Edit your website like you mean it

A website rarely goes out of date all at once. It happens one small change at a time: new hours, a sold-out product, a season that ended in March but still headlines the home page. The film above shows the editing side quickly. This guide is about the habits that keep a site current.

Edit on the page, not in a form

The fastest edits happen where the content is. In Aglyn, double-click any text on the page to change it in place. If a sentence needs another try, Rewrite with AI offers a new version to edit.

You don't have to find the page in a menu first. When you're signed in and browsing your live site, an admin bar runs across the top of each page and opens it in the editor in one click. Visitors never see it.

One habit worth keeping: saving isn't publishing. You can save a half-finished change, come back later, and publish only when it's ready.

Rearrange sections as priorities change

The order of sections on a page is a statement about what matters most. It should change when your business does.

• Launching a seasonal menu? Move it to the top of the home page for the season, then move it back.
• Bookings slower than usual? Move customer reviews just above the booking section and let them do the persuading.
• Most questions about the same thing? Move the FAQ higher.

Drag a section to move it and the page reflows around it. Every drag is a single step you can undo with ⌘Z or Ctrl+Z, so trying a new order costs nothing.

Check every screen size

Most visitors to a small business site arrive on a phone, and a page that looks balanced on a laptop can turn into a long scroll on a small screen.

Switch the device preview through each size, from XS - Mobile up to LG - Desktop, and look for:

• A headline that wraps into four lines on a phone.
• Buttons too close together to tap accurately.
• Images cropped so the important part is gone.
• Content that only matters on desktop, such as a wide comparison table.

You don't maintain a separate mobile site. A style change made at one size applies from that size up, and any element can be hidden on mobile, tablet or desktop alone when it doesn't belong there.

Build once with reusable components

Some blocks repeat across a site: a "Book now" band, your hours and address, a product card, a newsletter signup. Copying them by hand works until the day you change one and forget the other four.

Select the block and choose Save as reusable component. From then on, every place that uses it shows the same component. Edit it once and every copy follows. Reusable components are included on paid plans.

The same idea applies to styling. Choose your theme's named text styles and colors rather than typing sizes by hand. Then a brand change, such as a slightly larger body text, moves every page that uses that style. The header, navigation and footer live in a shared layout, so a new menu item shows up on every page at once.

Save versions before big changes

Before you redesign a page, save a named version of it, something like "Before spring redesign." Viewing an old version never changes the live site. Publishing an older version is how you roll back, and it destroys nothing, so you can roll forward again the same way.

On the Business plan you can also schedule a version to publish at a set time, which suits a sale or a holiday menu that starts on a specific day. Named versions are available from the Pro plan.

A short weekly routine

A small business site stays fresh with a short, regular check rather than a big redesign every few years. Pick a time each week and work through this:

1. Read the Traffic card. Look at your top page, your top referrer and the split between mobile and desktop. If your top page isn't the one you expected, that page deserves your attention first.
2. Walk the live site on your phone. Fix anything wrong from the admin bar as you go.
3. Update what changed. Hours, prices, services, sold-out products and staff.
4. Check the top of the home page. Does it still describe what you most want to sell or book this month?
5. Run the SEO check. Under Setup → SEO, it flags missing or duplicate search titles and descriptions, images without descriptions and pages nothing links to. Fix one finding a week.
6. Save a version before anything larger than a text edit.

Once a month, add one more pass. Replace a stock photo with a real one, and reread each page's search title and description against what the page now says.

FAQ

Do I need a separate mobile version of my site?

No. The same page adapts to every screen size. You preview each size in the editor and adjust or hide elements where needed.

What if I break something?

Undo reverses the last step. For bigger changes, publish a saved earlier version to put the page back, and nothing is lost.

Will my edits go live immediately?

No. Saving keeps your work, and publishing is what changes the live site.

Can more than one person edit the site?

Yes. People can be given an editing role on a site, such as Admin, Editor or Author. Read more about the website editor, site analytics, sites for a small business or an online store, and pricing.