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Editing the homepage

Find the homepage in Payload, change the content blocks, and see the result before you save.

Your homepage is a global in Payload, not a regular page. That means it lives in a different part of the admin — if you've been looking for it in Pages, you won't find it there.

Where to find it

  1. Log in to Payload.
  2. In the sidebar, scroll to the Globals section.
  3. Click Homepage.

The homepage opens as a single editable document. It doesn't have a URL slug like regular pages because it always lives at / on your site.

How the homepage is built

The homepage is a stack of blocks — self-contained sections that sit on top of each other. Common blocks include:

  • Hero / Hero Banner — the large image-and-headline section at the top.
  • Brand Showcase / Brand Carousel — rows of brand logos.
  • Featured Categories — category tiles pointing to collection pages.
  • Info Cards — grids of small feature cards with icons.
  • CTA Bar — a single prominent call-to-action strip.
  • Share Price — live share price widget (Flowtech plc only).
  • Rich Text — free-form text with formatting.

Your specific homepage will have a subset of these, arranged in the order they appear on the site.

There are more than 50 block types available across the platform. Not all of them will be enabled on your homepage — some are only relevant to category pages, news pages, and so on. If you can't find a block you need, ask your Flowtech account manager whether it's available.

Editing an existing block

Scroll down to the Blocks (or Content) section. Each block is collapsed by default — click a block's header to expand it.

What you can change depends on the block type. Typical fields are:

  • Title / Heading — the main text of the block.
  • Subtitle / Intro — supporting text.
  • Image / Media — click to open the media picker (see Adding and managing images).
  • Link / CTA — the text and URL of a call-to-action button.
  • Items — for list-style blocks, an array of entries you can add to, remove, or reorder.

Make your edits in the form. The live preview on the right updates as you type.

Reordering blocks

Hover over a block's header. A drag handle (typically or a set of dots) appears on the left edge. Click and hold it, then drag the block up or down.

Adding a block

  1. Scroll to the bottom of the Blocks section.
  2. Click + Add Block (or the + icon).
  3. Pick the block type from the list that appears.
  4. Fill in the required fields.

The new block is added at the end. Drag it to the position you want.

Removing a block

Click the three dots (⋯) on the block's header and choose Remove. The block is gone from the draft immediately. Remember that saving is live — the block is still recoverable from the Versions tab until you save.

Removing a block deletes its content. If you think you might need it again, duplicate it below and toggle its visibility off (if the block has an "enabled" switch), rather than deleting.

Saving

When your preview looks right, click Save (top-right). The homepage is live within seconds.

Because saves go live immediately, always preview before you save. See Saving your work for the full workflow, including how to recover a previous version if you make a mistake.

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