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If you build with Bricks, you’ve probably faced the Bricks templates vs sections question without naming it: should you import a complete website and customize it, or build the page yourself from individual blocks? Both speed up your work, but they solve different problems, and picking the wrong one for a given project means slower builds or fighting a layout that doesn’t fit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The confusion is understandable. Many tools use “templates” and “sections” loosely, and beginners often assume they’re the same thing. They’re not. A template is usually a complete, multi-page website. A section is a single reusable block, like a hero or a pricing table. Knowing when to reach for each is one of the simplest ways to build faster in Bricks Builder<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This guide clears it up. You’ll learn exactly what Bricks templates and sections are, how they differ, when to use each, and how to combine them for the fastest possible workflow. We’ll keep it practical with real examples, and show how a toolkit like BricksFly gives you both 30+ full website templates and 500+ sections so you’re never forced to choose just one approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quick Answer:<\/em><\/strong> Use Bricks templates when you’re building a complete, fairly standard website, the full structure imports at once and you just customize it. Use Bricks sections when you need a custom page or want to add specific blocks to an existing site. Templates are fastest for whole sites; sections give you flexibility. Most builders use both together.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Are Bricks Templates?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A Bricks template is a prebuilt website or page you import into Bricks Builder<\/a>. The most valuable kind is a full website template<\/strong>: a complete, multi-page site with a homepage and inner pages like about, services, contact, and pricing, all designed to match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you import a full website template, the entire structure appears at once. Headers, footers, page layouts, and styling are already in place. Your job shifts from building to customizing: replace the placeholder text with real copy, swap in the client’s images, adjust the colors to their brand, and publish. You’re editing a finished site rather than assembling one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is why full website templates<\/a> are the fastest route for standard projects. A business site, an agency site, a portfolio, all share a predictable structure, and a template hands you that structure complete. Instead of rebuilding the same about page and contact layout on every project, you start from a polished version and make it yours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The trade-off is flexibility. A template gives you a specific structure. If your project needs something unusual that no template matches, you’ll be editing heavily, which is where sections come in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Are Bricks Sections?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A Bricks section is a single, reusable block of a page. Think of a hero section, a pricing table, a testimonial row, a features grid, or a footer. Instead of a whole website, a section is one piece you drop into a page and customize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sections are how you build custom pages quickly. Rather than designing a hero from scratch, you grab a prebuilt one, then add a features grid, some social proof, a pricing block, and a CTA, assembling the page block by block. Each section is already designed, so you get speed and quality without the blank-canvas problem, while keeping full control over which blocks go where.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Good section libraries offer flexible ways to add blocks. Common options include live copy-paste<\/strong> (copy a section and paste it directly into your page), JSON download and import<\/strong> (download a file and import it), and direct import<\/strong> inside the editor. These let you pull in exactly the blocks you need, in the order you want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The strength of sections is flexibility. You’re not locked into a fixed structure, you compose the page yourself. The trade-off is that building a complete multi-page site purely from sections is slower than importing a full template, because you’re doing all the assembly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bricks Templates vs Sections: The Key Differences<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Here’s the core comparison at a glance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Factor<\/strong><\/td>Full Website Templates<\/strong><\/td>Sections<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
What you get<\/td>A complete multi-page site<\/td>A single reusable block<\/td><\/tr>
Best for<\/td>Standard, complete websites<\/td>Custom pages and specific blocks<\/td><\/tr>
Speed for a full site<\/td>Fastest, structure is done<\/td>Slower, you assemble it<\/td><\/tr>
Flexibility<\/td>Fixed structure to customize<\/td>Full control over layout<\/td><\/tr>
Inner pages<\/td>Included<\/td>Build them yourself from blocks<\/td><\/tr>
Typical workflow<\/td>Import whole site, then customize<\/td>Drop in blocks, then arrange<\/td><\/tr>
Best when<\/td>The project fits a known structure<\/td>The project needs something custom<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The short version: templates win on speed for complete, standard sites; sections win on flexibility for custom work. They’re not competitors, they’re tools for different jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When to Use Bricks Templates<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Reach for a full website template when:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"When<\/figure>\n\n\n\n