Canvas Documentation
v4.1
v4.1
  • Introduction
  • Key Features
  • What's New
  • Canvas Design System Figma File
  • CANVAS FUNCTIONALITY
    • Getting Started
    • Branding & Design
    • Marketing Pages
    • Bubble Pages & Blocks
    • Roles & Permissions
    • Menus & Navigation
    • Data & Workflows
    • Emails & Alerts
      • Mail merge terms
    • Privacy rule checker
    • Miscellaneous
      • Setting up two factor authentication
      • Cookie and consent banner
      • Setting your password policy
      • Set up Payment info on Account page
      • Loading screen
      • Configuring multiple languages
      • Customizing your app's portal page colors
    • Reference
      • Pages
        • Index
        • Admin Portal
        • Account
        • Login
        • Legal
        • Reset Password
        • 404
      • Reusable elements
        • Header
        • Footer
        • Signup & Login
        • Cookies Permission
        • Widgets
          • App security
          • Header Widgets
          • Workflow Widgets
        • Admin Portal
          • Admin analytics
          • Admin email & templates
          • Admin header & footer
          • Admin legal popups
          • Admin branding, launch, and settings
          • Admin marketing pages
          • Admin portal canvas logic
          • Admin options settings
        • Menu Focus Elements
      • Data types
      • Option Sets
      • Backend Workflows
      • Design standards
        • Manually Building UI
  • Bubble Best Practices
    • Learning Bubble Basics
    • Principles
    • Database
    • Design
    • Security
    • SEO
    • Speed
    • Modularity
      • Data triggers
  • Canvas library
    • Page templates
      • Free Bubble Marketing Page
      • Premium Bubble Marketing Page
      • Centered Profile Page
      • Left-Justified Profile Page
      • Standard page
      • Toggle Tabs Page
      • Menu Page
      • Mobile Menu Page
      • Video List Page
      • Standard Portal / Dashboard Page
      • Simple Portal / Dashboard Page with Icons
      • Double Sidebar Portal Page Template
      • Search Page
      • Map Search Page with Toggle and Filters
      • Floating Map Search Page
      • Search Bar Page
      • Multi-Step Page With Progress Bar
      • Standard Multi-Step Process Page
      • Multi-Step Process Page with Sidebar
      • Gallery Profile or Product Page
      • Sidebar Profile Page
      • 2-Column Menu Tabs Page
      • 2-Column Checkout Page
      • 2-Column Video Chat Page
      • Vertical Multi-Step Page Template
    • Blocks
      • Monthly Calendar Scheduling Widget
      • No Reply Comments Thread
      • Nested Comments Thread (with Like and Reply)
      • Placeholder Group
      • List with Circular Progress Bar Repeating Group
      • Top Input Chat Widget
      • Bottom Input Chat Widget
      • Toggle Tabs Group
      • Single-Select or Multi-Select Pill Tabs Group
      • Settings group
      • To-Do List Repeating Group
      • Title Group with Button and Filters
      • Product Details Group With Progress Bar
      • Listing details with Icons and Menu Focus Group
      • Week Daily Availability Group
      • Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Repeating Group
      • Dismissible Module
      • Video Group
      • About Group
      • Add to Cart Group
      • Full Width Map with Directions Link
      • Location Module (Map and Directions)
      • Drag and Drop Repeating Group
      • Infinite Columns Horizontal Scroll Data Table with Fixed First Column
      • Expiration timer
    • Popups
      • Confirmation Popup
      • Message Popup
      • Image Popup
      • Video Popup
      • Vertical Scroll Popup
      • Edit Popup
      • Standard Form Popup
      • Subscribe Popup
      • Feedback / Contact Popup
      • Details Popup
      • Add List Popup
      • Advanced Form Popup
      • Rating Popup
      • Toggle Tabs Popup
      • Share Popup
      • Multi-Step Popup
      • Invoice Popup
      • Stripe Credit Card Purchase Popup
      • View Profile Popup
      • Send Message Popup
      • Multi-Select Pill Tabs Popup
      • Pricing Plans Popup
    • Reusables
      • Multimage uploader
Powered by GitBook
On this page
  • Get the Template
  • Add to your account
  • Create a new app
  • Get the Chrome Extension
  • Explore the Admin Portal
  • Naming conventions

Was this helpful?

  1. CANVAS FUNCTIONALITY

Getting Started

Get up and running quickly with your Canvas App

PreviousCanvas Design System Figma FileNextBranding & Design

Last updated 2 years ago

Was this helpful?

Get the Template

Getting the AirDev Canvas Base Template through Bubble's template marketplace is a snap.

Add to your account

The first step to getting the template is adding it to your Bubble account. To do this, go to the and press Use Template.

If you aren't signed in to a Bubble account, you'll be prompted to log in or sign up. Follow the prompts from Bubble to complete this process.

Create a new app

Now that you've added the template to your account you can create new apps in Bubble using the Canvas template! From the My Apps tab on your Bubble home page, click the blue 'New App' button. In the popup, click on the 'Start from a template' dropdown and select Canvas Base Template.

Get the Chrome Extension

To extend your template with new Bubble pages and blocks from Canvas you will need to .

Explore the Admin Portal

A great feature of the Canvas template is that it comes preconfigured with an Admin Portal where you can manage all the settings for your application.

The Admin Portal is accessed from the front end of your application (not from the Bubble editor). To begin exploring your Admin Portal, when you are logged into the Bubble editor go to Data > App Data > All Users and then click on'Run as' beside the user with the email '[email protected]'

The admin portal offers access to the following settings from the left navigation menu:

Launch Checklist The Launch Checklist provides step by step guidance to help you get started with your new application as quickly as possible.

Settings Here you can update all the general settings for your application like the user signup process and your privacy policy

Analytics View analytics on new, active, and total users across your application.

Users View a list of all your users including role, last login, and email. Add a new Admin to your application.

Data Type 1 A sample setup to demonstrate how to expand the functionality of the admin portal using your own custom data types.

Naming conventions

In names of data types and reusable elements, we have included a gear emoji (âš™) to indicate that these specific elements should not be edited, or that you should be very cautious about making changes there. These data types and reusables touch a lot of different features or are easy to break when changed.

The data types also include "system_" prior to the reusable's name.

Another thing to note is that Canvas workflows are green. We encourage using workflow folders or creating a color coding convention for your app in order to better organize your app's workflows.

Branding From your app's name to your social media links you can setup all your applications branding here.

Pages View Bubble pages and add unlimited marketing pages to your app using the Canvas page builder.

Header / Footer Manage the navigational links and icons for your header and footer.

Emails Add and edit email templates across your platform.

To unlock all the features of the base template such as the ability to use the , adding , and updating your , be sure to complete the Add App Identifiers and Register App steps from the Launch Checklist.

template page
install the Chrome extension
Learn More
Learn More
app's colors
Learn More
Learn More
page builder
Bubble pages and blocks with the extension
Please don't change the existing data fields on these data types
The "system" reusable elements as of July 30, 2021