Blog Post Cover Image Hero

What You'll Create

A dramatic cover image behind your blog post title, creating a hero-style header. The image fills the background while the title overlays it with centered text for maximum visual impact.

The Problem It Solves

Squarespace doesn't offer a built-in way to place images behind blog post titles. When you want a hero-style cover image like magazine articles have, you need custom code. This technique transforms any image into a full-width background cover.

Perfect For

Hero-style blog headers, Feature articles, Photography showcases, Editorial content, Visual storytelling

What Makes This Different

This technique uses a filename keyword (blog-bg) to identify the cover image, then JavaScript repositions the image and title into a layered hero section. CSS handles the full-width background styling and text overlay. Clean implementation with body class detection.

Details

• Section Type: Fluid & Classic

• Code Type: CSS + JavaScript

• Prerequisites: Image block with 'blog-bg' in filename

• Toolkit Title: Blog Banner Image

Learn This Technique

This is one of 150+ code techniques taught inside Standout Squarespace, where you get:

• The complete, copy-paste code

• Video walkthrough explaining how it works

• The principles behind the technique so you can customize it

• Access to our private community for support