Create Your First Blog Post

Welcome to the Paymenter Blog Extension. This guide walks through publishing your first article, formatting content with Markdown, embedding media, and sharing useful updates with your readers.

What You'll Learn

• Navigating to the blog administration panel
• Drafting rich content with headings, lists, tables, quotes, and callouts
• Embedding images and referencing assets
• Publishing or scheduling your work when it is ready

Draft in Markdown to keep your content portable and easy to maintain.

1. Open the Blog Admin Area

1. Sign in as an administrator.
2. Head to Administration -> Blog.
3. Click Create Blog Post to open the editor.

2. Add Core Details

Fill in the essentials to help readers find your article:

Set Published At to the moment you want the post to appear. Leave it blank to publish immediately when toggling Is Published.

3. Write Markdown Content

The editor supports headings, links, lists, images, tables, code blocks, and quotes.

### Example Markdown

**Bold text** and *italic text*

- Bullet lists keep content scannable
- Use `inline code` for commands

![Inline image example](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1517245386807-bb43f82c33c4?auto=format&fit=crop&w=1200&q=80)

> Quotes are great for key notes.

| Shortcut | Result |
| ------- | ------ |
| `# Heading` | H1 Heading |
| `## Heading` | H2 Heading |
| `* item` | Bullet item |

You can also reference external resources:

• Markdown Guide
• Unsplash for imagery

4. Preview and Publish

When you are satisfied:

1. Toggle Is Published on.
2. Click Save.
3. Visit /blog to confirm the new post appears in the archive.

Need to schedule content? Set a future Published At timestamp and keep the post published. The article will appear automatically once that time is reached.

Next Steps

• Update the blog title or description from the Blog extension settings.
• Invite team members with the admin.blog.* permissions.
• Build article structure with clear H1-H4 headings so the reading sidebar stays useful.