to unfavorite and remove it from your collection

Viewing Your Favorites

You can view all your favorited blog posts:

  • Go to your favorites page and filter by "Blog Posts"
  • See all the blog posts you've saved in one place
  • Your favorites are private - only you can see what you've saved

Favoriting Tags and Categories

Favoriting isn't just for blog posts - you can also favorite hashtags and interest categories:

  • Favorite Hashtags: When you favorite a hashtag, LavishMade will show you more blog posts with that tag in your feed
  • Favorite Interests: Favoriting interest categories (like Books, Movies, Art) helps curate your feed with relevant blog posts
  • Feed Curation: Your favorited tags and interests help personalize your dashboard feed with blog content you're interested in

This helps LavishMade understand what you're interested in and surface more relevant blog posts in your feed, even from users you don't follow.

Getting Started

To create your first blog post:

  1. Click "Blog" in the top navigation
  2. Select "New Post"
  3. Start writing in the rich text editor
  4. Add a cover photo, set your visibility, and customize the layout
  5. Click "Publish" when you're ready to share

Tip: Blogs are perfect for sharing in-depth thoughts, tutorials, stories, and expertise. They're designed to help you build a loyal audience and monetize your content through subscriptions.