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Essential Concepts

Before building your first site, understand these four core concepts that will make you use Builderius with efficiency and better results.

Templates vs. Pages vs. Components​

Templates are reusable designs for multiple pages. Create one blog post template that automatically styles hundreds of blog posts. Templates save time and keep your site consistent. Template is always an entire page browser view.

Pages are individual, unique designs. Use direct page editing for one-off layouts like custom homepages or special landing pages that don't fit your template system.

Components are reusable parts within templates or pages - headers, footers, cards, buttons, or any element you want to use multiple times. Build once, use everywhere.

Example workflow:

  1. Create a homepage template (or edit homepage directly)
  2. Create a blog post template for all your articles
  3. Customize your reusable header/footer components
  4. Design individual pages only when they need unique layouts

Development and Publishing Workflow​

Here's the key difference: Builderius uses a staging workflow just like professional development.

Development branch: When you build in Builderius, you're working in a staging environment. Changes are only visible to logged-in admins - your live site remains unchanged. You can save stages of your development as releases, where they function as restore points, if you need them.

Publishing releases: When ready, you create and publish a release to make your changes live to all visitors.

Why this matters:

  • Build and test safely on live sites
  • No broken pages while you work
  • Control exactly when changes go live
  • Professional workflow for client work

Quick Start Workflow​

  1. Build - Create templates or edit pages in Builderius
  2. Preview - Test your work (only you can see it)
  3. Release - Package your changes into a release
  4. Publish - Make the release live for all visitors
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Without publishing a release, your beautiful work stays invisible to the public.

Next: Ready to create your first template? Let's build a homepage.