Five page recipes: what to switch on for your kind of creator

Reviewer, musician, coach, style creator or developer: which sections to switch on, which to leave off, and what the first screen should say.

9 October 2026 · 6 min read

The MyBase editor lets you switch on every section a page can hold, and it is tempting to do exactly that. The page that comes out then answers questions nobody asked.

Here are five recipes instead, for a reviewer, a musician or podcaster, a coach, a style creator and a developer. Each switches on a few sections, leaves the rest off, and gives you first-screen wording to copy.

Every section is a switch

A MyBase page has 15 sections, 13 of them public. The other two only ever show to you. Each is a switch in Arrange sections, and a section that is off is not rendered at all. It is not collapsed or greyed out. It is simply not on the page, so no visitor finds an empty corner.

Six go a step further: countdown, booking, GitHub, videos, collections and downloads render nothing until they hold something. Email capture and downloads ship off.

So a page of only links is a complete page. The links rail has four styles (Slim, Spotlight, Banner and Minimal), and Spotlight, with big buttons one per row, is built for a page where the links are the point. If links are all your audience asks for, stop there.

If they ask for more, every recipe starts the same way. Your name comes first, with a short line above it (the editor calls it Line above your name, and it holds up to 28 characters). Then a bio of up to 240, and then the one thing you most want tapped. The wording below is an example. Write your own.

Recipe 1: the reviewer

You make something people watch before they buy. A visitor has just finished a review and wants the product, or the next review.

First screen. Line above your name: "Desk gear, properly tested". Bio: "I use everything for a good while before I say a word about it. Newest review first, the rest grouped below."

Switch on:

• Links rail. The top link is your newest review, labelled for what it is: "Standing desk review: what I would change". Never "Latest video".
• Videos. Paste reviews from YouTube, TikTok or Vimeo and they become playable cards. The player loads only when someone presses play. TikTok's short share links are refused: open one in a new tab and paste the full address instead.
• Collections. Group picks by the question people ask, such as "Desk setup". Each has its own address, like mybase.page/yourname/c/desk-setup, the link to put under a video about it.
• Daily Essentials. The product section for things you reach for daily, each with your note and, for a product you add yourself, your own affiliate link.

A product on your page pays you only through your own affiliate link on it. Being listed earns nothing by itself, and a pick from the Vault links to the shop's own page with no affiliate link. How to Build a Link in Bio That Converts covers disclosing that link.

Recipe 2: the musician or podcaster

A visitor wants to press play. Everything else is a tiebreaker.

First screen. Line above your name: "Songwriter and podcaster". Bio: "Songs, and a podcast about how they get made. Start with the newest episode."

Switch on:

• Videos. The section renames itself to fit what is on it. With only audio, its heading reads Listen. Paste Spotify tracks, albums, playlists, shows or episodes, or SoundCloud links. Add a YouTube video and the heading changes again.
• Countdown. Count down to a real date: a release, a show, a new season. When the date passes it says the thing has happened, so set the next date or switch it off. It holds still under reduced motion.
• Links rail. Tickets, merch, the full catalogue. We would try Banner, which wears your profile cover image, so release artwork can lead.

One honest limit: Apple Music links get a card, but they do not play on the page today. Spotify and SoundCloud do.

Recipe 3: the coach or consultant

A visitor is deciding whether to talk to you. The page should take them from "maybe" to a booked call with as little friction as possible.

First screen. Line above your name: "Coach for new managers". Bio: "I work with people in their first year of managing a team. Watch the short intro below, then pick a time."

Switch on:

• Booking. Paste your Calendly or Cal.com page and it becomes a button. The scheduler loads only when a visitor taps it, and the section stays invisible until the address is a valid Calendly or Cal.com link.
• Videos. One short intro, in your own voice, from YouTube or Vimeo.
• Links rail. Labelled by what happens next: "Book an intro call", "How I work".
• A text note. Titled "Who I work with" (40 characters for the title, 600 for the text), it sits in the gaps between sections. Saying who you do not suit saves you both a call.

Recipe 4: the style or lifestyle creator

A visitor saw something being worn and wants to know what it was.

First screen. Line above your name: "Everyday style, notes on fit". Bio: "What I actually wear, with the brand and how it fits. Browse by season below."

Switch on:

• Wardrobe. Pieces in eight categories, each with a photo, brand, note and product link, plus a personal style statement. Photos wait for approval before they go public, so add them before the post that points here, not after.
• Collections. Group by occasion or season, such as "Autumn basics" or "Weekend bag", and put each address under the matching post.
• The Videos section, used for Instagram. Paste your Instagram profile link and it becomes a grid of your latest posts, loaded when a visitor presses it or has allowed embedded feeds. On its own, the section's heading then reads Instagram. A single post or a reel is refused, because Instagram shows those blank to logged-out visitors.
• Links rail. The items from your newest post first, in the default Slim style.

Recipe 5: the developer or maker

A visitor is a collaborator, or someone who found a project. They want evidence that you ship.

First screen. Line above your name: "Developer and tinkerer". Bio: "I build small tools and write about how they work. What I am on now is below."

Switch on:

• GitHub. Set your handle and a contribution graph appears, drawn in your accent colour. It is stamped with the date it was fetched, so it reads as a snapshot, not a live feed.
• Links rail. Try Minimal, which uses hairlines only. Give one link a showcase: up to six pasted video or music URLs unfold under a single tile, so a "Talks and demos" link can hold your latest six.
• A text note. "Working on now", in up to 600 characters. Changing one note is quicker than rebuilding a page.

What to leave off

• Anything you will not keep current. A countdown left running past its date goes stale and reads like a page nobody updates.
• Email capture, until you will write to the list. MyBase sends no campaigns on your behalf, so a form with no newsletter behind it only collects addresses.
• Downloads, until a file is worth giving. The section ships off and renders nothing until you publish one.
• The three product sections, if you recommend no products. Daily Essentials, Luxury Picks and New Discoveries carry your note and, on a product you add yourself, your own affiliate link. With nothing to recommend, they have nothing to say.
• The wishlist, if you do not want one public. It is on by default and stays quiet until you add something.

Try the nearest recipe

Open the sample page and try the recipe closest to yours. It runs the real page and editor and saves nothing. It cannot show Collections, Wardrobe, Downloads or the wishlist, which need a real page, so you will meet those once your page exists. The sample page is where you can try this today. Every section is described on the features page, and what each plan includes is on the pricing page. For where things stand today, read What MyBase Is Today, and What It Still Isn't. When a recipe fits, claim your handle.

FAQ

What should I put on a creator page?

The one thing you most want tapped, a line saying who you are, and only the sections that answer what your audience asks. Start from the nearest recipe.

Is a page of only links enough?

Yes. A links-only page is a first-class page here, and the Spotlight style is built for it. Switch the other sections off and the links are the whole page. Add a section when your audience wants something a link cannot give, such as a playable track or a booking button.

Will an unused section leave a blank box on my page?

No. A section that is switched off is not rendered at all, and the six content-only sections render nothing until they hold content.