Enabling the Blog module in Drupal 7 Updated on August 16, 2021 by Carrie Smaha 0 Minutes, 51 Seconds to Read If you have decided you want to add a blog to your Drupal 7 website, this can be easily accomplished by enabling the blog module. Drupal has the module installed by default, but before you can actually start blogging you’ll need to enable it. Enabling the module is done through your Drupal dashboard. To enable the Blog module in Drupal 7: Log into your Drupal Dashboard Go to Modules Select the checkbox next to the Blog module Click the Save configuration button at the bottom of the page. Prior to installing the blog module there were only two types of content available by default (Article and Basic Page). Now, after the module has been enabled there’s a new type of content called blog entry. There is no viewable content as of yet. You need to create a blog entry in order to create viewable content. Please see our article on Creating a blog entry in Drupal 7 Before After If you need further assistance please feel free to ask a question on our supoprt center. Share this Article Carrie Smaha Senior Manager Marketing Operations Carrie enjoys working on demand generation and product marketing projects that tap into multi-touch campaign design, technical SEO, content marketing, software design, and business operations. More Articles by Carrie Related Articles Finding 404 page not found errors in Drupal 7 Removing the site title in Drupal 8 Content Types in Drupal 8 Disabling user images for posts and comments in Drupal 8 How to add an image in Drupal 7 How to upload your custom logo in your Drupal 7 theme Setting custom logos in your Drupal 8 theme Fixing the “An unrecoverable error occurred” error in Drupal How to Make a Duplicate Drupal Site How to Install a New Theme in Drupal
