Core Concepts

Traditional website development creates a fundamental tension: developers need code control while content editors need a focused editing experience. This tension exists because most approaches split code and content at the component level - code lives in repos, content lives in databases, requiring complex connections between them. Pala solves this by coupling code and content together in self-contained blocks that live together in the database. This creates a truly modular system where:

• Developers can directly edit code and integrate content fields

• Editors get a visual, intuitive interface with proper guardrails

• Changes are instant and components are truly reusable

Site Level

• Manages site-wide content (e.g. navigation, logo, social links)

• Controls design through CSS variables

• Each site is independent

• Contains its own copy of blocks from your library

Page Type Level

• Defines what kind of pages exist (e.g. blog posts, events, people, recipes)

• Controls which blocks are available for each type

• Sets required (static) blocks

• Defines page-level fields

Page Level

• Built by stacking blocks vertically

• Contains page-specific content

• Follows structure defined by its page type

• Passes data to blocks through page fields

Block Level

• Self-contained units with both code and content

• Can access site and page level data

• Adapts to site design automatically

• Copied from your library when added to sites