AgenCMS

Building posts

Posts are the repeatable content your website holds, such as blog articles, products, or any custom collection. This page shows you how to create a post, find it again in the posts library, and edit it in the builder.

Open the posts library

Every post belongs to a post type (for example a "Posts" collection for blog articles, or a custom collection like "Products"). To see your content:

  1. Open your website workspace from the dashboard at /dashboard/websites/{website}.
  2. Go to the post type you want from the sidebar. The default collection is Posts.

The library shows your posts as cards with a preview cover, title, author, and last updated date. Drafts and other non-published items show a status badge. If a website does not have a default posts collection yet, one is added automatically the first time you create a post.

Create a post

  1. In the posts library, click New post in the top right. The button label matches the collection, so in a "Products" collection it reads New product.
  2. agencms creates a draft (titled "Untitled" plus the collection's singular name) and opens it directly in the builder.

If the library is empty, use the Create your first post button in the center of the page instead. It does the same thing.

New posts always start as a draft, so nothing is public until you choose to publish.

Edit a post in the builder

The builder is the same visual editor used for pages, so the layout will feel familiar.

  • To open an existing post, click its card, or open the card menu (the three-dot button) and choose Edit in Builder.
  • Add and arrange sections on the canvas, then adjust each section's options in the right-hand panel.

Set the title, slug, and details

Open the settings panel to edit the post's own fields:

  • Title — the post's name.
  • Slug — the URL-friendly part of the address. Keep it short and readable.
  • Excerpt — a short summary used in listings and previews.
  • Featured image — the cover shown on cards and in archives.

Your changes save automatically as you work. If a save does not go through, the toolbar shows "Save failed — retrying" and keeps trying.

Publish and unpublish

The publish control in the toolbar adapts to the post's state:

  • A new draft shows Publish. Click it to make the post live.
  • If a published post has unsaved edits, the button shows Publish changes. Your live version stays unchanged until you publish, so you can edit safely.
  • You can Unpublish a live post to take it offline again without deleting it.

Use Preview in the toolbar to see the post before it goes live. The preview opens the draft when you have unpublished changes.

Manage posts from the library

Open the three-dot menu on any post card for more actions:

  • Edit in Builder — open the post in the editor.
  • Preview — open a preview in a new tab.
  • Clone — duplicate the post as a new draft.
  • Translate — create a copy in another language. This appears only when your website has more than one locale.
  • Delete — remove the post permanently. This cannot be undone.