Manual

Your site

Your site is the set of pages people see at your handle. You build each page from rows, each row is divided into columns, and each column holds blocks that show your tracks, posts, collections and other things. The editor shows the real site on the left and its structure on the right.

Open it from the dashboard menu: Profile, then the Site tab. Press Edit to open the panel.

The site editor with the live site on the left and a panel on the right listing the rows on the page and the blocks in each
  1. 1Preview, Save and Edit. Preview shows the site without the editor around it. The disk icon is Save. Edit opens and closes the panel.
  2. 2What you are editing. Reads Page here. Click it to switch to the header, sections, colors, footer or design.
  3. 3Rows and blocks. Each card is a row. Inside it are its columns, and the blocks in each column.
The site editor with the panel open on Page.
Save is what visitors see
The editor keeps your work as you go, in a copy only you see. Visitors keep seeing the last version you saved until you press Save. If a change shows in the editor and not on your public page, it has not been saved yet. Preview then View live site shows what visitors have now.

The six parts of the editor

The title at the top of the panel is a menu. It chooses which part of the site the panel edits.

The menu at the top of the site panel listing Page, Header, Sections, Colors, Footer and Design
The menu at the top of the panel.
PageThe rows, columns and blocks on the page you are looking at.
HeaderThe banner picture or video, its height, and what the header shows.
SectionsWhich pages your site has, and the order of the links to them.
ColorsThe palette and the background.
FooterWhat the bottom of every page says.
DesignOne look and typeface for the whole site.

Rows

A row is a horizontal band of the page with a title. Its layout decides how many columns it has and how wide each one is.

On a row
Drag the gripMove the row up or down the page.
Click the titleRename the row. Enter keeps the new name and Esc drops it.
Arrow at the rightFold the row away. Collapse all at the top folds every row, which makes a long page easier to reorder.
Row optionsMove up, Move down and Delete row.
Add rowAdd a row at the bottom of the page.
Row layouts
Full widthOne column.
SplitTwo equal columns.
Sidebar + wide, Wide + sidebarA narrow column beside a wide one, on either side.
Wide centerA wide column between two narrow ones.
Wide + stack, Stack + wideA wide column beside two narrow ones.
Four columnFour equal columns.

Blocks

A block is one thing in a column: a set of tracks, a set of posts, your about text. The plus under a column adds a block to it. Clicking a block in the panel opens its settings, where you choose what it shows and how.

On a block
DragMove the block within its column, or into another column or row.
ClickOpen its settings.
Block optionsMove up, Move down, Move to left column, Move to right column and delete.
Click it on the siteSelects the same block in the panel, so you can find it without reading the list.
Kinds of block
Tracks, Posts, CollectionsYour own work, as a grid, a list or a slide.
FeedThe tracks, posts and collections you publish, added automatically as you publish them.
MediaItems you pick from your media library.
About, Socials, SubscribeWho you are, your links, and a sign-up for your mailing list.
ThemesYour themes, except the ones you have hidden.
Story BookAnswers you pick from your interview.
FollowingPeople you follow. It appears once you follow at least three.
SpacesPublic spaces you have joined. Private and unlisted spaces never show.
ShelfThings you have saved and picked out to show.
HTML EmbedSomething from elsewhere on the web.
An empty block
A block set to show tracks, posts or collections only shows pieces that are Live or Published. Drafts do not appear on your site.