Abstract: A method for a website building system includes analyzing a user selected portion of a website for editing to determine an editable subset of components. The website includes a multiplicity of pages in a page-based user interface, where the page-based user interface enables editing of the components and where a multi-page container component includes at least one mini-page and a single page container component is empty or includes at least one component. For a non-empty single page container component of said editable subset of components, the method includes placing components contained in the single page container component into a parent page previously containing the single page container component, resulting in an updated page-based hierarchy for the editable subset components.

Abstract: A website building system includes a determiner, a converter and an interface. The determiner determines an editable subset of the multiple components within a user selected portion. For each single page container component of the editable subset components, a converter dissolves the single page container component and merges components of the single page container component into a parent page. The converter converts the updated page-based hierarchy into a linear user interface. The converter also defines an ordered list of the editable subset components of a page associated with a linear menu. The interface presents both the page-based user interface and the linear user interface and enables editing content of the editable subset components in both the page-based and the linear user interfaces. The interface reflects changes from the editing in one user interface into the other user interface.

Abstract: A website building system includes a determiner, a converter and an interface. The determiner determines an editable subset of the multiple components within a user selected portion. For each single page container component of the editable subset components, a converter dissolves the single page container component and merges components of the single page container component into a parent page. The converter converts the updated page-based hierarchy into a linear user interface. The converter also defines an ordered list of the editable subset components of a page associated with a linear menu. The interface presents both the page-based user interface and the linear user interface and enables editing content of the editable subset components in both the page-based and the linear user interfaces. The interface reflects changes from the editing in one user interface into the other user interface.

Abstract: A method includes receiving a page based graphical application having multiple elements on a page, defining a page based hierarchical view of the application and converting the page based hierarchical view to a linear hierarchical view.