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Editing Your Website ​

This guide explains how to find the content on your website and make changes to it. Whether you need to update some text, swap out an image, or refresh a section, this is where to start.

Search: The Fastest Way to Find Anything ​

Before you click through tabs looking for something, try Search first. It is the quickest way to get to any setting, section, or piece of content in Foundry, and it works whether or not you know which tab something lives in.

While you have a website open, you can bring up Search in three ways:

  • Click the Search button at the top of any My Website tab.
  • Press Ctrl+K on Windows or Cmd+K on a Mac.
  • Press / (forward slash) whenever you are not already typing in a text field.

Using It ​

Open Search and start typing. There are two things it will find at once:

  1. Settings and sections - type what you're thinking of in plain language, not the exact field name. Searching "logo" finds Logo & Favicon in Identity. Searching "opening hours" finds Business Hours in Contact & Social. Searching "cookies" finds the Cookie Notice in Settings. You don't need to know which tab something lives in - Search does.
  2. Your actual content - Search also looks inside content such as page text, section headings, testimonial quotes, meta descriptions, and navigation labels. If you know roughly what something says but not where it is, search for a word or phrase from it. For example, typing a customer's name will jump you straight to their testimonial; typing a phrase from a page will take you straight to that page.

Note: Search does not currently look inside blog posts or messages. To find a blog post, browse My Website → Blog Posts; to find a message, browse Messages in the left menu.

Use the arrow keys and Enter to jump to a result without touching your mouse, or click any result directly. Selecting a result takes you straight to the right tab - and often the exact section or item.

Tip: If you haven't typed anything yet, Search shows a full browsable index of every setting and section in Foundry, grouped by tab. It's worth a scroll the first time you use it, just to see everything that's available.

Search only looks within the website you currently have open, so results are always relevant to what you're working on.

Finding the Page You Want to Edit ​

The fastest way is usually to search for it by its title or by typing a phrase from its content. To browse the full list instead:

  1. Click My Website in the left menu (shown as Sites if you have more than one site).
  2. Click the Pages tab near the top of the page.
  3. You will see a list of all the pages on your website.
  4. Click the name of the page you want to edit, or click the pencil icon next to it.

The page editor will open and show you all the content fields for that page.

Editing Text ​

Once you are inside a page, you will see text fields for that page's content. Standard fields include Title (the page name) and its SEO fields. The main body of a page is built from Content Blocks rather than a single text box - see Pages and Content for how these work.

To edit any piece of text:

  1. Click inside the text field you want to change.
  2. Delete the existing text and type your new content.
  3. When you are finished, scroll down and click Save.

What this means: Text fields are just like typing in a document. Click, type, save.

Editing Images ​

Images on your website are usually linked to fields labelled Image, Background Image, or Photo.

To replace an image:

  1. Find the image field on the page you are editing.
  2. Click the upload area, or drag and drop a new image file onto it.
  3. Select the image file from your computer. It will upload directly to that field.
  4. Click Save at the bottom of the page.

Tip: Make sure your image is the right size before uploading it. Blurry or stretched images usually mean the image is the wrong dimensions. See the Media section of this guide for image size recommendations.

Updating Sections ​

Website sections - such as the hero banner, services grid, testimonials, FAQs, and team members - are managed at the site level, not on individual pages. See Pages and Content for the full list of sections and how they work.

To edit a section:

  1. Click My Website in the left menu (shown as Sites if you have more than one site).
  2. Under the Content group of tabs, select the section you want to update (for example, Hero, Features, or Testimonials).
  3. Make your changes to the fields within that section.
  4. Click Save when you are done.

Tip: Most sections have a Display button (choose whether it appears on the homepage, as its own dedicated page, or both) and a Section Settings button (override the section's heading text, or switch it between a light and dark background). Look for these above the list of items in each section tab.

Finding Your Way Around "My Website" ​

Everything to do with your site as a whole - not an individual page or blog post - lives under My Website, split across tabs:

  • Identity - your site name, logo, favicon, brand colours (choose a preset palette or pick individual colours, with a live preview), and fonts (heading and body typefaces, also with a live preview).
  • Design - your navigation bar style, section dividers, and footer.
  • Content group (Hero, Features, Testimonials, and so on) - your homepage sections.
  • Pages - your individual pages, such as About or Contact.
  • Blog Posts - your blog articles, if your website includes a blog.
  • Contact & Social - your contact details, business hours, location, and social media links.
  • SEO - your site-wide search engine settings.
  • Settings - optional extras such as WhatsApp, live chat, a cookie notice, analytics, and newsletter signup.
  • Activity - a log of recent changes made to your site.

You do not need to visit every tab. Most day-to-day edits happen in the Content tabs and Pages.

Saving Your Changes ​

Always save your work when you are finished. Look for the Save button, usually located at the bottom of the page or in the top right corner.

If you navigate away from a page without saving, your changes will be lost.

Warning: There is no automatic save in Foundry. Always click Save before leaving a page.

Previewing Your Site ​

After saving changes, you can visit your live website in your browser to see how it looks.

Open a new browser tab and go to your website address. If the changes are not visible, try refreshing the page by pressing Ctrl + R on Windows or Cmd + R on a Mac.

Note: Some changes may take a minute or two to appear on your live site. This is normal.

Checking a Page or Blog Post Before It Goes Live ​

If you want to check your work before anyone else can see it, use the Preview button instead of visiting the live site. It's available both on the list of pages or blog posts, and inside the editor for one, and opens a private preview link showing your unsaved changes exactly as they will appear once published - without making them visible to visitors yet.

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