Training
Short lessons for starting, editing, and sharing your website.
The three parts of the builder
Edit Site opens a toolbar, a toolbox of blocks, and the page canvas. Judges see the desktop view.
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toolbar
toolbox
canvas
edit site
save
desktop
Video: Navigating the website builder
The full tour of the toolbar, the file library, pages, and the blocks panel. About 11 minutes.
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builder
toolbar
navigate
Watch: toolbar, pages, and files
The first part of the builder tour: desktop, tablet, and phone views, Manage Pages, and the file library.
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clip
toolbar
pages
file library
desktop
mobile
Watch: blocks, Auto-Nav, and page buttons
The later part of the builder tour: dragging a block, Auto-Nav, and a button that links to another page.
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clip
blocks
auto-nav
navigation button
Toolbar buttons
What each builder button does, including save, undo, preview, clear page, and the two buttons you can ignore.
toolbar
save
undo
preview
clear page
file library
help
palette
Text, titles, and quotes
Title, subtitle, header, section, text, and the primary and secondary source quote blocks.
blocks
title
text
quote
primary source
secondary source
font
Video: Using building blocks
The full video for dragging blocks onto the page. About 9 and a half minutes.
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blocks
drag
build
Watch: drag the first blocks
The building-blocks video starts by opening Blocks and placing text pieces on the page.
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clip
blocks
title
text
drag
Images, sound, video, and buttons
Image with source credit, MP3, MP4, PDF, process paper, navigation buttons, links, and custom code.
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source credit
mp3
mp4
pdf
process paper
bibliography
button
link
Columns, space, and the image carousel
Two to four columns, flexbox, a divider, a spacer, and a carousel of several pictures.
columns
layout
flexbox
spacer
carousel
image slider
Change a block after it is on the page
Select a block to open its style editor, then move, duplicate, delete, or link it.
edit
style
duplicate
delete
move
link
font
decorations
Add and name a page
Create, rename, copy, or delete a page. Keep the page name short and without spaces.
pages
manage pages
page name
title
duplicate
template
Build the Auto-Nav menu
Drag Auto-Nav onto the page, set the order once, and reuse it. Hide a page or make a subpage.
auto-nav
menu
subpage
hide page
pages
link
Previous, Next, and Enter Site buttons
A navigation button with a clear label, linked to one page with the chain icon.
navigation button
next
previous
enter site
link
chain
Video: Advanced features overview
The playlist video that follows the building-blocks lesson. About 15 minutes. Use it with the page, menu, and theme lessons.
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advanced
pages
theme
menu
Create your own color theme
The palette icon sets font, background, container, and menu for the whole website. Save when you finish.
theme
palette
font
background
menu
color
Use a preset theme
Pick a ready-made theme in the Site Theme Manager, then save. You can still restyle one page.
preset
theme
palette
one page
background
Video: one page different from the theme
Set a theme for the whole site, then give one page its own background. About 6 minutes.
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theme
preset
one page
background
Watch: set a theme for every page
The first part of the one-different-page video: palette, font, background, and menu, then save.
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clip
theme
palette
preset
Watch: a picture background on one page
The second part of that video: select the page body and set a background image without changing the other pages.
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clip
background image
one page
decorations
Put text over an image
Select the text box. Font changes the words. Decorations changes the box behind them.
text over image
font
decorations
title
shadow
Video: text over an image
The full short video for placing words on top of a picture. About 3 and a half minutes.
video
text over image
title
font
Video: start building the home page
A 15 minute walkthrough of a first page: text, images, audio, video, PDF, background, and theme.
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homepage
walkthrough
blocks
theme
Watch: the first blocks on a blank page
The start of the home-page walkthrough: blocks for a title, text, quotes, and images, plus space between them.
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clip
homepage
title
blocks
auto-nav
Watch: files and the required home page pieces
A later part of the home-page walkthrough: image credit, audio, the thesis, and saving before preview.
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clip
homepage
thesis
image
mp3
source credit
save
What changed for 2025-2026
Blocks were grouped, the image carousel replaced the slider, and link and file blocks open a helper.
2025-2026
carousel
blocks
templates
link button
new
Video: new features for 2025-2026
Reordered blocks, the image carousel, and the helper that opens when you add a file or a link. About 6 minutes.
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2025-2026
carousel
new features
Watch: block groups and the carousel
The first part of the 2025-2026 video: text blocks together, then the image carousel.
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clip
2025-2026
carousel
blocks
Watch: the helper on a new link or file
The later part of the 2025-2026 video: a menu opens when you drop an image, media file, or navigation button.
video
clip
link
navigation button
upload
helper
What changed for 2026-2027
You can see who saved, only one person can save a page at a time, and page notes stay with the group.
2026-2027
save
group
page notes
easy layout