Create And Manage A SharePoint Blog On SharePoint Online

How to add Category

• To add the category, we need to select Manage Categories under the Blog Tools from the Home page of the blog site.
  
  
  
  
• Click New Items from Categories page and type the name of the category which you want to add. Click Save button.
  
• We can modify default category name from the same page, select next to title. Click Edit, rename and save.

How break inheritance from the parent site for a blog

• We are breaking inheritance from the parent site for a blog to restrict access from the other user and maintain security.
  
• To do the same, open SharePoint Blog page, select setting menu and select site settings option.
  
• Here, we will be getting the site setting wizard page.
  
  
  
  
• Select site permission under the Users and Permissions option, as shown above. It will take us to site permissions.
  
• Click Stop inheriting the permissions option from the Permission ribbon.
  
  
  
  
• It will ask for confirmation, click OK to configure.

How to create unique permissions for the lists and libraries in a blog

• Open SharePoint Blog page, select setting menu and select site contents options.
  
• On the site content page, select Post page and click ellipsis, which is next to the Post and click setting, as shown below.
  
  
  
  
• On the setting page, click Permission for the list.
  
  
  
  
• On the Permission Ribbon option, select stop Inheriting the permission.
  
  
  
  
• It will ask for the confirmation, just click OK.
  
• Now, you can notice Grant permission option is enabled. Here, we can add users and Groups and give them the specific permission. To add it, click Grant permission on the ribbon.
  
• Now, enter a user or Group name or an E-email address and click Show option and then select permission level from the dropdown templates, followed by clicking on share.

How to change a blog post layout

• Select Post Layout from Blogs tools on the Home page of SharePoint's Blog page.
  
• Select Post layout from the dropdown box, as shown below.

How to Manage Post

• We can manage the created post on SharePoint Online.
  
• Login to the Blog site with the required permission.
  
• Select Manage Post from Blog tools option on the SharePoint Blog home page.
  
  
  
  
• We will be redirected to the post's page. Here, we can add new items, delete, edit or rename the properties of the blogs.