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Blog Post Fields

Updated over a week ago

Articles are blog posts in your Shopify store. They allow you to publish content as part of your store's blog section.

Sample File

This sample file shows the basics columns that you need to set in order to import blog posts to Shopify.

Download sample Blog Posts Import File.

Blog Post Fields

These are all the fields you can import or export for articles in Altera. Fields are grouped by category for easier reference.

General

Basic article information and content.

Field

Description

Example Value

ID

Shopify's unique article identifier

12345678

Handle

URL-friendly version of the article title

summer-fashion-trends-2023

Command

Action to perform on this article

MERGE

Title

Article title

Summer Fashion Trends 2023

Author

Name of the article author

Jane Smith

Body HTML

Article content in HTML format

<p>This summer's hottest trends...</p>

Tags

Comma-separated list of tags

fashion, summer, trends

Tags Command

Action to perform on article tags

ADD

Published At

Date and time when article was published

2023-06-01T10:00:00Z

Template Suffix

Alternative template for article page

featured-post

Blog Fields

Fields related to the parent blog.

Field

Description

Example Value

Blog: ID

Parent blog identifier

987654

Blog: Handle

Parent blog URL handle

fashion-blog

Blog: Title

Parent blog title

Fashion & Style

Blog: Commentable

Whether comments are enabled

moderated

Blog: Template Suffix

Blog template suffix

fashion-template

Comments

Fields related to article comments.

Field

Description

Example Value

Comment: ID

Unique identifier for the comment

456789

Comment: Author

Name of comment author

John Doe

Comment: Body HTML

Comment content in HTML format

<p>Great article!</p>

Metafields

Fields for custom metadata.

Field

Description

Example Value

Metafields

Article metafields

{"seo.description": "Summer fashion guide"}

Article Filters

You can use these filters to limit which articles are exported:

  • created_at: Filter by creation date

  • subject_type: Filter by subject type (value: ARTICLE)

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