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# The Phrasebook

Elements is a whole new website builder so some of the common phrases found in RapidWeacer Classic have changed. However, a lot of what you learned in Classic still applies, it just goes by a different name now.

This page is the quick translation, hopefull Elements will start to feel a little more familiar after reading it.

#### Stacks → Components 

In Classic, you dragged stacks into a Stacks page to build it. In Elements, you do the same thing with **components,** drag them in, stack them up, 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 out your design with the built-in Components and Templates and and then change the overall style in the Theme Studio. It's a lot more flexible than the classic themes.

For example, you can global change the colours, or the font type throughout your entire site using the 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                                  |
|                      |                      |                                                      |
|                      |                      |                                                      |
|                      |                      |                                                      |


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