Instead of navigating through a large collection of disconnected settings, you work primarily with the website itself: select what you want to change, and StackLiberate shows the editing options that apply to it.
Broader website controls—such as pages, SEO settings, and site-wide styles—live in the sidebar.
The result is a simple editing model:
Navigate from the sidebar → select something on the website → use the controls that appear for it.
How editing works
Every StackLiberate website begins from a complete starting website with its own pages, sections, content, and supported editing options.
The editor adapts to that website.
This means the controls you see depend on what you have selected and what that part of the website supports. A heading, image, button, section, form, map, icon, or repeatable list does not need the same set of controls, so StackLiberate does not present them as if they did.
Unsupported actions are not presented as usable editing choices.
You spend most of your time working directly with the website, while the sidebar handles navigation and settings that apply more broadly.
Select what you want to change
Start by selecting the content or structure you want to edit.
Depending on what you select, StackLiberate can provide contextual controls for supported changes such as:
- editing and formatting text;
- replacing images;
- changing links and buttons;
- editing icons;
- adjusting supported colors and styles;
- working with forms and maps;
- editing repeatable content;
- moving or managing sections.
The controls stay focused on the thing you are working with.
You do not need to understand the structure underneath the editor to know which operations are valid. StackLiberate determines which editing options belong to the selected part of the website and exposes the relevant ones.
For detailed instructions, see Text & content (guide planned), Images & media (guide planned), and Links & buttons (guide planned).
Use contextual controls
Content editing and structural editing follow the same general idea: work where the change is happening.
Select text to edit the text. Select an image to work with the image. Select a section to access the structural controls available for that section.
For supported repeatable content—such as lists of services, testimonials, or team members—contextual controls can also provide the operations appropriate to those items, such as adding, duplicating, removing, or reordering them.
Sections can expose their own supported structural controls, including actions such as moving, hiding, removing, or adding compatible sections.
Different starting websites can offer different options. That is intentional. StackLiberate exposes editing choices that belong to the website you selected rather than forcing every website into one universal editing model.
Learn more about sections → (guide planned)
Learn about repeatable content → (guide planned)
Navigate pages and website settings
Use the expandable sidebar for controls that are broader than the content currently selected.
The Pages area lets you move between pages and manage supported page-level settings such as names, navigation information, URLs, and SEO information.
StackLiberate also includes the broader SEO controls needed to prepare the website for publishing, including the appropriate metadata and website imagery. The exact settings available at the page or website level are presented where they belong rather than mixed into content editing.
The sidebar is also where you access other website-level areas such as Site Styles.
This keeps two different kinds of work separate:
Contextual editing changes the content or structure you are looking at.
Sidebar settings manage the page or website more broadly.
Learn about pages and navigation → (guide planned)
Change site-wide styles
Use Site Styles when you want to make supported design changes across the website rather than editing one selected element.
Depending on the website and the available design controls, Site Styles can manage broader visual decisions such as colors, typography, and other supported design properties.
This is useful when adapting a starting website to a new brand. Instead of changing the same visual decision repeatedly in individual sections, site-wide controls allow the design system to change coherently where the website supports it.
Contextual controls still handle changes that belong specifically to the content or section you are editing.
Learn about Site Styles → (guide planned)
Edit global website elements
The header and footer belong to the website as a whole.
They are not independent copies that you edit separately on each page.
Changes to supported global elements—such as branding, navigation, or other header and footer content—are treated as website-wide changes so the shared structure stays consistent across pages.
This distinction matters on multipage websites: navigating to another page does not mean you are editing an unrelated copy of the global header or footer.
Learn about the header, logo, and navigation → (guide planned)
Switch between Edit and Preview
Use Edit mode when you want to select and change the website.
Use Preview when you want to experience the website without the editing controls getting in the way.
Preview is useful for checking the result of your work as a visitor would experience it—for example, navigating through the site, testing links, or reviewing interactive content—without accidentally selecting something for editing.
Preview does not publish the website. Publishing is a separate step.
Learn about Preview → (guide planned)
Undo, redo, and know when your work is saved
Undo and Redo let you move through recent editing actions while you work, including supported content and structural changes.
They are designed for immediate editing history and are different from saved website versions, which provide durable points you can return to later.
The editor also communicates the state of your work.
Before a website is activated, you may be working with a Local draft. For a licensed website, the editor communicates when changes are Saving, Saved, or when a save could not be completed.
Use Save for an eligible activated site and wait for its confirmed result. Local draft data, a pending request and a named saved version are different facts. Keep your browser data until the content is confirmed synced; do not assume a payment confirmation or closing the editor has saved your latest changes.
For the difference between local work, licensed saving, and durable versions, see How saving works (guide planned) and Versions (guide planned).
The editor follows the website
One of the most important things to understand about StackLiberate is that the editor is not identical for every starting website.
The website defines what can meaningfully be changed.
One section may support repeatable items. Another may expose image controls. A particular website may contain forms, maps, icons, or structural options that another does not need.
StackLiberate responds to those differences instead of displaying controls that do not apply.
That lets each starting website retain its intended structure while still giving you the tools needed to turn it into your own.
Where to go next
You do not need to learn every editing feature before beginning.
Start by selecting the content you want to change and use the contextual controls that appear. When you need more detail, continue with the guide for that part of the website:
Text & content (guide planned) for copy and formatting.
Images & media (guide planned) for imagery and branding.
Links & buttons (guide planned) for destinations and calls to action.
Sections (guide planned) for page structure.
Lists & repeatable content (guide planned) for repeated items.
Site Styles (guide planned) for broader visual changes.
Pages & navigation (guide planned) for page structure and navigation.
Undo & redo (guide planned) for recent editing history.
The editor is designed so you can begin with the website itself and learn the deeper controls only when you need them.