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Guide — themv.shop Builder

How the builder works

Design a stunning website with drag-and-drop blocks, edit every detail, add your products, and publish to your own themv.shop subdomain in minutes. No code needed.

builder — themv.shop  ·  Autosaved ✓  ·  Publish
PALETTE
Hero
Features
Product Grid
Testimonials
+ More
Hero — drag to reorder
Feature 1
Feature 2
Contact Form
INSPECTOR
Heading
“Welcome”
Colours / Spacing
Palette · blocks Canvas · drag & click Inspector · editor Top bar · publish

Mock of the builder — left: blocks, centre: your page, right: editor. Hover the pointers above.

On this page — click a tab above to jump

  1. Canvas — your page
  2. Blocks — everything you can add
  3. Block Editor — inspector
  4. Navigation — header & menu
  5. Footer — bottom bar
  6. Pages — About, Shop, Contact
  7. SEO & Publish — go live
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What you get

The themv.shop builder is a visual website editor that runs in your browser. Your work autosaves locally as you go, and you publish when you're ready.

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Designer

Build reusable themes for the themv.shop marketplace, add commerce blocks, and publish themes that sellers can install.

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Seller

Your own store with product grids, search, cart and checkout blocks. Connect your Yoco store to take payments.

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Business owner

Take a theme or a blank canvas, edit text and images, add a contact form or map, and publish a complete business site.

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Getting started

  1. Open the builderGo to /builder?site=new for a brand-new site, or /builder to keep working on a saved design.
  2. Pick a templateChoose a template or start from a blank canvas. Templates come with ready-made pages and blocks you can edit.
  3. Give it a nameSet your site name and slug — your site will appear at yourslug.themv.shop after publishing.
  4. Start editingClick any block to select it. Drag blocks or items to reorder them, or click the “+” buttons to add new ones.

Tip: your work is saved automatically in your browser as you type. Nothing goes live until you hit Publish.

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Working with blocks

Every element on your page is a block. The Block Palette on the left lists everything you can add. Drag any block onto the page, or click it to append it.

Editing a block

Select a block to open the Inspector panel. From there you can change its heading, text, images, links, spacing, colours and typography — every style is adjustable without code.

Tip: use the undo / redo buttons (or Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Shift+Z) to step back and forward through your edits.

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Pages & navigation

Sites come with a Home page, and you can add more (About, Services, Contact, Shop, and so on). Add a Nav Bar block to show a menu, then fill in the links to your pages.

Each block can be configured per-page, so your Hero on the home page can read differently from the Contact page while keeping the same site-wide styling.

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Selling with the commerce blocks

  1. Add a Product GridDrop a Product Grid anywhere on your page to list your catalogue.
  2. Add Product Detail, Cart & CheckoutBuild a shop page and a checkout flow using the commerce blocks.
  3. Connect your Yoco storeUse Connect Store in the builder and paste your Yoco store key so customers can pay online.
  4. Publish to go liveOnce published, your product pages, cart and checkout work on your live yourslug.themv.shop address.

Note: if you're selling, the Full Commerce subscription unlocks the complete set of commerce blocks. See pricing for details.

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Publishing & updates

  1. PublishClick Publish Site in the top bar. Your site is generated and hosted on the themv.shop network.
  2. Edit anytimeReturn to the builder, make changes, and publish again — each update replaces the live version instantly.
  3. Attach your own domainUse the Domains section in your dashboard to connect a custom domain like yourbusiness.co.za.

Good to know: themes are published to the marketplace; sites are published to a live URL. Your dashboard keeps them separate.

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Guides by role

Designers

Design your theme in the builder in theme mode (the palette shows the full commerce and dynamic block set). When you're happy, choose Publish to Marketplace so it can be submitted and reviewed. Track submissions, analytics and payouts from your designer dashboard.

Sellers

Open the builder, choose a theme (or a commerce template), connect your Yoco store, and publish. Manage your products, orders, customers and subscription in the seller dashboard. A full commerce plan enables all selling blocks.

Business owners

Pick a template from the marketplace, personalise it with your branding, add a contact form and business hours, then publish. Manage your site, analytics, messages and custom domain from the business dashboard.

Question for yourself: am I building a theme to sell, a shop to run, or a website for my business? Each has its own dashboard tab set, so choose the flow above that matches.

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Need help?

If you get stuck, reach out and we'll help you along:

Ready to start?

Open the builder and publish your first site today.

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