{"id":15625,"date":"2018-09-18T16:29:52","date_gmt":"2018-09-18T20:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/?p=15625"},"modified":"2020-10-09T16:34:29","modified_gmt":"2020-10-09T20:34:29","slug":"sections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/page-builder\/sections\/","title":{"rendered":"Working with Sections"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15515\" src=\"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/boldgrid-ppb-horizontal-image.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"72\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/boldgrid-ppb-horizontal-image.png 800w, https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/boldgrid-ppb-horizontal-image-300x27.png 300w, https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/boldgrid-ppb-horizontal-image-768x69.png 768w, https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/boldgrid-ppb-horizontal-image-250x23.png 250w, https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/boldgrid-ppb-horizontal-image-550x50.png 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The BoldGrid Post and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/wordpress-page-builder-by-boldgrid\/\">Page builder<\/a> uses the Bootstrap grid system to create Sections, Rows, and Columns for you to control your website content. This article will discuss the controls specific to&nbsp;<b>Sections<\/b>. For more information on how the Post and Page Builder works overall, you can read about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/page-builder\/using-page-builder\/\">how to use the Post and Page Builder<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"how-to-use-sections-in-the-post-and-page-builder\">How to Use Sections in the Post and Page Builder<\/h2>\n<p>The largest containers in the Bootstrap hierarchy are <b>Sections<\/b>, and each section can contain one or more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/page-builder\/rows\/\">rows<\/a>. BoldGrid makes it easy to use this grid system by adding extra controls that appear on hover, called <b>Drag Handles<\/b> or <b>Popovers<\/b>. Once you click into the section you want to work with, these popovers will appear.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"sections--rows--columns--elements\"><strong>Sections<\/strong> &gt; Rows &gt; Columns &gt; Elements<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ppb-edit-section-e1602187360591.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28041 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ppb-edit-section-e1602187360591.png\" alt=\"Section controls in the Post and Page Builder\" width=\"241\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ppb-edit-section-e1602187360591.png 241w, https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ppb-edit-section-e1602187360591-230x300.png 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"heading-font branded\" style=\"text-transform: none; font-size: 22px;\">Sections are the outermost area.<\/p>\n<p>To access options that affect the entire section, click the <span style=\"background-color: #000; color: #fff;\"><b>&nbsp;Black&nbsp;<\/b><\/span> popover found at the bottom of the section. <\/p>\n<p>The <b>Magnifying Glass<\/b> icon on the left takes you to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/page-builder\/saving-blocks\/\">Add Block<\/a> screen where you can rearrange the sections on the page by dragging and dropping. You can also add new Blocks to your page from here.<\/p>\n<p>The right <b>Hamburger Menu<\/b> icon brings up a menu that allows you to perform tasks related specifically to that section, as discussed below.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<table style=\"margin-top: 20px; width: 70%; border: 1px solid black; border-spacing: 5px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"border: 1px solid black;\">\n<th style=\"width: 35%; padding: 2px 2px 2px 5px; border: 1px solid black;\">Clone<\/th>\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 2px 2px 5px;\">Creates a duplicate of the existing section.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 1px solid black;\">\n<th style=\"padding: 2px 2px 2px 5px; border: 1px solid black;\">Delete<\/th>\n<td style=\"padding: 2px 2px 2px 5px;\">Removes the entire section and all its content.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 1px solid black;\">\n<th style=\"padding: 2px 2px 2px 5px; border: 1px solid black;\">Section Width<\/th>\n<td style=\"padding: 2px 2px 2px 5px;\">Choose between a fixed container or full-width so the content touches the sides of the screen.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 1px solid black;\">\n<th style=\"padding: 2px 2px 2px 5px; border: 1px solid black;\">Move Up<\/th>\n<td style=\"padding: 2px 2px 2px 5px;\">Swaps the section with the one above it.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 1px solid black;\">\n<th style=\"padding: 2px 2px 2px 5px; border: 1px solid black;\">Move Down<\/th>\n<td style=\"padding: 2px 2px 2px 5px;\">Swaps the section with the one below it.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 1px solid black;\">\n<th style=\"padding: 2px 2px 2px 5px; border: 1px solid black;\">Add New<\/th>\n<td style=\"padding: 2px 2px 2px 5px;\">Hovering here will give you two options &ndash; add a new row to the current section, or add an entirely new section.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 1px solid black;\">\n<th style=\"padding: 2px 2px 2px 5px; border: 1px solid black;\">Save Block<\/th>\n<td style=\"padding: 2px 2px 2px 5px;\">Saves the section as a Block in your <a href=\"\/support\/page-builder\/block-library\/\">Block Library<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 1px solid black;\">\n<th style=\"padding: 2px 2px 2px 5px; border: 1px solid black;\">Change Background<\/th>\n<td style=\"padding: 2px 2px 2px 5px;\">Brings up the background panel to use a color, image, or pattern.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 1px solid black;\">\n<th style=\"padding: 2px 2px 2px 5px; border: 1px solid black;\">Advanced Control<\/th>\n<td style=\"padding: 2px 2px 2px 5px;\">Adjust padding, margin, border, animation, and more.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"branded heading-font\" style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Congratulations!<\/span><br>\nNow that you have a better understanding of how to work with Sections on your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/\">WordPress website<\/a>, you may want to learn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/page-builder\/rows\/\">how to work with Rows<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The BoldGrid Post and Page builder uses the Bootstrap grid system to create Sections, Rows, and Columns for you to control your website content. 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