Side Panel Tour: Your Toolkit for Building & Managing Your Site

The side panel is your primary toolkit for building and managing your site. It contains a comprehensive set of tools and features needed to structure your site and make changes to its design and functionality. The side panel's set of icons hides a variety of editor panels that expand when you click on them.

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  • Layers: This provides a hierarchical view of all page elements, making it easy to navigate and manage complex nested structures. You can see how widgets, columns, and sections are arranged and quickly adjust them as needed. You can also toggle element visibility for different breakpoints to ensure your site looks good on all devices.
  • Site Theme: Here you can define your website's global styling and make changes that affect your entire site. You can customize colors, buttons, text, images, backgrounds, and navigation widgets to maintain a consistent style across your site.
  • Pages: This panel shows the structure of your website by site pages. You can reorder, manage, and create new pages easily, helping to organize your content and ensure a logical flow for your visitors.
  • Widgets: This is a library of elements you can click and drag onto the canvas, from text boxes to image galleries. This panel has everything you need to build out your sections and add functionality to your site.
  • Content Library: This is your storage space for all your site's assets. You can upload and manage images, videos, documents, and more. You can also use connected data to link site widgets to external data sources, making it easy to maintain consistency across your site.
  • Sell Online: When you are ready to set up an online store, this is your go-to for e-commerce. Here you can create and manage products, set up categories, and customize the shopping cart experience.
  • Membership Pages: This allows you to build high-converting and engaging sites by gathering valuable leads and user information. You can add membership capabilities to restrict access to site pages based on whether or not the site visitor is logged in.
  • Blog Panel: This lets you set up and manage a blog. You can add posts, organize content, and engage with your audience, keeping your content fresh and engaging.
  • App Store: For those looking to enhance their site's functionality, the App Store offers a range of third-party applications you can install. These apps can expand the functionality of your editor and tailor your site's capabilities to your needs.
  • SEO and Settings Panel: This is where you control your site's technical settings. Here you can manage SEO settings, site icons, domains, SSL certificates, Google tools, URL redirects, backups, and more. This panel is crucial for optimizing your site's performance and security.
  • AI Assistant: This helper can take care of time-consuming tasks like creating sections, adding alt text to your site's images, and generating SEO metadata. Input your client's business profile and brand guidelines, and let the AI assistant do the heavy lifting.