Site Builder Sections

Sections are the foundation of your Thinkific site; for any content to exist on your page, you'll be placing it within a section. This article covers what each Site Builder section looks like and a short description of each.

About This Feature

You can add, rearrange, and delete Sections to create a beautiful custom layout that contains as much or as little information as you'd like. Smart sections are automatically updated so your students will always see the most up-to-date information about your course. If you're looking for help on how to build your landing pages with Site Builder, please refer to this article.

Each section will vary in style depending on which theme you've chosen. Let's go through some examples of sections below. Click on the section name to get a more detailed article!

Product and Selling Sections

Additional products: Display individually selected course and bundle cards in a horizontal strip (Theme: Vision / Style: Thrive)

Additional products

Upsells: Display a list of individually selected courses or bundles with a CTA button that links straight to checkout (Theme: Empire / Style: Halo)

Upsells

All categories [smart section]: Display category cards that, when clicked, lead the user to a list of courses and bundles in that category (Theme: Vogue / Style: Parker)

All categories [smart section]

Categories: Display individually selected category cards that, when clicked, lead the user to a list of courses and bundles in that category (Theme: Empire / Style: Jet)

Customizable Content Sections

Banner: Add a single image, headings, and optional CTA blocks (Theme: Vogue / Style: Manhattan)

banner

Text (with CTA): Add headings with text and a CTA button that links to an external URL or a Thinkific-hosted page (Theme: Vision / Style: Tempo)

Text (with CTA)

Icons & text: Use a simple text editor to add short descriptions alongside icons in a horizontal strip (Theme: Empire / Style: Halo)

icon and text

Image & text (with CTA): Add an image on one side with text and a CTA button on the other (Theme: Empire / Style: Jet)

Image & text (with CTA)

Image Gallery: Add a gallery of images in a horizontal strip (Theme: Vision / Style: Thrive)

Image Gallery

Video: Add an externally hosted video or a video from your video library with headings (Theme: Vogue / Style: Parker) video

Lead Capture: Add an email capture field as you prepare for launch. This section is available on the Home page, Course and Bundle pages, Custom pages and Coming soon page. Read more about managing leads.

Formatted Content Sections

Bonus material: Add short descriptions of bonus material offered (Theme: Vogue / Style: Classic)

Bonus material

Checklist: Add short text alongside icons to create a list. (Theme: Empire / Style: Spark)

checklist

Countdown timer: Customize a live timer that counts down to a configurable date and time (Theme: Empire / Style:Edge)

countdown timer

The Countdown timer settings are in UTC (Coordinated Universal Time). Check out Time Zone Converter to compare UTC to your current timezone!

Instructor(s): Add one or more instructor bios (Theme: Vision / Style: Focus)

instructor

Frequently asked questions (FAQ): Add a list of common questions and answers (Theme: Vision / Style: Tempo)

FAQ

Call to action: Add a background image, heading, and/or button to link to any external URL or a Thinkific-hosted page (Theme: Vision / Style: Tempo)

call to action

Curriculum [smart section]: Display the curriculum of your course, pulled directly from the course builder (Theme: Vision / Style: Focus)

curriculum

Text & Media: Make use of this versatile section to add download files, links, and videos. You can even use the Code View in this section to Embed the Soundcloud Player, customize text to your liking and provide any custom code to this section you would like.

You can also add tables, chose fonts, change text colours, use headings and bullets, and make use of many other customization options.

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