Reuse a section on another page

To reuse content outside Composer, save it in EmDash’s Sections library in the site admin. Insert it with Insert Section in an EmDash content editor that offers a rich text field. The inserted content is a copy; later library edits do not update pages that already use it.

Checked against the product’s code on 7 November 2026.

Sections is EmDash’s library of reusable content. A library entry is different from a section type in Site > Catalogs. A type defines the available fields; an entry holds content you want to reuse.

Create an entry

1. Open Sections.
2. Choose New section.
3. Fill in Title.
4. Review the proposed Slug, its stable identifying name.
5. Add a Description if needed.
6. Choose Create section.
7. Add the entry’s Content in its editor.
8. Review Section Details, including its keywords.
9. Save the changes.
10. Check the saved entry before inserting it elsewhere.

The list supports search and a source filter. Use Copy slug in an entry’s more actions menu when you need to identify it. Opening Edit brings back its content and details.

Understand copies

Saving a library entry does not publish a page. The copilot can create, read, update and delete library entries built from the site’s section types. It does not insert an entry into a page.

Use an EmDash editor for a collection outside Composer. EmDash’s editor cannot save pages and posts managed by Composer. In a supported collection:

1. Open the record’s collection in the site admin.
2. Open the record.
3. In a rich text field, type / at the start of a line outside a table.
4. Choose Section to open Insert Section.
5. Choose the library entry there.
6. Review the inserted copy in the record’s draft.

Future insertions use the saved entry. Editing or deleting the library entry does not change copies already placed on pages.

Review each page’s draft before publishing its inserted copy. For field definitions and examples, use the section reference.

Theme entries and deletion

A theme supplied entry is protected from deletion. Editing it creates a custom copy used in place of the theme version. Read the editor’s source explanation before saving.

Deleting a custom entry permanently removes it from the library. Existing page copies remain. The copilot saves a new library entry without pausing, because an entry changes no page; Undo removes it while it is unchanged. Editing an entry also needs no approval card, because existing page copies stay unchanged. Deleting an entry still pauses for approval. Undo of an update puts the earlier entry back only if nobody edited it since. Deleting an entry cannot be undone.

Your next step

Use Formatting and shared content to review how reused content fits the page you are editing.