Templates
A WordPress theme builder: header, footer, posts and archives as templates with conditions
A page builder draws the middle of the page. A theme builder draws everything around it: the header, the footer, what a blog post looks like, what an archive looks like, what happens on a 404. In ambera both happen in the same window, with the same blocks, and a template is just a page that knows where it applies.
No child theme.
Nothing to overwrite.
Eight kinds
- Header and footer
- Single post, single page, single product
- Archives: blog, category, tag, author, date
- Search form and search results
- 404, maintenance, coming soon
- Menu templates, mega menus included
Conditions
- Everywhere, or only on the pages you name
- Per post type, per category, per language
- A different header for the shop, a narrower one for the blog
- Several templates at once: the most specific wins
- Built in the same builder as the pages themselves
Parts
- Build a part once, place it anywhere
- Change the part and every page that shows it changes
- Header, footer, contact bar, newsletter box
- Conditions like a template has
- Exportable with the rest of the site as a demo
Header and footer
The header is a template, not a settings page.
Logo, menu, language switch, a button: you build the header out of the same blocks as a page, with three screen sizes and utility classes. A menu three levels deep, a cart icon when the shop is on, a phone number that only shows on mobile. The footer is the same story. Want a different header on the home page? Make a second template and say where it applies.
Posts and archives
A post looks the way you drew it.
The template for a single post has the title, the date, the image, the content and the related posts as blocks — arrange them however you like. For the archive there is the post list as a grid, a list or cards, with category, excerpt and paging. Custom fields appear as blocks in the template, so a property listing or a staff page is a template, not a plugin.
Design
Colours, fonts and spacing in one place.
The look of the site is its own screen: colours with names, a font for headings and one for text, the content width, the corner radius. Blocks take those values through utility classes, so changing the orange to a blue changes every page at once. Every demo brings its own look, and you can put the old one back.
Questions
Is the theme builder in every Pro plan?
Yes. Pro, Agency and Agency Unlimited differ in the number of sites, not in what the plugin can do. The free Light version has the header and the footer, but not the templates with conditions.
Is there a child theme to maintain?
No. Templates, parts and the look live in the database and are not touched by an update. Custom CSS or JavaScript goes in as a snippet.
Can my client break a template?
Only if you let them. Templates and the site look belong to the administrator; an editor never sees the screen. And every save is a version you can restore.
How many templates can I have?
As many as you like. When more than one applies to a page, ambera takes the most specific condition — the template for one category beats the one for all posts.
Do I still need a theme installed?
WordPress wants one activated, and any block theme will do. ambera renders the front end itself, so the theme never shows.
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