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Hi there @ccan !

  1. Currently you cannot create a static homepage but feel free to make a feature request here for it if you’d like! However, you can definitely pin a “start here” post to the top as a static page. We have a how-to guide on that if that’s what you want to do.

  2. While there isn’t a native search system, we have listed some ways to create a search page on your blog in this forum post. You can definitely make an archive page if you’d like. @dino created a really nice archive page for his blog using a Glitch app that automatically updates as you publish more. We made this into a starter app that you can use for your blog. Will just have to ask @dino what he did to get his archive looking like it does on his blog (some height/width adjustment I am assuming)

  3. Every Write.as blog has a sitemap that you can ping to Google. It looks something like this: https://write.as/your-blog/sitemap.xml. All you need to do is add that URL to Google’s ping address like so: https://www.google.com/ping?sitemap=https://write.as/your-blog/sitemap.xml

  4. You can translate the “Subscribe” button and other text. We use POEditor for this. Feel free to join & make add the Turkish translations with the invite link here: https://poeditor.com/join/project/TIZ6HFRFdE

Thanks for asking bring up these questions! Let me know if you need any clarification or have further questions. I am sure anyone in the community or myself can help if needed.

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