Adding Extra Features to Your Site

What an addon is

A standard website has pages, words, and pictures. An addon is an extra feature you can turn on with one click — a blog, a shop, a photo gallery, a contact form, etc.

Each addon adds a new section to your website with its own page and a link in your menu. You can turn them on whenever you need them, off when you don't.

What we offer

Addon	What it adds	Cost
📝 Blog	A blog with post pages — see Adding a Blog	Free
🎨 Portfolio	A grid of your past work — see Showcasing Your Work With a Portfolio	Free
📞 Contact Form	A form visitors fill in to message you	Free
📷 Gallery	A grid of photos (for restaurants, venues, products)	Free
📅 Calendar	Upcoming events list	Free
🛒 Shop	Sell products online with credit card checkout — see Setting Up Your Shop	Free to enable; 2.9% + $0.30 per sale (to Stripe or Square)

More are added over time. If there's one you need that's not here, email support@siteglowup.ai — we prioritize requests we hear often.

Turning an addon on

1. In your dashboard, click Addons in the left menu
2. Find the one you want under Available addons
3. Click Enable

That's it. In a few seconds the addon appears under Active addons, and a new page + menu link goes up on your site automatically. Click Manage on the addon's card to start adding content.

Cost: Turning an addon on is free — it just adds a page and a menu link. The only thing you pay for is what the addon DOES (selling on Stripe takes a Stripe fee, AI-generating blog posts costs $1 each, etc.).

Smart contact form

When you turn on the Contact Form addon:

• If your site already has a contact form (common if we built the site from an existing one), we keep your existing form and just wire it up to actually send. Your design and questions are preserved.
• If your site doesn't have a form yet, we add a simple starter form you can customize later.

Managing an active addon

Once enabled, each addon has its own management page. Click Manage on the addon's card under Active addons to open it.

• Blog → write posts, import old posts, generate AI posts. See Adding a Blog
• Portfolio → add projects, import from old site, write descriptions. See Showcasing Your Work With a Portfolio
• Contact Form → read messages, set where notifications go, customize the form. See Managing Your Contact Form
• Gallery → upload photos, pick a layout
• Calendar → add events, customize how they display
• Shop → manage products, see orders, set up payment. See Setting Up Your Shop

You can bookmark any addon's management page — they have stable URLs.

Turning an addon off

1. In your dashboard → Addons
2. Find it under Active addons
3. Click Remove
4. Confirm

The addon's menu link disappears, its public page is hidden, but your content is kept. Posts, products, customer messages, settings — all preserved.

If you turn the same addon back on later, everything comes back exactly as you left it. Nothing is lost.

Common questions

"Will turning on multiple addons slow down my site?"
No. Each addon is just a page (or set of pages). Your site stays fast.

"Can my customers see I have an addon enabled before I add content?"
Yes — when you enable an addon, the page goes live with placeholder content like "no posts yet" or "no products yet." If you don't want that visible while you set up, turn the addon off until you have content ready.

"What if there's an addon I need that's not here?"
Email support@siteglowup.ai with what you'd like. We build addons in priority order based on what customers actually ask for.