Most people build their page on a phone, so the editor is built to work there. Nothing is desktop only. This article covers the parts that work differently on a small screen.
The editor on a phone is two layers. Your live page fills the screen behind, at the full width of the device rather than inside a little phone frame. The editor itself rides over it in a sheet you can slide up and down. You are always looking at the real thing while you change it.
Getting around
The bar across the top of the editor names the section you are in. Tap the menu icon or that name to slide out the navigation, which is the same list you get from the sidebar on a computer: Home, Design, Analytics, Audience, Settings, and the rest. Tap anywhere outside the panel to close it again.
The search button on the right of that bar opens the same search you get with Command K on a desktop. It finds settings, sections, and your own blocks by name, which is usually faster than navigating to them.
The editor sheet
The grey bar at the top of the sheet is a handle, and it sets how much of the screen the editor takes:
- Drag it up or down to size the sheet anywhere you like. A quick flick carries it to the next position.
- Tap it to cycle through the four positions: tucked away, a small peek, half the screen, and nearly full.
The sheet opens at half the screen, which leaves room to see what you are editing and room to type. It returns to half every time you open a block, so a new block's first fields and the block itself are both in view.
Nothing is lost when you move the sheet. An open block, a half-typed field, an unsaved change: sliding the sheet only changes how much of it you can see.
Tap a block in the preview to edit it
The page behind the sheet is not a picture. Tap any block in it and that block's editor opens in the sheet. It is the quickest way in: you see the thing you want to change, you tap it, you change it.
The block's editor gets its own Save, delete, and close buttons along the top of the sheet, which stay put while the fields scroll underneath.
Two details worth knowing:
- Taps in the page mean edit, not open. Tapping a button block will not follow its link or open its lightbox.
- Tapping the empty background does nothing on purpose. The page is something you watch while you type, and dismissing your work with a stray thumb would be far too easy.
Switching between blocks
With an editor already open, tapping a different block switches straight to it. Tapping the block you are already editing does nothing, since there is nowhere to switch to.
If you have unsaved changes, you will get the usual prompt asking whether you want to close. Cancel it and you stay exactly where you were, with your edit intact.
Your header and social icons
Your profile photo, display name, and bio are not blocks, so they open a little differently. Tap the header area at the top of your page and the editor scrolls down to the Header section, opens it, and highlights it. Tap your row of social icons and you get the Socials section the same way.
Getting the editor out of the way
To look at your page with nothing on top of it, tuck the sheet down to its handle. Drag it to the bottom of the screen, or tap the handle until it gets there. Your page then fills the screen exactly as a visitor sees it.
Tap anywhere to bring the sheet back where it was. While the sheet is tucked away that tap does nothing else, so you will not open a block or follow a link by accident.
To try your links out for real, open your page itself. The quickest route is the preview on your dashboard, below.
The preview on your dashboard
Your dashboard leads with a Your page card showing the top of your page. Tap it, or the Tap to preview label on it, and your page opens in a full-height sheet that you can scroll and tap through the way a visitor would.
The card also carries Share and Edit buttons, and the pencil beside the address takes you to the same place: your blocks, ready to edit.
Adding photos
Image fields accept photos straight from your camera roll, including the HEIC files an iPhone takes by default. WebP and AVIF work too. Liinks converts anything that needs converting before it uploads, so there is nothing to do on your side beyond picking the photo.
To replace or clear a photo you have already added, tap the remove button in the corner of the image. On a touch screen it stays visible rather than waiting for a hover that will never come.