Article Settings

Control how every future article for a website is written, illustrated, and linked at app.grandranker.com/article-settings (or Article Settings in the sidebar). The left rail jumps between sections; each shows a live preview. Changes autosave and apply going forward — existing articles aren't rewritten.

Publishing & writing style

• Auto-publish, Show branding, Email notifications: publish automatically, toggle footer branding, toggle the "new article generated" email.
• Writing Style: Professional, Casual, Friendly, or Academic.
• Article Length: default for new articles — Micro (~300 words), Short (~1,000), Medium (~2,000), Long (3,000+). Override per keyword in the content planner.
• Include emojis, First-person writing ("I"/"we"), Mention competitor products & services (turn off to stay brand-only).
• Custom Instructions: up to 2,000 characters applied to every article.
• Your services / offers: up to 10 services with optional URLs; articles link the most relevant.
• Learn from your articles: paste up to 3 links so Grandranker matches your tone and formatting.

Call to action

Show call-to-action blocks adds buttons pointed at your most relevant product. Configure Button text, Fallback link, Style (Button, Banner, Inline band), Placement (Mid-article + end, Mid-article only, End only), and count (1-3 for long articles; short ones get one closing CTA).

Visuals

• Image styles: Real Life, Sketch, Watercolor, Cinematic, or Digital Illustration.
• Image shape: Widescreen (1200×675), Square (1000×1000), or Portrait (800×1200).
• Brand color: auto-detected, used in diagrams and photo accents.
• Title-Based Featured Image: puts the article title on the featured image in your brand color.
• People-focused photos: real people over empty objects — best for care, coaching, education sites.
• Brand logo: upload a transparent PNG; branded photos (van, sign, uniform) use it, not an invented one.
• Image captions, YouTube videos: toggle each.

Links

• Name / Title: your byline on generated articles.
• Blog URL: where your blog index lives.
• Sitemap URL: usually https://example.com/sitemap.xml; feeds internal linking. See Sitemap & Liftability.
• Only link to my own website: keeps third-party URLs out of structured data.

Internal Linking

With Use all pages from sitemap on, every discovered page becomes a link candidate; each article links only to what fits. Shows page count, a Refresh button, and a browsable list.

• Additional links: custom URLs always included.
• Excluded links: URLs never linked.

Candidates also come from Search Console top pages and previous articles, scored and placed by fit, scaled to article length.

FAQ

Do changes apply to existing articles?

No. Edit existing articles in the editor.

Can I set different settings for one article?

Yes — override content type, length, and instructions per keyword in the Content Planner's settings modal.

Where do I change the content language?

General Settings for the main language; extra languages on the Languages screen.