---
title: "Edit your site"
url: "https://mycommunitysync.com/edit-your-site"
community: "CommunitySync"
description: "A tour of the website editor — the left rail, the canvas, the settings panel — and the handful of things that work differently on a personal site."
updated: "2026-08-13T11:28:38.772+00:00"
---

# Edit your site

*My Website*

Click **Edit** on any of your sites to open the full-screen editor. It's the same
builder your community admins use, so anything you've been shown about the community
site applies here too.

## The layout

![The website editor](https://iaktsmonietvbikzietg.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/site-assets/kb/mw-editor.png "The editor: top bar, left icon rail, your page in the middle.")

- **Top bar** — which page you're on, the Draft/Live badge, device and zoom controls,
  preview links, and **Save** / **Publish** / **Go live**.
- **Left icon rail** — seven panels: **Add** (blocks), **Navigator**, **Pages**,
  **Nav & footer**, **Site settings**, **Assets**, **SEO**.
- **Canvas** in the middle — your real page, exactly as visitors will see it.
- **Inspector** on the right — appears **only when you select a section**. If you're
  hunting for a settings panel and can't find one, click a section first.

## Working with sections

![The Add block panel](https://iaktsmonietvbikzietg.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/site-assets/kb/mw-add-panel.png "Click Add (+) to open the block library, grouped by type.")

Every part of a page is a **block** you pick from a library of around forty.

- **Add one:** click **Add (+)**, then click a block to drop it in, or drag it onto
  the canvas — a blue line shows where it'll land.
- **Select one:** click it. The inspector opens with its settings.
- **Move one:** drag it, use the arrows on its floating toolbar, or press **↑ / ↓**.
- **Delete one:** press **Delete**, or use the toolbar bin. You'll be asked to confirm,
  and **there's no undo**.

New blocks arrive with obvious placeholder text like "Example heading" — that's on
purpose, so you can see what to replace.

## Things that only run on the real page

Slideshows, carousels, tabs, listing searches and contact forms show a **still first
frame** on the canvas. They're not broken — they only come alive on the published page
or in preview. Always check anything moving or interactive via the **eye icon**
preview rather than judging it from the canvas.

## What's different on a personal site

Almost nothing, but three things are worth knowing:

- The **Listings** block has an extra choice — show **your own** listings or your
  community's whole inventory. See [Show your listings](show-your-listings).
- **Save as template** isn't available; that's a community-admin tool.
- A few controls in the editor were built for community admins and won't work for you:
  the **Re-host all external** button in **Assets** will just say "Unauthorized", and
  the logo control in **Nav & footer** links to a Branding page you can't open. Upload
  images directly instead, and leave branding to your community.

## Saving vs publishing

**Save** keeps your work privately. **Publish** makes the current page public — and it
really is only the current page. The full explanation is in
[Publish your site](publish-your-site); it's the single most common source of "but I
saved it" confusion.

## Check it on a phone

Use the **device buttons** in the top bar to see desktop, tablet and phone widths.
Plenty of your visitors will arrive on a phone, and a hero image that looks great wide
can crop badly narrow.

The editor itself is built for a desktop screen — build on a laptop, not a phone.

### My Website

- [Your site and your community's brand](https://mycommunitysync.com/your-site-and-your-brand.md)
- [Your personal website — what it is and how it works](https://mycommunitysync.com/my-website-overview.md)
- [Claim your web address](https://mycommunitysync.com/claim-your-web-address.md)
- [Create your site from a starter](https://mycommunitysync.com/create-your-site-from-a-starter.md)
- [Publish your site (and the two different Publish buttons)](https://mycommunitysync.com/publish-your-site.md)
- [Manage your three sites](https://mycommunitysync.com/manage-your-three-sites.md)
- [Show your listings on your site](https://mycommunitysync.com/show-your-listings.md)
- [Where enquiries from your site go](https://mycommunitysync.com/where-your-leads-go.md)
- [Why isn't my site showing?](https://mycommunitysync.com/my-website-troubleshooting.md)