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Pages and Content
This guide explains the two building blocks of your website's content - homepage sections and pages - how to find and edit each, and how they fit together.
Two Kinds of Content
It is easy to assume everything on your website lives on a "page" you can edit individually, but Foundry actually splits content into two different things:
- Homepage sections - the hero banner, services grid, testimonials, FAQs, team members, and similar blocks that make up your homepage. These belong to your site as a whole, not to any one page, and are managed from the Content group of tabs under My Website.
- Pages - standalone pages such as About, Contact, or a custom landing page. Each page has its own title, web address, written content, and images, and is managed under My Website → Pages.
Many sections (such as Team or Pricing) can also be shown as their own dedicated page instead of - or as well as - a homepage section. See "Choosing Where a Section Appears" below.
Tip: Not sure whether something you want to change is a homepage section or a page? Don't worry about it - just search for it by name or by typing a word from its content, and Search will take you straight there.
Homepage Sections
Your homepage is built from a set of sections you can turn on or off. Depending on what your website includes, the available sections are:
| Section | What it's for |
|---|---|
| Hero | The large banner at the top of your homepage - headline, subheading, and call-to-action buttons. |
| Trust Badges | Logos of clients, partners, or press coverage. |
| Features | Cards describing what your business offers. |
| Stats / Metrics | Impressive numbers, e.g. "500+ clients" or "10 years experience". |
| About | Your brand's story, with optional stat call-outs. |
| Call to Action Banners | Strips prompting visitors towards a key action. |
| Testimonials | Customer quotes and star ratings. |
| Pricing | Pricing plans and features. |
| Team | Profiles of your team members. |
| Gallery | A grid of images, e.g. project or product photos. |
| Portfolio | Case studies or project showcases with their own detail pages. |
| FAQs | Frequently asked questions. |
| Blog Preview | A preview of your latest blog posts. |
| Contact | Your contact form. |
To edit a section:
- Click My Website in the left menu (shown as Sites if you have more than one site).
- Under the Content group of tabs, select the section you want to update (for example, Hero, Features, or Testimonials).
- Add, edit, or reorder the items within that section. Where a drag handle is shown, you can click and drag to reorder items.
- Click Save when you are done.
Which sections are turned on, and the order they appear on your homepage, is controlled from My Website → Settings - see Common Tasks for how to do this.
Choosing Where a Section Appears
Above the list of items in most sections, you will see a Display button. This lets you choose whether that section appears:
- As a section on your homepage only,
- As its own dedicated page (for example, a standalone
/teampage), or - Both - a preview on the homepage with a "View all" link through to the full page.
Section Settings
Next to Display, a Section Settings button lets you override that section's heading and subheading text, and switch its background between a light and dark theme, without needing to contact your web team.
Pages
Pages are the individual pages on your website, such as About Us, Services, or Contact.
Viewing Your Pages
- Click My Website in the left menu (shown as Sites if you have more than one site).
- Click the Pages tab near the top of the page.
- A list of all your pages will appear, showing the title, web address, and whether each is published.
Editing an Existing Page
- Click the page name or the edit icon next to it.
- The page editor will open, showing all the editable content fields.
- Make your changes.
- Click Save when you are done.
Tip: You do not need to edit a page all in one go. Save your progress at any point and come back to it later.
A page can include:
- Title and URL Slug (its web address) - the slug is locked by default to avoid accidentally breaking links; toggle Allow URL editing if you really need to change it.
- Page Hero - an optional heading, subheading, buttons, and image specific to this page, overriding the site's default hero.
- Content Blocks - the main body of the page, built from a stack of blocks (see below).
- Featured Image - the main image associated with the page.
- SEO - a meta title and description for this specific page (see SEO Basics).
Content Blocks
A page's body text is built from Content Blocks - a stack of individually editable blocks, rather than one long text box. Click Add Block, choose a type, and fill in its fields; drag the handle to reorder blocks, and delete any you don't need.
Available block types include:
| Block type | What it's for |
|---|---|
| Text | A paragraph of body text. |
| Heading | A section heading within the page. |
| Image | A single image, with optional caption. |
| Feature Grid | A grid of icon/title/text cards. |
| Two Columns | Text split across two side-by-side columns. |
| Stats | A row of numbers with labels (e.g. "250+ Projects completed"). |
| Call to Action | A prompt with a button, e.g. "Get in touch". |
| Testimonial | A single customer quote and attribution. |
| FAQ | A list of question/answer pairs. |
| List | A bulleted list of items. |
| Quote | A standalone pull-quote. |
| Attribution | A credit line, e.g. for a quote or image. |
| Callout | A highlighted note or tip. |
| Service Item | A single service or package with a title, price, and duration. |
| Embed | An embedded video, map, or widget from a URL. |
| Custom | An advanced, developer-defined block. |
Some block types (Feature Grid, Stats, FAQ, and similar) have an Extra Details field for structured information the block needs beyond its main text - a helper note under the field explains which keys to use for that block type. If you're unsure what to put there, ask your web team.
Editing Images
Images on a page are usually linked to fields labelled Image, Hero Image, or Featured Image.
To replace an image:
- Find the image field on the page you are editing.
- Click the upload area, or drag and drop a new image file onto it.
- Select the image file from your computer. It will upload directly to that field.
- 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 Managing Media guide for image size recommendations.
Creating a New Page
- Click My Website in the left menu (shown as Sites if you have more than one site), then the Pages tab.
- Click New Page.
- Enter a title, and choose whether to publish it immediately.
- Click Create - you will be taken straight into the full page editor to add your content, images, and SEO details.
- Click Save when you are done.
If you cannot see a New Page button, your account may not have permission to create pages. Contact your web team or super admin for assistance.
Ordering Content
Pages, and items within most homepage sections, can be reordered. If you see a drag handle icon (usually a small set of dots or lines) next to an item, you can click and drag it to change the order. Reordering saves automatically.
Understanding Published vs Draft
- Pages have a simple Published toggle - either live and visible to visitors, or unpublished and hidden.
- Blog posts have three statuses instead: Draft, Published, and Archived - see the Blog guide for details.
Deleting and Restoring a Page
If you delete a page by mistake, it is not gone immediately - it moves to a trash for a period of time before it is permanently removed.
- Click My Website → Pages.
- Use the Trashed filter above the table to view deleted pages.
- Click Restore on the page you want to bring back.
Viewing a Page's History
Each page keeps a log of recent changes. Open the page and click View History to see a list of what changed, when, and by whom - useful if you need to check what a field used to say before it was edited.
Building Your Navigation Menu
Your website's navigation menu (the links in your header) is managed separately from your sections and pages:
- Click My Website in the left menu, then the Navigation tab (under Site Structure, alongside Pages and Blog Posts).
- Click Generate from my sections to automatically build a menu from your enabled homepage sections and pages. This is the fastest way to get started.
- To fine-tune it afterwards, add, edit, reorder, or delete individual links. Each link can point to a section on your homepage, a specific page, your blog, or a custom URL.
- If your menu needs a dropdown, set a link's Parent item to nest it under another link.
Tip: If you make significant changes to your enabled sections later, you can click Regenerate from sections at any time to rebuild the menu from scratch - note that this replaces all existing navigation items.
