Editing Your Site Right on the Page

You do not have to go to the Dashboard to change your site. While you are signed in, a toolbar sits along the bottom of every page, and with it you can type straight onto the page, add sections, change how the page looks, or jump to the full edit form. It is included on every plan.

The toolbar

The toolbar at the bottom of a product page with Editor, Settings, Edit Product and Dashboard, each circled
The toolbar on a product page. The buttons change a little from page to page.
  • Editor: turns on editing right on the page. It turns green and reads Editing while it is on; click it again to turn it off.
  • Settings: opens the display settings for the kind of page you are on: store, product, category, gallery or blog. See Display Settings. Pages you write yourself do not have this button.
  • Edit Page, Edit Product or Edit Blog Post: opens the full edit form for what you are looking at, with every field, photo and setting.
  • Dashboard: takes you to your Dashboard.

Shoppers never see the toolbar. To see your site the way they do, open it in a private or incognito window.

Typing straight onto the page

Click Editor, then click the words you want to change and type. Your change saves on its own when you click away. You can do this with:

  • The words in any section: headings, paragraphs, card text.
  • A product's title and description, on its product page.
  • A blog post's title and text, on the post.
  • A gallery's title and description. Photos are changed in the Dashboard; see Creating a Photo Gallery.

Prices, photos, variations and stock are changed with Edit Product, not on the page.

A hero section while editing: the heading circled to show it can be typed over, the pencil beside a button circled, and the drag and bin buttons circled
With Editing on, click a heading or paragraph and type. The pencil beside a button changes its words and link.

Adding and arranging sections

With Editing on, blue Add new section here buttons appear above and below the sections on the page, including above your products on product and store pages. Click one to pick a section, such as a picture with a button, columns of text or a row of images. New sections come from the Section Builder. Each has a toolbar with Published, Modify (opens its drawer), move up and down, copy, the pages it shows on, and delete. The full walk-through is Building Pages with the Section Builder.

Tips

  • Formatting such as bold and links works in descriptions and section text, not in titles.
  • If a change does not seem to stick, click somewhere else on the page before you leave it, so the save can finish.
  • Turn Editing off before you check how a page looks; the editing outlines and buttons take up room.

Questions? Email support@indiemade.com.