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What the page builder is

The page builder is Scanova’s block-based editor for landing pages: add content blocks (headings, images, video, maps, contact details, forms, and more), arrange them on a canvas, theme the result, and publish it to the QR code’s live URL. Every “Build a Page” QR code — and every Custom Page, Restaurant, Wedding, Event, and similar category — opens into the same editor.
The sidebar item for your QR codes is labeled QR Codes, not “My QR Codes.”

Creating a page

1

Open Create QR Code

From the sidebar, click Create QR Code (or go to /qr/create). You land on a picker with three cards: AI Studio (“Tell us what you want — AI generates the blocks and copy”), Build a Page (“Block-based landing page builder. Start from a template or blank canvas”), and Quick Code (“A direct QR code for a URL, phone, email, Wi-Fi, or plain text. No landing page”). Every path lands in the same editor.
Create a new QR code screen showing three cards: AI Studio, Build a Page, and Quick Code, each with an estimated time and a Start button

The Create a new QR code picker — AI Studio, Build a Page, and Quick Code

2

Click Build a Page

This opens Choose a template (/qr/new) — a gallery filtered by category (Business, Restaurant, Wedding, Event, Product, Social Media, and more), plus a Start Blank option and a My Templates tab for anything you’ve saved as a template.
Choose a template screen with category filter chips (All, Announcement, Audio, Business, Coupon, Document, Event, Feedback, Gallery, Product, Real Estate, Restaurant, Social Media, Wedding) and a Start Blank card

The Choose a template gallery, filtered by category

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Pick a template or start blank

Picking a template or Start Blank opens the editor itself (/qr/new/landing), pre-populated with that template’s blocks or empty and ready for you to add your first block.
To edit a page you already built, go to QR Codes in the sidebar and click the pencil/edit icon on its row, or open the QR code’s detail page and click Edit Page.
Only Dynamic QR codes with a landing page (category) support the page builder. Direct-action Quick Codes (URL, phone, email, Wi-Fi, plain text) have no page to edit — see Quick Code vs. full Page.

The builder layout

The editor has three main areas: a left sidebar (Blocks and Pages), a center canvas showing a live device preview, and a right-hand inspector.
Page builder editor showing an empty Blocks list and Pages list on the left, a mobile canvas preview in the center with quick-add buttons for Page Title, Description, and Button, and a right-hand Settings panel with Page icon, Page URL slug, and Password protection fields

The page builder editor: left sidebar (Blocks / Pages), center canvas, right inspector

  • Blocks — every block on the current page, in order. Click one to select it; drag to reorder; click + Add to open the block picker.
  • Pages — every page in the QR code (for multi-page sites). Click + Add to open the Add a page sheet, or the gear icon to open Page Settings.

Canvas

A live preview of the current page inside a phone, tablet, or desktop frame. Click any block to select it and edit it in the right inspector. A small floating toolbar sits in the canvas’s top-right corner — this is where Undo and Redo live (not in the header), alongside a preview toggle and a couple of layout/grid controls.

Right panel (inspector)

  • With a block selected, the tabs are Content, Design, and Event Tracking.
  • With nothing selected, the tabs are Settings, Design, and SEO for the page itself — this is also where you’ll find the page’s Password protection toggle (see Page-level password protection).

Header controls

The header across the top of the editor provides: Back, a device switcher (Mobile / Tablet / Desktop), Settings (opens Page Settings, including navigation style), Theme, Save as template, Publish, and a Help button. Undo/Redo are not here — see Keyboard shortcuts and the canvas toolbar described above.

Autosave

Your edits save automatically as you work — this is a real server-backed save, not just a browser-local draft. See Publishing for exactly what that means and how the draft/published states work.

Creating a page-builder QR code via the API

Page-builder content is created the same way as any other landing-page QR code through the API: POST /qr/ with a category ID for a landing-page category (for example 9 for Custom Page, 14 for Wedding, 20 for Event, or 25 for Restaurant) and an info payload shaped for that category. See Create QR Code for the full request schema and Category List for every category ID.
The block-by-block content you assemble in the editor (pages, blocks, and their settings) isn’t something you construct directly through this endpoint — it’s stored and edited through the builder UI itself. The API’s info payload controls the QR code’s category and top-level configuration, not individual block content.
  • Page types — the five page types available inside a multi-page site.
  • Blocks reference — every content block you can add to a page.
  • Templates — starting from a pre-built template instead of a blank canvas.
  • Quick Code vs. full Page — deciding between a direct-action Quick Code and a full page.