Add and customize the vertically-stacked content sections that create the structure of each page.

You'll build your site's pages and footers with customizable sections stacked vertically. You can add, delete, and move sections to arrange your content. In this guide, you'll learn about what you can do with page sections and how to use them to create unique page layouts.

For help creating a new page to add sections to, visit Adding pages to your navigation.

Tip: This guide is for version 7.1. For a similar effect in version 7.0, use a stacked index.

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Add and edit sections

When you add a new page, it starts with at least one pre-built section, unless it's a blank page. You can also add more sections to an existing page. How you add and edit sections depends on if you're editing on a computer or in the Squarespace app.

There's no limit to the number of sections you can add, but we recommend adding no more than 20 sections to a single page, as pages with lots of content take longer to load. To learn more, visit My site is loading slowly.

Add content to sections

How you add and style content depends on the section. There are three types:

• Block sections - Customize a layout with blocks.
• Auto layout sections - Add sets of content and arrange them automatically into lists or galleries.
• Collection page sections - Display collection items. For example, blog pages have a collection section that displays blog posts.

You can add block and auto layout sections to any page. Collection page sections are unique to their pages.

Block sections

Blocks are features you can use to add content to your site, like text, images, buttons, and forms. To add and style content in block sections:

• Add or move blocks to customize the layout.
• To add content to a block, double-click it.
• To delete a block, click it, then click the trash can icon. After saving, blocks can't be restored.
• To change the section styles, click Edit Section.

Generally, most sections on your site will be block sections. Block sections use one of two editing experiences: Fluid Engine or classic editor.

Fluid Engine

Fluid Engine is Squarespace's latest content editing experience. When you add a new blank section or a block section with a pre-built layout, it uses Fluid Engine. If you're not sure if a section uses Fluid Engine, check the top-right corner while editing for an Add Block button.

In Fluid Engine, you'll arrange and resize blocks by clicking and dragging on a flexible grid. Blocks can overlap one another to create unique layouts.

Classic Editor

If you added block sections before the release of Fluid Engine, they use our classic editor, which is also used in other areas of your site, such as blog posts. If you're not sure if a section uses the classic editor, hover over blocks on the page to check for + icons above or below each block. These are insert points.

To add a new block section with the classic editor:

1. Click Edit on the page, then click Add Section.
2. Scroll down to the bottom of the list of section types.
3. Click Add Blank [Classic Editor].

To upgrade a classic editor block section to Fluid Engine, click Upgrade. To learn more, visit Fluid Engine, Squarespace's latest content editing experience.

Auto layout sections

Use auto layouts to add sets of content, like images and text, in visually striking layouts that update automatically when you add more content. These sections display an i badge in the section picker.

To learn more, visit Auto layouts.

Gallery sections

Gallery sections are a type of auto layout good for showcasing images without a lot of text. To learn more, visit Gallery sections.

Collection page sections

Use collection pages to display a collection of items, like blog posts or events. Blog, events, portfolio, and store pages are all collection pages. To learn more, visit Collection page sections.

Footer sections

Create your footer using block sections. Hover over the footer, and click Edit footer to add and edit its sections. You can add blank block sections or footer-style sections with pre-built block layouts. It's not possible to add other section types to your footer.

To learn more, visit Editing footers.

Try out new layouts

If your section uses Fluid Engine, you can try out new layouts automatically with the layout switcher. While editing a page, hover over the section and click the View Layouts button.

Click the preview of the layout you want to try and the content of your section will automatically rearrange, then click Save to keep the new layout. If you want to revert to your original layout, click undo.

Keep in mind, this option is only available on Fluid Engine sections. Depending on the blocks you've added, the View Layouts button may be grayed out, meaning there aren't any layout suggestions for that section.

Change section styles

You can make sections follow your site-wide styles in the site styles panel, or you can edit an individual section's layout, background, and color to give your pages more variety or contrast.

To style individual sections, click Edit on the page, hover over the section, and click Edit Section or the pencil icon. Block sections include three tabs: Design, Background, and Color. The Design tab options will vary depending on if the section is using our Classic Editor or Fluid Engine.

Design (Classic Editor)

In the Design tab of the Classic Editor, you can change these details:

• Content Alignment - How the content aligns with the section borders, along the top, along the bottom, or equidistant from the top and bottom.
• Content Width - How much of the section's width your content spans.
• Section Height - How tall the section appears on the page. Sections with more content may display at a taller height than your setting. This also affects the amount of padding above and below your section's content.
• Styling - How the section's bottom border appears. Switch the Divider toggle on to add a unique section divider. 

Design (Fluid Engine)

For a list of Fluid Engine section styling options, visit Editing your site with Fluid Engine.

Background

In the Background tab, you can add a background image, video, or art. Background content can appear at full-bleed or inset from the edges of the section. To learn more about your options, visit the following guides:

• Section background images and effects
• Adding background videos
• Section background art

Color

In the Color tab, you can select and customize a color theme for the section. Keep in mind, any changes made to a color theme will affect all sections of your site that use that theme. To learn more, visit Changing colors.

Other sections

To learn more about styling options for auto layout sections and collection page sections, visit these guides:

• Auto layouts
• Gallery sections
• Blogging with Squarespace
• Events pages
• Fluid Engine, Squarespace's latest content editing experience
• Portfolio pages
• Store sections

Section dividers

In the Format tab of section styles, switch on the Divider toggle to add a border to the bottom of your section. You can add dividers to block sections, auto layouts, and gallery sections.

To customize your section divider:

• Shape - Click the Shuffle icon to randomize the settings, or click the Settings icon to select a shape and change the settings manually.
• Stroke - Select a solid line border, dotted line border, or no border for your divider.
• Color - Select a color from your site-wide palette for the border's line.
• Thickness - Set the thickness of the border using the small, medium, or large options. Click the ... to manually change the divider's thickness.

After creating your site's first section divider, the settings for that divider apply to dividers you create later. If you want your section dividers to differ, customize each one using the settings listed above.

Sections without dividers

If your page includes a section that doesn't support section dividers, such as a blog, events, portfolio, or videos section, you can replicate the look of a section divider with a blank block section:

1. Click Edit on the page with the section that doesn't support section dividers.
2. Hover over Add Section below that section.
3. Click Add a blank section.
4. Hover over the blank section and click Edit Section.
5. Set the Height to small and switch on the Divider toggle.
6. Style the divider as you want. Don't add any blocks to this section.

Keep in mind, this section divider won't interact with the section above in exactly the same way as built-in section dividers. For example, if the unsupported section has a background image, the divider appears below the image rather than bordering it directly.

Save sections

When you create a page section layout you want to reuse, you can add it to your saved sections. Saving a section creates a "snapshot" of the layout that you can add whenever you want. This is great for websites where you need to reuse a particular layout on multiple pages.

To save a section, click Edit on a page, then hover over the section and click the heart icon. 

Use a saved section

To use a saved section:

1. Click Edit on a page, then click Add Section.
2. Click Saved Sections.
3. Select the saved section you want to add.
4. Make any changes to the layout.

Remove a saved section

To remove a section from your saved sections:

1. Click Edit on a page, then click Add Section.
2. Click Saved Sections. 
3. Check the box in the top-left corner of one or more sections.
4. Click Remove. It's not possible to undo this.

Saved sections on an Enterprise plan

Team administrators on an Enterprise plan can also save sections to the Enterprise library. These sections can be used by team members on any website owned by the organization. 

To save a section to the Enterprise library:

1. Click Edit on a page, then hover over the section and click the heart icon.
2. Select Enterprise library. 
3. Enter a name for the section, then click Save.   

You can access the Enterprise library when adding a section to your page. 

1. Click Edit on a page, then click Add Section. 
2. Click Enterprise sections. 
3. Select a saved Enterprise section to add to the page. Team administrators can also rename a saved section, search, or remove existing Enterprise sections from the library.

Keep in mind:

• You can have up to 50 saved sections on your site.
• Saved sections aren't linked to the original section. Updating the original section won't update the saved version or anywhere else you've added it.
• Saved sections preserve content and design elements. Some settings, like storage connections in form and newsletter blocks, won't be carried over from the original section. Set up all form and newsletter storage on saved sections manually.
• It's not possible to save collection page sections or footer sections, and it's not possible to add saved sections to your footer.

Move content between sections

To move content:

• Classic editor block sections - Drag blocks to move them from one block section to another on the same page. It's not possible to move blocks between Fluid Engine block sections.
• Auto layout sections - Reuse a list or gallery image to add it to different list or gallery section.
• Collection sections - Move blog posts, events, and products from one collection to another of the same type. It's not currently possible to move portfolio projects.