Sections

Kajabi themes are built around the concept of sections and blocks. These building blocks can be used in various ways to compose any layout.
Sections
Section files are housed in the sections folder of a theme and their name and settings are displayed in the sidebar of the of the Kajabi theme editor.
At its core a section in kajabi is simply HTML and liquid markup along with a settings schema that renders information on the page.
<div class="hero">
  <div class="container">
    <h1>{{ section.settings.heading }}</h1>
  </div>
</div>
{% schema %}
  {
    "name": "Example Section",
    "elements": [
      {
        "type": "text",
        "id": "heading",
        "label": "Heading",
        "default": "This is an example heading"
      }
    ]
  }
{% endschema %}
Section Schema
The schema of a section is what allows the user to input data into your theme without having to touch the code. A schema is made up of different elements to create extremely customizable pages.
A schema also gives you the ability to let the user add and remove a section from pages such as index.liquid by adding presets.
{% schema %}
  {
    "name": "Example Section",
    "elements": [
      {
        "type": "text",
        "id": "heading",
        "label": "Heading",
        "default": "This is an example heading"
      }
    ],
    "presets": [
      {
        "name": "Example Section",
        "category": "Content",
        "settings": {
        }
      }
    ]
  }
{% endschema %}
Multiple presets can be added to a schema giving you the ability to allow users to add a section to a page with different settings values.
{% schema %}
  {
    "name": "Example Section",
    "elements": [
      {
        "type": "text",
        "id": "heading",
        "label": "Heading",
        "default": "This is an example heading"
      }
    ],
    "presets": [
      {
        "name": "Example Section 1",
        "category": "Content",
        "settings": {
          "heading": "I love sections"
        }
      },
      {
        "name": "Example Section 2",
        "category": "Content",
        "settings": {
          "heading": "I also love sections!"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
{% endschema %}
Blocks
If you think of a section as a row then its columns are what kajabi calls blocks. Blocks are groupings of settings that can be added and removed from a section by the user. Blocks are added to the schema and looped over inside the section in liquid.
<div class="hero">
  <div class="container">
    <h1>{{ section.settings.heading }}</h1>
    {% for block in section.blocks %}
      <a href="{{ block.settings.link_action }}">
        {{ block.settings.link_text }}
      </a>
    {% endfor %}
  </div>
</div>
{% schema %}
  {
    "name": "Example Section",
    "elements": [
      {
        "type": "text",
        "id": "heading",
        "label": "Heading",
        "default": "This is an example heading"
      }
    ],
    "blocks": [
      {
        "type": "link",
        "name": "Link",
        "elements": [
          {
            "type": "text",
            "id": "link_text",
            "label": "Link Text",
            "default": "CALL TO ACTION"
          },
          {
            "type": "action",
            "id": "link_action",
            "label": "Link Action",
            "default": "http://www.kajabi.com"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
{% endschema %}
To build even more complex sections, a section can have multiple types of blocks that a user chooses from.
<div class="hero">
  <div class="container">
    <h1>{{ section.settings.heading }}</h1>
    {% for block in section.blocks %}
      {% case block.type %}
        {% when 'link' %}
          <a href="{{ block.settings.link_action }}">
            {{ block.settings.link_text }}
          </a>
        {% when 'image' %}
          <img src="{{ block.settings.image }}"/>
      {% endcase %}
    {% endfor %}
  </div>
</div>
{% schema %}
  {
    "name": "Example Section",
    "elements": [
      {
        "type": "text",
        "id": "heading",
        "label": "Heading",
        "default": "This is an example heading"
      }
    ],
    "blocks": [
      {
        "type": "link",
        "name": "Link",
        "elements": [
          {
            "type": "text",
            "id": "link_text",
            "label": "Link Text",
            "default": "CALL TO ACTION"
          },
          {
            "type": "action",
            "id": "link_action",
            "label": "Link Action",
            "default": "http://www.kajabi.com"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "type": "image",
        "name": "Image",
        "elements": [
          {
            "type": "image_picker",
            "id": "image",
            "label": "Image"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
{% endschema %}
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