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In Automad, changes made to content fields — such as blocks or settings — are saved automatically. These changes are stored as drafts. Signed-in users can see and edit drafts at any time, while public visitors only see content that has been published. This makes it easy to work on content over a longer period without exposing unfinished pages to your visitors.

Pages are the building blocks of every Automad site. They are organized in a tree that defines the structure and the URLs of your site. This guide explains how to add pages, configure their settings, move them around and restore them after deleting.

Global Defaults

One of Automad’s core ideas is the concept of global defaults. Many fields can be set either globally or individually for each page. When a page is displayed, Automad first checks the page itself for a value. If nothing is set there, it falls back to the global data.

Blocks are small, self-contained pieces of content such as text paragraphs, headings, galleries, slideshows, and more. You can also add dynamic content like Pagelists, Filelists, or custom snippets. The block editor offers an intuitive editing experience and lets users freely compose a page from multiple blocks.

Layouts in Automad are created using the Layout Section block. They can be added anywhere on a page and can contain other Layout Sections, allowing you to create complex, nested designs. Sections can also be set to stretch to the full width of the content area or page. Watch the short videos on this page to see these features in action.

Components in Automad are reusable groups of blocks that let you create consistent sections across your site without having to rebuild them each time. They are ideal for content that appears on multiple pages, such as call-to-action cards, card grids, address blocks, or repeated project and product cards. Since a component is edited in one central place, every change automatically shows up wherever the component is used.

Images play an essential role on the web and in any digital presence. Automad provides responsive images, image galleries, and slideshows as blocks that can be added to any block editor field. These blocks make it easy to display individual images with custom focal points and responsive aspect ratios, as well as manage and present image collections in versatile ways — from structured galleries to responsive slideshows.

Every page can have its own files, such as images, documents or downloads. Files that are used across the whole site, such as a logo or favicons, belong to Global Data and Files instead. Both places offer the same tools for uploading and managing files.

Pagelists & Tags

A pagelist is essentially a curated selection of pages that are rendered using a shared template. Each page in the selection is iterated and displayed in a consistent way, which makes pagelists suitable for many common use cases. They can power a simple navigation, but they work just as well for more visual layouts, such as a portfolio grid or blog where each entry shows a preview, title, or other page-specific information.

Multilingual Sites

In case your visitors are spread across different countries and you need to provide your content in several languages, Automad's built-in language routing lets you serve each visitor the content that matches their language. Follow the steps on this page to turn your site into a multilingual website.

Page Versioning

Automad automatically maintains a page history by creating snapshots of your page settings and text content as you edit. To restore a previous version, open the More dropdown menu in the top right of the page settings and select Restore a previous version.

Parses Markdown-formatted text and returns the generated HTML markup. Note that Automad also supports the slightly extended Markdown flavor called Markdown Extra, which includes additional features such as Markdown inside HTML tags, better tables, definition lists, and special attributes for more expressive document formatting.