The editor's interface has three main predefined sections: The top navigation bar, the left panel, and the content area. Each of these predefined sections plays an important role in letting you make your site as awesome as possible.
Top Navigation Bar
Use the top navigation bar navigate your site, both by moving between different pages and by moving between different device views. Click a page to view it, or click a device to see how your current page looks on that device.
The navigation bar has controls to undo or re-do simple actions in the editor, save your current site, and preview or republish your site. The top navigation bar also has an indicator for when changes in the editor are saved.
Left Panel
The left panel is contains all of the widgets and features. Here you can find tools to edit almost anything on your site.
The left panel has features to make broad, sweeping changes to the entire site. For example, changing the color scheme or button design in the Design tab, add new features and widgets with the Widget tab, change your pages' configuration in the Pages tab, and make administrative changes in the Settings tab (for example, changing the site's URL or adding analytics).
Content Area
The Content Area is where you can move or add any of our features, or click and edit to change them. The content area allows you to change images, text, edit and delete buttons, and more.
In-Editor Help
For help about certain functions in the editor, click the gray question mark (?) at the top-right of the screen to open the in-editor help for information about what the feature can do.
Use the Row editor to change the row's background color and image, add a border, or adjust the inner and outer spacing of the row. Use rows to organize and arrange the content in your site.
Warning
Before editing rows, create a backup of your site. This ensures that you will be able to restore a previous version of your site if you make a mistake. For more information about backing up your site, see Backup Sites.
To configure a row:
Row Design Editor
To edit the background style or spacing of the row:
Background Image Slider
After selecting multiple images in the image picker, click Done. Once the slider is created, select a Slide transition from the drop-down menu, and move the slider to select a Slide speed (seconds).
Any of the other background image options such as Background Overlay, Positioning, and display style can be applied to the slider.
Note
Background Image Sliders can be added to any column as well.
The Global Design section lets you make global changes that affect your entire site. You can customize your site's text, buttons, images, background, and navigation widgets from this menu. This allows you to quickly and efficiently make sweeping visual changes, reducing design time and keeping your site's style consistent across pages.
In the left panel, click Design to open Global Design.
Changes that you make to specific widgets or pages will override these global styles. We recommend you first decide on a global style, and then make customizations to parts of your site that you want to stand out or look different than the rest.
Text Style
This section lets you control Text Style for your site, both for text and titles of all sizes (H1 to H6). Change the font size, style, color, and other edits that will affect the text for all future paragraph and title widgets.
Button Style
This section lets you control the style of the button widgets on your site. Select one of our button designs and set the background color, border style, and text. Choose other effects like adding rounded corners or shadows to the button.
Image Style
This section lets you control the style of the image widgets on your site. Select an image using the image picker and add or edit the border style, rounded corners, or shadow effects.
Row Style
This section allows you to define the global row design in terms of background color, default row spacing and default column spacing.
Note
Edits that will be made on individual rows will override the global row settings.
Site Background
This section lets you control Background Style for your site. Choose between using a color or image as your background. Changes also affect the desktop and tablet.
Site Layout
Control the site layout navigation on desktop, tablet and mobile. For the desktop version, you can choose from two widths: 960px or 1200px.
Note
Changing your navigation's layout often affects the behavior of your header and sometimes the rest of your site. If your header suddenly looks incorrect after changing the layout, try a different layout.
Customize the background of your site by selecting a color or image. Match the theme of your business by using eye-catching and creative backgrounds. Choose a custom background image from the photo gallery or upload your own images to add a unique site design. Your background can be customized per device.
Site Background
To customize your site background:
Background Per Page
To customize the background per page:
Images & Content Background
The background of items above the site background can also be changed. These setting can apply to widgets as well as rows.
To edit the background of your content:
For any row or column, you can also add an image slider as a background.
Video Backgrounds in Rows
In the case of rows, a third option for video backgrounds will be available in addition to images and colors.
Videos can only be displayed on desktop sites, and must be hosted on Vimeo or YouTube.
Note
All YouTube background videos display the video title and uploader before the video starts on load. There is no way to remove these items without manually changing the CSS. Due to this change, YouTube videos are not recommended for background video.
Video Backgrounds in Columns
Videos are also available in backgrounds for columns as well. To add a video background to a column, click the column, then click the Video tab. Make sure that you have selected the column instead of the row. To check if you have selected the row, you can check the top of the menu, which should say Column Design.
Edits made to one device appear on all devices. For example, when a row is deleted on the tablet view of your site, the row will also be missing on the desktop and mobile views of your site. This is because your site is responsive, thus sharing content across all devices. However, you may want to differentiate which content appears on which devices. You can use our edit by device features to accomplish this, and serve your visitors content that is appropriate for the device they are accessing your site from.
When making edits to a specific device, it is often necessary to switch views. For more information, see Switch Views.
View Information Bars
Some widgets and features may only appear on certain devices. To change the style of a widget on a certain device, click the device view on the top navigation bar to switch to that device view, and then make your change.
Hide-on-Device
Almost everything in the editor, with the exception of the header and footer, can be edited on a per-device basis by making the content specific to that device.
To edit content per-device:
Edits That Do Not Affect Other Devices
There are several edits in the editor that can be changed without affecting mobile. These are:
Every other edit you make in the each device view will affect other devices.
Besides the list above, there are other edits that you can make to settings without affecting other devices too. These display with an Edits only affect this device icon in the editor.
Widget-Specific Changes
While some widgets work fine across all devices, there are some drastic differences between devices which creates a need for a different set of features or design preferences per device.
Below is a list of widgets with design suggestions and notes for tailoring certain widgets on certain devices.
Background Images
Due to drastic differences in aspect ratios between devices, it's important to take special care with how you design images in your website.
For example, a full page background on a row might look great on a desktop device, but horrible on a mobile device. This might be because desktop devices are more suited to larger width images, while mobile is the exact opposite.
You can set a different Page background per device in the global design settings. It's recommended to use a wide background image for desktop, and a narrow one for mobile or tablet.
Slider Widget
As with the background image, the images you selected for the desktop version of the slider widget may not look as great for tablet or desktop. It's recommended to either:
Images and Icons Widget
The image widget's size is not automatically adjusted in the mobile version. It's important to check your mobile devices where the image widget is used to make necessary adjustments to fit.
Hover Effects on Tablet/Mobile devices
Compared to desktop devices, tablet and mobile devices do not have a hover effect at all. Any hover layout or option is disabled on tablet/mobile devices.
Maps Widget
The Map widget has device specific options for when it will show as a button or a map.
Contact Forms Widget
Contact forms will always appear one input per line on mobile.
vCita Widget
The vCita online scheduling widget has an option to only show a button, on the device of your choosing.
Considerations
When editing device specific widgets, remember to check all views before publishing your website. Widgets can be easily misplaced when using the 'Hide on Device' option.
For more information about switching views, read this article.
Responsive websites work on desktop, tablet, and mobile. For this reason, our responsive editor lets you preview the site in each of these views while editing. This lets you check how your site looks on different devices before you publish, ensuring that your customers have a positive experience no matter what device they are using to view the site.
To switch device views, click on one of the device buttons in the top navigation bar:
The different device views are not separate versions of your site. Deleting an element in one view (for example, mobile), removes that element from the entire site (desktop, tablet, and mobile). Instead of deleting, right-click on the element and select to hide an element on a specific device.
Device previews do not always reflect precisely what you see on an actual device. Features like fonts, size of the device window, user interface and browser behavior can all cause these previews to be inaccurate to various degrees. For the most accurate version of the site, check on a real device.
You can change your desktop site layout to a sidebar layout. Sidebar layout displays the header on the side of the site (either left or right) and is a great design tool to give a unique look to your site. The sidebar header also acts as a sticky header so it will always be displayed on the screen and you can also add widgets into the sidebar like any other row.
Note
To change your site layout to a sidebar layout:
To edit the design of the sidebar header, hover over the sidebar, and click Sidebar at the top right corner. You can choose one of the multiple sidebar header layouts to apply to your site, display it on the left or the right side of the screen, define its width, and more.
Change the style and look of the text on your entire site. You can change font type, size, and also choose settings for normal text, links, and titles. This gives you the opportunity to give the content of your site a distinctive feel, and make sure your visitors can read it!
Making changes to text using the Global Text menu changes all text in the site. Edits to individual elements override the global style. For example, setting the global text color to red makes the text in all paragraph widgets that are added to the site red. However, text in text widgets that are already part of the site will stay the same. For more information, see Global Design.
Headings and Subheadings
When making changes to titles, make note the differences between H1 - Title Style, H2 - Title Style, H3 - Title Style, and so forth. These different titles refers to headings and subheadings. H1 titles refer to the main heading, while H2 titles are subheadings of H1. H3 titles are subheadings of H2. When changing Title Style options, make sure to understand the differences between headings and subheadings.
The Choose & Place Images menu allows you to select images to be used in various widgets on your site. You can add images to your site from almost anywhere, including your existing site, Facebook account, computer, other sites on the internet, or our built-in stock image collection. This gives you access to a huge variety of image options to suit your site, so you can find exactly the right image to represent your business.
When selecting images to use on your site, by default the editor uses the quick picker.
The editor supports the SVG file format. You can use SVG images with the icon widget.
Note
Any file (text, image, video, and so on) uploaded to the system is publicly available. No personal and/or confidential information should be uploaded. To remove the file completely, delete the file from the picker.
Quick Image Picker
The quick image picker is a simple way to choose images. You can select images from your folders or from images that we have already pulled into the platform.
We use infinite scrolling, so just scroll down to reveal more images on this window.
With the quick picker open, you can:
Full View
Image Sources
The responsive editor automatically displays images from a number of different sources, including:
You can select between these sources by clicking through the tabs on the left.
Choose Images
Simply select an image to get more information about it. You can see the size, name and more on the right side after you've selected it.
Upload New Images
Click Upload Images to upload a new image from your computer.
If you prefer to upload your own images via Facebook or another method, you can close out the initial dialogue box and click Upload from... instead.
Additionally, you can upload images directly to a folder by selecting your designated folder before selecting Upload Images.
You have the following options:
Add Images
To add an image, click the image to select it.
When selecting images for the Image Slider or Photo Gallery widgets, you can select multiple images at one time. As you do, each image will be surrounded by a colored border. When you click Done, all selected images will be added to the widget.
Manage Images
You can organize and manage your images to make updating your site's content more streamlined. With the image picker window opened, click the Manage Images toggle to switch modes.
There are many options available in this mode.
Provides a place to store and retrieve images, files, and information for your site. The Images & Content section allows you to quickly add new images and access existing images, files and information. File size limit is 50 MB.
Note
Any file (text, image, video, and so on) uploaded to the system is publicly available. No personal and/or confidential information should be uploaded. To remove the file completely, delete the file from the picker.
Note
Changes made to specific widgets on the site override content added to the Content menu.
To access content, in the left panel, click Content.
Import Content
To import your own content onto the site, in the left panel, click Content, and then click Import content. Type your Site URL or Facebook page and click Import.
Collect Content from a Client
To collect content directly from the client, in the left panel, click Content, and then click Collect from the client. Copy and send the URL to the client so that they can upload their own content. To disable forms so clients cannot change the business information, select the check box.
The Import Content tool does not always allow you to import all of the content on a site; it is limited by what our robots are able to see.
Manage Images
Select existing images in the Photo Gallery or add new custom images by clicking Upload New Image.
Manage Files
To upload a file, click Upload New File. When hovering over the file, a gray X button appears in the top right corner. To delete files, click the X.
Manage Form Responses
To delete responses received through a contact form, in the left panel, click Content, and then click Manage Form Responses.
The Form Responses page allows you to remove any response to any form on the site. You can search for relevant responses in the Search visitor info search box. Ensure you search for the exact name, phrase or characters.
Business Information
To add or edit information about your business, in the left panel, click Content, and then click Business Info. You can choose to enter one or more of the following:
This information will automatically be used in relevant widgets.
Add a Facebook Profile
When entering your Facebook URL in the URL section, make sure to use the proper Facebook ID for your page:
https://www.facebook.com/ + ID of the page
Find the Facebook Page ID
The Facebook Page ID is at the end of the URL, as shown in bold in the examples below:
https://www.facebook.com/</wbr>123456789123456
Business Text
Give more information about your business to site visitors. Describe your business goals and explain why customers should use your products or services. In the left panel, click Content, and then click Business Text. Enter one or more paragraphs of information in the following sections:
You can later reference this information when building your site.
Find and Replace
This tool lets you automatically search your site for certain addresses, phone numbers, emails, and social media options and replace them when you need to update them.
In the left panel, click Content, and then click Find and Replace.
Sections are pre-built rows of elements which users can add to their responsive sites. Sections enable users to build great looking sites quickly by saving time during the design process. The infrastructure was built in order to provide a better user experience with a variety of pre-made sections.
Add Sections
To add sections of widgets:
Note
How you arrange the content on your site is really important. Arranging content well makes it easy for visitors to find what they are looking for, and allows you to highlight sections of your site that might otherwise be overlooked. A well-organized page makes your site look professional and helps increase sales by making it easy for site visitors to find what they are looking for.
Website Builder Structure
The Website Builder is built from a header, footer, rows, and columns. Every widget you add is inserted into one of these sections.
Widgets often take up the full size of a column or row, making it difficult to select them. To get around this, right-click the widget in the column or row you want to select, hover over the Select Container option, and then select either Column or Row.
Rows
Rows are the horizontal sections of your site. When you add widgets and columns to your site, they are placed within these rows. To change how content is displayed in the mobile view, click the reverse column order toggle in the row editor.
You can add rows to your site by dragging widgets into the site. When you drag a widget between rows or into a space where want to add a row, a new row will be created when you drop the widget.
To delete a row, right-click anywhere on the row to open the context menu, and then click Delete. Alternatively, click the Row button at the top left corner of the row and click Delete.
Columns
Every row contains at least one column. Columns contain all the widgets in your site and control their arrangement.
Every row can contain up to four columns. Whenever you add a new column, it appears alongside the existing column in that row.
Note
To delete a column, right-click anywhere on the column to open the context menu, and then click Delete. Alternatively, click the red X at the top right corner of the column.
You can place widget directly into columns, or structure the column further by adding inner rows.
Add a row. By default, each row contains a column. Add 2 inner rows to the column. Place the Title into inner row 1. Split inner row 2 into 3 columns. Place a button in each column.
Some important considerations when it comes to editing inner rows:
Widgets
Widgets contain the text, images, buttons, and other content of your site.
To add widgets to your site:
To delete a widget from your site, right-click anywhere on the widget to open the context menu, and then click Delete. Alternatively, click the red X at the top right corner of the widget.
To arrange widgets side by side, drag a widget onto your site, add a column to the row where that widget has been placed, and then drag another widget into that column. Alternatively, drag the two-column widget onto your site and then drag and drop the widgets into each column.
Snap to Align
While resizing widgets within the same column, Website Builder attempts to Snap to Align them to be the exact same size. As you resize, Website Builder jumps ahead or behind to snap to location. This should make it easier to make widgets the exact same size.
Snap to Grid
The Snap to Grid feature helps lay widgets in the pages of your site with professional precision. This system allows you to align widgets horizontally and vertically within columns and rows. Rulers are presented when moving an element in its row or column, or when resizing the widget. The aligned elements are marked with a colored border. A widget may be aligned with more than one other widget, depending on the specific use case.
Note
Alignment is supported in the views of the three different devices (desktop, tablet, mobile).
For more information about adding and editing widgets, see Add Widgets and Edit Widgets.
Creating a site takes time and dedication. You can make this process easier and more efficient by using the Copy and Paste feature. Copy elements and rows in your site, creating exact duplicates in order to create identical rows or elements for your site.
You can copy and paste using keyboard shortcuts. To copy, use CTRL+C (Command+C on Mac). To paste, use CTRL+V (Command+V on Mac).
Note
You cannot copy and paste widgets or pages between sites.
To copy and paste widgets:
To copy and paste a column:
The Quick Access tool allows you to find editor functions and features by searching in the Quick Access search. You can also open associated help articles by clicking the question mark.
To open the Quick Access tool, click the magnifying glass () icon in the top navigation bar or use the keyboard shortcut CTRL+K / ⌘ + K.
Use Quick Access to do the following:
At any time, you can see all of the hidden widgets on a page by clicking the Unhide Elements () icon at the bottom of the left panel under Settings.
Note
The Unhide Elements icon only displays if you have hidden elements in your site.
To unhide elements:
Note
If you are using the unhide element feature and it does not reveal an image on your site, your image might need to be added and uploaded.
Keyboard shortcuts are combinations of keys that perform certain tasks when pressed simultaneously. Usually, these tasks require the use of a mouse, such as right-clicking to copy a widget. Learning to use the editor's built in keyboard shortcuts can save you time, and make the process of editing your site much quicker.
When using a Mac, substitute Ctrl with the Command button. For example, to access Preview on a PC, type Ctrl+Alt+P. On Mac, type Command+Alt+P.
In-Editor Shortcuts
The following keyboard shortcuts are available in the editor:
Text Editor Shortcuts
The following keyboard shortcuts are available when editing text:
Developer Mode Shortcuts
The following keyboard shortcuts are available in developer mode:
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