Did you know you can save the content blocks you design and share them with your team? Did you know that you can use them again and again to build more Splash pages with similar layouts?

Splash’s driving principle is to speed up workflows — to build with scale in mind. Saving and sharing blocks is a little-known feature of the Splash CMS, but one that is vital to saving time.

By sharing the block with yourself, you add the block to your own library of custom blocks. By sharing your block with your teammates, your team is able to leverage all your expert design work.

This will help ensure visual consistency and brand style across multiple team members.

Here’s how to save your block:

1. Design an amazing block. I'm sure you do all the time :)

PS - Here's a webinar to learn how to build like a boss.

2. Within the Layout tab, click on the Save icon at the bottom of the Accordion Tools (make sure you are on the block level and not, say, viewing a container.)

 


Upon clicking, a window will pop up called the Block Saving modal.

3. Check to see if the block was built with our suggested best practices; just click the Validation tab to the left of the window and click Validate My Block.

4. Make any edits suggested using the Accordion Tools, and then take a screenshot of your block.

5. Go back to the Block Saving modal and upload your screenshot to the Details tab.

6.  Name your block, add tags, and define the category (if you don’t know, put it in No Category).

7. Click Save to complete the process.

Now it’s time to share your block with yourself and your teammates!

Within the Block Sharing modal, click on the Sharing tab.

We have three options for Sharing the block:

1. When Saving Without Adding Users to the Sharing Tab

If you save a block without adding any users in the Sharing tab, only the owner will have access to it. To update or delete the block, you will need to return to the original page where it was created. Please note that if you delete the block from there, it cannot be recovered or managed from your account.

2. When Using the “Use” Permission

Users added with the "Use" permission can view and use the block but cannot edit it. If you need to update or delete the block, you’ll need to go back to the original event where it was created. Only the block owner can make these changes.

3. When Sharing with Editing Access:

If you share a block with editing permissions, users will see a pencil icon next to the block after you saved it:

Clicking this pencil icon will reveal three options at the bottom.  

This means you don’t always need to go back to the original event page to update or delete the block. You can make changes directly from the current event you're working on. Users with editing access will have the same options as the block owner.

To do this, Pick "User" from the dropdown then enter the email address that you’ve associated with your Splash account. Click to share with yourself. 

You will see that your email address has been listed below.



You can also share the block with your team by selecting "Organization" in the drop-down and then choosing your organization in the drop-down that appears just beside it.

To use saved blocks in the future, you can search for them in 2 places: the Mine tab and the Shared Tab in the Block Adder.

The Mine Tab is where the blocks  that you’ve shared with your Splash Account live, while the Shared Tab is where your teammates' blocks live after they’ve shared them with your organization.