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Choosing a Display Format
WriteFreely gives you full control over the ordering of your posts, and whether or not your blog shows publish dates.
Overview
First navigate to your Blogs page, and click the Customize button for the blog you want to modify. Next, scroll down to the Display Format section. You'll select your preferred display format here, and click the "Save Changes" button at the bottom of the page to immediately update your blog.
Blog Format
This is the classic format for a blog: latest posts first, with dates shown. It's perfect for timely writing, like updates for your friends and family or information on upcoming events.
- Order: reverse-chronological
- Dates: visible
Novel Format
This format hides publish dates and orders your posts chronologically, so visitors can read in the order you first published in. This is perfect for serial forms of writing, where each post is an individual chapter or section of a larger piece.
- Order: chronological
- Dates: hidden
Notebook Format
This format combines the ordering of a Blog with the date format of a Novel. It's made for poets and writers who regularly publish evergreen work, or people who just need a space to jot down ideas.
- Order: reverse-chronological
- Dates: hidden
Multiple Blogs
If your WriteFreely instance supports multiple blogs, you can give each one its own format and function. Your first blog might be where your professional writing lives (Blog format), the second could be the place where you record interesting quotes (Notebook format), and the third might be for your NaNoWriMo novel (Novel format).