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Building blocks

Building blocks let you design your website quickly by dragging and dropping them onto your web pages. Four types of building blocks are available depending on their use: {doc}Structure <building_blocks/structure>, {doc}Features <building_blocks/features>, {doc}Dynamic Content <building_blocks/dynamic_content>, and {doc}Inner Content <building_blocks/inner_content>.

:::{seealso} Odoo Tutorial: Design your first webpage :::

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Adding a building block

To add a building block to your website page, click {guilabel}Edit, select the desired building block, and drag and drop it to your page. You can add as many blocks as needed.

To edit the content of a building block, click on it and go to the {guilabel}Customize tab, where available features depend on the block you selected.

Color preset and background

You can customize and apply color presets to building blocks. To proceed, select a building block, go to the {guilabel}Customize tab, click the {guilabel}Background button, and select a {guilabel}Preset.

When you modify a color preset, all elements using it are automatically updated to match the new configuration.

:::{seealso} {doc}Website themes <themes> :::

Layout: grid and columns

You can choose between two layout styles for most building blocks: {ref}grid <building_blocks/grid> or {ref}columns (cols) <building_blocks/cols>. To change the default layout, go to the {guilabel}Customize tab. Under the {guilabel}Banner section, select {guilabel}Grid or {guilabel}Cols as the {guilabel}Layout.

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Grid

The {guilabel}Grid layout allows you to reposition and resize elements, such as images or text, by dragging and dropping them.

:alt: When the grid layout is selected, choose an image and drag and drop it where
:  needed.

:::{tip} Position images behind the text by using the above/below icons.

:alt: Positioning an image behind text

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Cols

Choosing the {guilabel}Cols layout allows you to determine the number of elements per line within the block. To do so, select the block to modify, click the {guilabel}Cols {guilabel}Layout, and adjust the number.

By default, on mobile devices, one element is visible per line to ensure that content remains easily readable and accessible on smaller screens. To adjust the value, click the {icon}fa-mobile ({guilabel}mobile icon) at the top of the website editor and adapt the number of columns.

:alt: Adjust the number of images per line on mobile view.

Duplicating a building block

You can duplicate a building block by clicking on the duplicate icon. Once duplicated, the new block appears on your website beneath the original one.

:alt: Duplicating a building block

Reordering a building block

To reorder a building block, select it and click the up arrow to move it before the previous block or click the down arrow to move it after.

You can also use the drag-and-drop icon to move a block manually.

:alt: Reordering building blocks

Saving a custom building block

You can save a customized building block and reuse it elsewhere. To do so, select it, navigate to the {guilabel}Customize tab, and click the {icon}fa-floppy-o ({guilabel}floppy disk) icon to save it.

:alt: Saving a building block

Saved building blocks are available in the {guilabel}Custom section of the {guilabel}Blocks tab. Click the {icon}fa-pencil ({guilabel}pen) icon to edit their name.

:alt: Custom section with saved building blocks

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Visibility

Visibility on desktop/mobile

You can hide specific elements depending on the visitor's device. To do so, select the element to hide, and in the {guilabel}Customize tab, scroll down to {guilabel}Visibility, and click the {guilabel}Show/Hide on Mobile or the {guilabel}Show/Hide on Desktop icon.

:alt: Click the "show/hide on mobile" icons to show or hide some elements on mobile.

:::{tip} Click the {icon}fa-mobile ({guilabel}mobile) icon at the top of the configurator to preview how your website would look on a mobile device.

:alt: Mobile phone preview icon

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Conditional visibility

You can also hide or show building blocks using other conditions. To do so, select an element, go to {guilabel}Visibility, click {guilabel}No condition, and select {guilabel}Conditionally instead. Then, configure the condition(s) to apply by selecting {guilabel}Visible for or {guilabel}Hidden for and which {guilabel}Records will be impacted.

:::{seealso} {doc}Link Tracker <../reporting/link_tracker> :::

Invisible elements

Depending on the visibility settings, some elements can become hidden from your current view. To make a building block visible again, go to the {guilabel}Invisible Elements section at the bottom of the configurator and select a building block.

Mobile view customization

You can customize building block elements for the mobile view without impacting the desktop view. To do so, open the website editor, click the {icon}fa-mobile ({guilabel}mobile) icon at the top, and select the building block element. Then, you can:

• reorder the elements by clicking the {icon}fa-angle-left {icon}fa-angle-right ({guilabel}left/right arrow) icons;
• edit the {ref}Cols <building_blocks/cols> and {ref}Visibility <building_blocks/visibility> features in the {guilabel}Customize tab of the website editor.

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building_blocks/structure
building_blocks/features
building_blocks/dynamic_content
building_blocks/inner_content