Post layout
What you control on a single published post — the /blog/:slug page inherits your blog appearance slice.
The single blog-post page (/blog/:slug) is a Dynamic Page — Tortus
renders your authored post inside our chrome. There's no separate blog_detail
setting: the post page reads the same blog appearance slice as the index
({{tortus:blog}}), stored once at design_tokens.blog. Style the index and
every post updates with it.
Post content is never touched — your authored HTML is rendered verbatim (and sanitized). These controls only style the chrome around the article.
What carries onto the post page
The blog slice drives both surfaces; a few of its fields are index-only
(layout, columns, the tag filter). These are the ones that shape the post page:
| Field | Values | On the post page |
|---|---|---|
showExcerpts | true (default) / false | shows the post dek (subtitle) under the title |
showAuthor | true (default) / false | shows the author name + avatar in the meta row |
showReadTime | true (default) / false | shows the "N min read" estimate |
accentColor | primary (default) / secondary / accent | tints prose links + the active category pill |
cardRadius | 0–24 px (default 8) | corner radius of the post's lead image |
categories | your list | the category chip above the title reads from here |
An org that hasn't customized renders byte-identically to the original editorial look (neutral tag pills, emerald prose links). The moment you customize, the post adopts your brand accent — an edited blog wears the brand, a legacy one stays neutral.
Referencing the accent from custom content
The resolved accent is a live CSS var (var(--color-primary) by default — it
follows your accentColor role). Any Custom Code block you drop into a post
can read the same brand tokens, so inline callouts stay on-brand and re-skin
when the broker changes their palette.
Custom HTML + CSS escape hatch
Like every page-builder block, a block you add to a post supports Convert to
custom — the scoped Custom HTML and CSS fields are the escape hatch when a
token knob doesn't reach far enough. Scoped CSS references the same
--color-* / --font-* design tokens, so it stays on-brand.
The blog appearance slice is edited from the site's Blog appearance panel; the feed token that lists posts is documented on Blog.
Full param table: Designer Handbook.