How Pages Are Rendered from Data
This page explains, at a high level, how Marketplace turns your Routes, Pages, and Sections into a live website.
What happens when someone visits a URL
When someone visits a page on your site, Marketplace:
- Finds the Route that matches the URL
- Uses the Route to determine what type of page it is (the layout)
- Loads the Page connected to that Route
- Renders the Page’s Sections in order
- Pulls live data for any dynamic Sections
- Serves the result quickly using edge caching
The Route controls the page layout
The Route’s layout setting controls the overall template for the page.
Common examples include:
- Standard content pages that render the Page’s Sections
- Inventory search pages (SRPs) that display inventory browsing
- Vehicle detail pages (VDPs) that display a specific vehicle
- Location detail pages that display information from a Location
Depending on the layout, your Page’s Sections may appear as the main content, or as supporting content above other experiences.
Draft vs published behavior
- Draft content is only visible in Studio previews.
- Published content is what visitors see on the live site.
After you publish, Marketplace refreshes cached content so your changes can appear on the website.