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Choosing and Using Blog Templates

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Browse all 26 templates — from Bold Image and Desert to Mission Control and Spooky — and create your first draft.

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Browsing the Template Gallery

When you open BlogBuilder, the template gallery shows all 26 templates as visual cards with a preview image, name, and style tag. For example, you'll see "Bold Image" labelled "Brutalist / Modern" in black and yellow, "Desert" tagged "Warm / Earthy" with burnt sienna tones, and "Cartoon" marked "Playful / Fun" in bright multicolor. Scroll through to compare them all.

Bold Image
Brutalist / Modern
Desert
Warm / Earthy
Minimalist
Clean / Elegant
80s Retro
Retro / Neon
Culinary
Culinary / Fresh
Mission Control
Tech / Hacker
Bohemian
Vintage / Artistic
Spooky
Gothic / Haunted
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Template Styles

Each template has a distinct visual personality. Clean layouts include "Bold White" (minimal with pulse animations), "Minimalist" (typography-focused, no flourish), and "Image Overlay" (full-bleed photo backgrounds). Editorial styles include "Art Gallery" (museum framing), "Tabloid" (newspaper layout in black, white, and red), and "Mid-Century" (retro modern in mustard and teal). For activities there's "Boat Tour" (maritime navy and gold), "Bike Tour" (green adventure theme), "Bus Tour" (urban red and gray), and "Adventure Sport" (extreme orange-accented design with skewed elements).

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Seasonal and Themed Templates

BlogBuilder includes templates designed for specific occasions: "Holiday" for Christmas content with red, green, and gold; "Easter" in pastel spring tones; "Valentines" in red and pink; and "Spooky" with a gothic dark-green-and-blood-red palette, complete with fog and flicker effects. Creative styles include "Bohemian" (vintage artistic with curved images), "Pinboard" (Pinterest-style collage layout), "Romantic" (elegant rose and gold), "Carousel" (interactive full-screen sliding), and "Mission Control" (tech hacker aesthetic with cyan grid overlays and glitch effects).

Seasonal templates are great for time-limited promotions. Use Holiday for winter campaigns, Easter for spring offers, and Spooky for Halloween events.
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Creating a Draft

Click any template card to start a new blog post with that design. The editor opens with AI-generated content pre-filled based on your property's data — for example, choosing "Culinary" generates a food guide with recipe cards, while "Sports" creates an athletic-styled post with a scoreboard header. You can edit the title, body text, images, and all other content. The template's styling is applied automatically.

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Saving Your Work

BlogBuilder saves drafts to your account so you can return to them later. Saved drafts appear in the "Recent Blog Drafts" section on your Dashboard, showing the draft title, article type, template name, and when it was last updated.

Save your work frequently. You can always come back to a draft from the Dashboard to continue editing.
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