Templates and global sections

A template is a layout made with the builder and used in many places: the header on every page, the layout of every blog post, a popup. Templates are in the Templates menu of the dashboard.

Kinds of templates

Making a template

1. Go to Templates → Add template.
2. Pick the type. Headers and footers offer a gallery of ready-made designs: click Full preview to see one at full size, choose it, and it is copied as your own template. Or start Blank.
3. Give it a Name and click Create and open in BlueBuilder.

Single post, project, archive, product and 404 templates start with a complete layout made of the "Post & archive" or "Product page" elements, such as Post Title, Featured Image and Post Content. These elements show the post being viewed. While you edit, the builder shows a sample: choose which one with Preview with in Template settings.

Where a template shows: display conditions

Headers, footers, popups and the single, archive, product and 404 templates show where their display conditions say. Open the template in the builder, then the Template settings tab:

1. Click Add where it shows… and pick a place: Entire site, Front page, All single posts and pages, the pages of one type, archives, shop pages and so on, or search for a page, post or category.
2. Choose Show on or Not on for each rule. "Entire site, but not on the Contact page" is two rules.
3. Click Save display settings.

When two templates of the same type match a page, the more specific one wins: a template for one page beats one for all pages, which beats one for the entire site. Priority settles a tie: the higher number wins.

A page can also choose its own header or footer, or none, in Page Options.

Tip A template with no conditions is not shown anywhere ("No display conditions" in the list). That's a safe way to prepare a new header before switching to it.

Global sections

A global section is a section kept in one place and shown on many pages, such as a call-to-action band or a contact strip. Edit it once, and every page that uses it changes.

• Make one: select a section in the builder and click Save as template in its toolbar. Or create a template of type Section.
• Use it: in the builder's Templates tab, click Insert as global. You can also add the Template element and choose the section in it.
• Edit it: open the template from Templates. On the pages that use it, it is one item: you can move or delete it there, and change it in the template.

Insert a copy in the Templates tab adds an ordinary, independent copy instead, which you then edit on that page alone.

Pre-built sections

The builder's Pre-built sections tab has 30 ready-made sections in ten categories: Hero, About, Services, Features, Team, Pricing, Testimonials, Call to action, Contact, and Numbers & clients. Click one to add it at the end of the page, then change it like anything else. They follow your site's colors and fonts.

Exporting and importing templates

• Export: in Templates, hover over a template and click Export. You get a .json file.
• Import: Templates → Import, choose the file. The template is added as a new one, with its display conditions; check them before relying on them, since pages and categories differ between sites.

Use this to move a header or a popup from one site to another.