The Phrasebook

New words for things you already know

Elements is a completely new website builder, so some of the common phrases used in RapidWeaver Classic have changed. Much of what you learned in Classic still applies, but it now goes by a different name.

This page provides a quick translation to help Elements feel more familiar.

Stacks → Components

In Classic, you dragged stacks onto a Stacks page to build it. In Elements, you do the same thing with components: drag them in, stack them up and nest them inside each other.

The mental model is the one you already have. What's genuinely new: components are built into Elements rather than bought and installed one by one, and they're more consistent with each other because they come from one place.

Themes → Theme Studio

This is the biggest shift. In Classic, a theme decided how your whole site looked, and you worked within it. In Elements, you're more directly in control of styling.

You can build your design with the built-in Components and Templates, then change its overall style in Theme Studio. This gives you far more flexibility than Classic themes.

For example, you can change colours or fonts throughout your entire site using Theme Studio.

Inspector → Inspector

The Inspector is still the Inspector.

The full glossary

In Classic you said…	In Elements you say…	Why it changed
Stack	Component	The building blocks of a page
Partial (stacks)	Global	Global design elements like headers and footers.
Master Style	Theme Studio	Change colours, fonts and more, throughout the site.
Plugins	Page or File	More flexible pages