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Edit a page: add, arrange and remove blocks

For
church staff
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Available
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On this page
  1. Open a page
  2. Add a block
  3. Arrange blocks
  4. Remove a block
  5. Save, preview and publish
  6. Good to know
  7. What DCX support can do

Every page on your website is a list of blocks: a welcome banner, your service times, a map, a sign-up form, a livestream. You build a page by adding blocks and putting them in the order you want.

Open a page

Go to Website, then choose the page. The Content tab lists its blocks from top to bottom, one card each. The card shows the block’s type and its heading.

Add a block

  1. Choose Add block and pick a type. Each one says what it is for. A type that needs a part of HoW your church doesn’t use yet says so and can’t be chosen.
  2. Fill in the form that opens. Anything wrong is pointed out under the field as you type, and again when you press Done.
  3. Press Done. The block is added at the bottom of the page.

To change a block later, choose Edit on its card.

Arrange blocks

You can move a block three ways; use whichever is easiest:

  • Drag it: hold the handle at the left of the card (the dotted grip) and drag the card where you want it.
  • The arrows: the up and down arrows on each card move it one place.
  • Move to top: open the card’s More actions menu (the three dots) and choose Move to top.

With the keyboard

  1. Press Tab until the block’s drag handle is selected.
  2. Press Space or Enter to pick the block up.
  3. Press the up and down arrow keys to move it.
  4. Press Space or Enter again to drop it. Escape puts it back where it was.

The arrow buttons and Move to top work with the keyboard too. Screen readers announce each move in plain words, such as “Moved Hero ‘Welcome home’ to position 1 of 6”, and the focus stays with the block you moved.

If you’ve asked your computer to reduce motion, cards jump to their new place instead of sliding.

Remove a block

Open the card’s More actions menu and choose Remove block. The block leaves the list straight away; your website doesn’t change until you save and publish, so if you removed the wrong one, leave the page without saving.

Save, preview and publish

Your changes are a draft until you publish them:

  1. Save changes keeps your draft. A notice reminds you if you have changes that aren’t saved yet.
  2. Preview opens the draft as visitors would see it, in a new tab. It isn’t on your website, and the preview link stops working after a short while.
  3. Publish puts it on your website. Visitors see it within about 30 seconds.

Who can do this: editing blocks needs permission to edit the website; publishing needs permission to publish. Staff without them can open a page and look, but not change it.

Good to know

  • A page holds up to 40 blocks.
  • Order is saved as a whole: whatever order the cards are in when you press Save changes is the order on your website once you publish.
  • History: the History tab lists what was published and when, and lets you go back to an earlier version.
  • Showing a block only for a while: see Show a block only between dates.

What DCX support can do

With your permission, DCX support can open a support session on your church to look at a page and its blocks with you, or, if you allow changes in that session, fix a block for you.