Using blocks from the Feeds and CMS category, you can display not only standard informational Feeds but also custom Feeds for different scenarios: team, portfolio, services, unique products, events, and other website sections.
Read this guide to learn how to display and edit fields of a custom Feed.
For example, block names may include hints about the type of content their design suits best: team, portfolio, real estate, news, jobs, menu, services, or reviews.
Editing card fields
To configure how the block is displayed, click Content.
By default, the Feed sample using the current prepared design is selected in the block. To replace the Feed, click its title.
In the dropdown menu, select a Feed or Feed category. If you select the "Not set" value, the block's state will be displayed as empty.
To quickly switch to editing the selected Feed, click the pencil icon.
Open the Cards tab and click Add new item. This allows you to add the fields of the post from the current Feed.
Two settings are available for a new item: field and display style. You can select a system field or any other field available for the Feed, then choose a suitable style for it. Fields can also be duplicated, deleted, and hidden.
For example, the following styles are available for the Title field: title, description, subtitle, upper title, tag, date, price, old price, and image label.
For the Image field, only the Image style is available.
If you need to display media content in the block—for example, when different preview types are used for different posts, such as image, gallery, or video—select the "Media (image, gallery, video)" style for the Media field.
If you select the "Label on image" style for any field, the field value will be displayed over the image.
Some text fields and buttons can be combined into groups. For example, in the image below, the Title and Description fields are grouped. In the published version, the grouped fields are separated by a divider. You can change its style in the block settings.
If the Group icon is not displayed between two fields, these fields cannot be combined.
If two buttons are added next to each other, they are combined automatically.
You can have your own link displayed as a button in the post card as well. You can set custom button text and select an icon. The button text from any text field can be used as well.
You can set a link from a field for the entire card. Then, when clicking the card, you will open the link specified in the custom post field.
By default, clicking a card opens the post page. If you select Not set, the post will be available via a button link only, if you have added it before.
To change the fields' design, go to the block Settings and open the Cards tab. In the list, select the field display style you want to customize.
Editing the detailed page
For custom Feeds, the FD500 block and its variations allow you to configure how the detailed post page is displayed.
To do this, go to block Content, open the Post page tab, and click Add new item.
Fields are added to the detailed page just like they are added to the card: select a field and its display style. You can change the order of fields, combine fields of similar types, duplicate, hide, and delete items.
For example, this is what the sample post will look like.
You can also customize the design of detailed page fields. To do this, go to the block Settings, open the Post page tab, select the style you need from the list, and edit its settings.
Editing the block header
In the block Content, you can set a general title and description, as well as dynamically insert values from the category settings.
If the category title and short description are filled in, enabling the "Use title and description from the category settings" option will display them in the block header.
If only the category title is filled in, only the title will be displayed in the header.
To configure categories' display, go to the block Settings and open Categories settings. Here, you can disable categories' visibility or change their design. By default, categories are always displayed in the block.
Editing the button at the bottom of the block
To edit the "Show more" button, open the Buttons under the block tab, and in the field with the corresponding name, enter the button text. Once you have done that, the button will be displayed in the Feed.
You can also add another button that links to any specified page. For example, it can lead to a page with all blog posts or to an author's page.
If pagination is enabled in the block settings, the button with the text is displayed by default. If you enter a button title in the block content, this text will be displayed on the page.
Field conflict when switching Feeds
If the Conflict (Not found) error appears in card content after switching Feeds, it means the linked Feed does not contain the fields that were previously displayed for another Feed.
To fix the error, delete the field and add a new one, or select a similar field from the list and choose the appropriate display style.
If the new Feed has a matching field, no conflict will occur. The values will be displayed in the post card in the tiles immediately.