Edit text and photos

Each page on your site is a stack of sections: an opening banner, your services, reviews, a contact form and so on. You edit a page one section at a time.

Open a section

1. Click Pages in the left menu.
2. Click the page you want to change.
3. Make sure the Content tab is selected. You'll see a list of the page's sections.
4. Click a section to open it. Its form appears right below.

Shortcut: click any part of the preview on the right. The editor opens that section for you.

Change the words

1. Click into a box and type. The preview updates as you go.
2. Watch the counter next to a box's name, like 42/70. It shows how much room the design has. If you go over, it changes color. Long text may look crowded, so check the preview.

A few boxes accept simple formatting:

• Leave a blank line between paragraphs.
• Wrap words in **double stars** to make them bold.
• In a Text section, start a line with ## to make a subheading.

Some sections hold a list, like services or reviews. Click an item to open it. Use Add service (or Add review and so on) for a new one. Use the arrows to move an item and the trash can to remove it.

Change a photo

1. In the section, find the photo and click Change (or Choose photo if it's empty).
2. In the Choose a photo window, do one of these:
   • Click a photo under Your photos to reuse it.
   • Click Choose file to upload a new one from your computer or phone. You can also drag a photo onto the window.
   • Open Free photos, search for what you need (like "patio" or "coffee"), and click a photo.
3. The photo appears in the preview right away.

Photos are resized for the web automatically, so your site stays fast. To take a photo out, click Remove.

Free photos

Free photos come from Pexels, a library of professional photos that anyone can use for free, including on a business website. You don't need to credit anyone, though the photographer's name is under each photo if you'd like to. A photo you choose is added to Your photos, so you can use it again.

Search with simple words for what's in the photo, like "lawn mower" or "bread". Photos of your own work, team and place still do the most to win customers, so use free photos to fill gaps until you have your own.

Describe your photos

Under each photo there's a box called Describe this photo. Write a short sentence about what's in it, like "Stone patio with a fire pit at dusk."

It matters for two reasons:

• People who can't see images use tools that read the description out loud.
• Google reads it to understand your photos, which helps you show up in searches.

Describe what's in the photo. Skip "photo of" and don't stuff in keywords.

Add a section

1. Scroll to the bottom of the section list and click Add a section. Or open a section and click Add section below to put the new one right under it.
2. Pick a section type, like Reviews, Gallery or FAQ.
3. It's added with sample text. Replace the sample with your own.

Move, hide or remove a section

• Move: click the up or down arrow on the section's row. There's no drag and drop yet, so click the arrow a few times to move a section further.
• Hide: click the eye button. The section stays in the editor, marked Hidden from visitors, but disappears from your site. Click the eye again to bring it back.
• Copy: open the section and click Duplicate. The copy appears right below.
• Remove: open the section and click Remove. This happens right away and there's no undo yet. If you're unsure, hide the section instead.

Change a section's background

1. Open the section.
2. Under Background, pick Plain, Tinted, Dark or Brand color.

The colors come from your theme, so text stays easy to read. Alternating backgrounds helps break up a long page. See Theme and brand colors.

Change a section's heading size and color

Sections with a heading can make it stand out a little more, or step back.

1. Open the section.
2. Under Heading size, pick Smaller, Standard or Larger. Each is one small step from your design's usual size. On phones, Larger is a smaller step, so long words still fit.
3. Under Heading color, pick Standard, Brand color or Accent.

The colors come from your palette, so they always go together and stay easy to read. Some palettes' accent color is too light for headings; then Accent isn't offered. On a Dark or Brand color background, and on words over a photo, headings stay light so they can be read.

Use these sparingly: a page where every heading is different looks busy. To make all the words on your site bigger, change the text size instead.

Show several photos in the opening banner

The opening banner (the Hero section) can show your words over photos that change by themselves.

1. Open the Hero section and pick the Photo slideshow layout.
2. Set the first Photo, then add two or three more under More photos. Wide photos taken in landscape work best, with the subject away from the left side, where the words go.
3. Under Change photos, pick how often: every 6 seconds, every 10 seconds, or only when visitors pick one.

Visitors can pause it, and pick a photo with the dots or by swiping on a phone. It stays still for visitors who turn off motion on their device. Keep your headline about what you do: it stays the same while the photos change. For news like a sale, use the announcement banner instead.

Make items appear one by one

Sections with cards or lists, like Services, Highlights, Reviews, Team and Projects, can bring their items in one at a time as visitors scroll to them.

1. Open the section.
2. Turn on Show items one by one as visitors scroll.

The preview plays it right away. Visitors who turn off motion on their phone or computer see everything at once.

Two more settings like this:

• Highlights › Count up the numbers as visitors scroll. Numbers like "1,200+" or "4.9★" count up from zero when visitors reach the section. Words without a number, like "Licensed", stay as they are.
• Gallery › Open photos larger when clicked. Visitors click a photo to see it full screen, with arrows (or a swipe on phones) to the other photos in the gallery. New galleries have it on.

Some pages do this on their own. A project with before and after photos shows them on its page with a slider visitors drag to compare. Event, news and job pages have a Share button, so visitors can send them to a friend.

Want a countdown to a sale or an opening, or tabs? Ask for it as an AI change, and it can be built into a section for your site.

Tips

• Some sections fill themselves in. Hours & location and the phone number in Call to action come from Business info, so change those there. See Business info and hours.
• Buttons have a Button text box and a Goes to list. Pick one of your pages, your phone or email, or Another website… to paste any link.
• Want a layout the sections don't offer? Ask for it as an AI change or a work request from your dashboard.