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CMS

Last updated 2 November 2026

What it is for

The CMS holds the parts your website is built from: pages, layouts, partials, collections, web files, emails, SMS messages and globals.

Open CMS in the main menu. It lists Explorer, Partials, Pages, Layouts, Collections, Web Files, Emails, SMS and Globals.

What you can do

  • Create and edit pages, layouts and partials
  • Browse every file with the Explorer
  • Set up email and SMS messages
  • Store site-wide values in Globals

How it fits together

A page sets its address and picks a layout, and the layout wraps every page that uses it with the shared header, footer and styles. Partials are reusable pieces that pages and layouts include. Collections hold repeating content, such as blog posts, that pages list. Emails and SMS messages are the templates your forms and other modules send. Developers can work on the same files with the Insites CLI or an AI tool, and the CMS shows the result.

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