# Turn your blog on or off

> A new blog starts private. Turn it on when you are ready, and off again at any time.

A new blog is not public. Only you can see it in your app until you turn it on.

## Turn it on

On **Overview**, press **Turn on blog** on the blog card. You can also press **Blog online** in **Address**.

From then on, everyone can read your **published** posts at `D/blog`. Drafts, private posts and sample posts are never shown.

The first time takes a few minutes. The card says **Turning on...** and changes to **Public** when it is ready.

## Turn it off

In **Address**, press **Blog offline**. `D/blog` stops opening. Every post is kept, and you can turn the blog back on at any time.

## Sample posts

A new blog comes with a few sample posts, marked **Sample**, so you can see how it looks. They are never public: when you turn the blog on, they become drafts automatically. You can also edit them into posts of your own.

> **Note:** Your blog and your home page are separate. Turning one on or off does not affect the other.