Content Includes allow you to create a piece of content once and re-use it in multiple places throughout your website. If you need to make a change to the content, you only have to do it in one place for it to show up in every instance of the Content Include across your site.

Step-by-Step

Create a Content Include

  1. Add a new Content Include using the side or top menu.
  2. Add a title to the Add Title field.
  3. Add content to the content area.
  4. Click Publish.

Edit a Content Include

  1. Navigate to All Content Includes using the side menu.
  2. Open your Content Include.
  3. Make your edits.
  4. Click Update.
  5. These edits will appear in every instance of the Content Include on your website.

Add a Content Include to a Page

  1. Add or edit the page to which you would like to add a Content Include.
  2. Click Add Post Element located above the Content Editor.
  3. Click the Content Include icon.
  4. Type the title of your Content Include into the drop down menu and select it.
  5. Click Insert Element.
  6. Publish or Update the page.

Video Tutorial

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Try It Out!

To test your knowledge, create a Content Include and add it to a page.

  1. Create a new content include and add some content, including an image and a link.
  2. Add your content include to your test page.
  3. Save your test page.

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