{"id":9559,"date":"2023-06-27T13:19:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T12:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=9559"},"modified":"2025-09-22T12:09:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T11:09:55","password":"","slug":"14-what-are-elements","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/website-and-finder\/pages\/14-what-are-elements\/","title":{"rendered":"What are elements?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Elements are very flexible building blocks that you can use in many places on your ChurchTools Website, for example wherever you can add page content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each element has a <strong>specific function<\/strong>. There are elements to&#8230; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>insert images,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>add groups or<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>insert a button.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Elements can be inserted <strong>using text editors<\/strong>, but they can also be the <strong>only page content<\/strong>. For example, the portal page has no text content at all, but is composed only of elements. Likewise, elements appear in the <strong>sidebar<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can control how long an element is <strong>visible<\/strong> for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An <strong>overview<\/strong> of all elements and where you can use them can be found in the articles linked below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group ct-artikel-zum-weiterlesen has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-89fd719a wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:8px;background-color:#f9fafb;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:24px;padding-top:32px;padding-right:24px;padding-bottom:32px;padding-left:24px\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Read more<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/website-and-finder\/pages\/14-which-different-elements-are-available\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"9565\">Which different elements are available?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/website-and-finder\/seitenleiste-website\/14-what-is-the-sidebar-and-how-to-customize-it\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"9564\">What is the sidebar and how to customise it?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/website-and-finder\/pages\/14-how-to-create-and-edit-a-page\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"9543\">How to create and edit a page?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elements are very flexible building blocks that you can use in many places on your ChurchTools Website, for example wherever you can add page content. Each element has a specific function. There are elements to&#8230; Elements can be inserted using text editors, but they can also be the only page content. 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