Open the full CMS
Updated October 12, 2026 · 3 min
Find the “This is the quick editor” card
At the top of the Sections tab sits a card labeled "This is the quick editor." It exists so the editor never feels like the whole product. The invitation into the full CMS sits in plain view instead of buried in a menu.
Know what lives where
The editor is great for headlines, cards, and colors. Your CMS is where the business actually runs. It's where you add pages and blog posts, set up SEO and, with the matching add-ons, run your menu, products, bookings and orders. If you can't find a setting in the editor, it's almost certainly in the CMS instead.
Open my CMS
Click "Open my CMS" on the card to open theDavid admin in a new tab. It is the same dashboard our client sites run on. The button shows a spinner while it loads.
Add the CMS plan if the admin won’t open
The CMS admin comes with the CMS plan ($19.99/mo). On a site without it, the button shows a message instead of opening the admin. Add the plan from your site's dashboard with "Add the CMS," and the same button opens the real thing.
Note
Publishing stays free with or without the CMS plan. See “Plans, credits and billing” for what the plan adds.Keep the editor’s preview in sync
The editor and the CMS write to the same pages, so a change made in the CMS won't show up in the editor's preview until it refreshes. Click "Refresh from CMS," underneath the "Open my CMS" button, to pull the latest content back in.
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Add, reorder, and remove sections
Build a page out of sections. Add them from a gallery, reorder with a click, and change how each one looks. All of it free.
Manage your pages
Every page on your site is built the same way in theDavid admin: a title, some content, and a stack of sections you control.
Plans, credits and billing
Build and publish free. Add the CMS plan when you need the admin, and add-ons only if your business needs them.