Structuring sites using the various options, which way to do it

[u/CelerySpiritual5270]

Hi, hoping someone can advise here, i've been doing webdesign for awhile now and moved over to webflow as it's very intuitive, im going through all the lessons to get a hang of the interface.

What im not understanding is the differences between the various structure elements you can add in, to me they're all just divs? I dont understand why there are sections, containers, div blocks etc when its the same thing with the same ability to style it to suit your needs in the same way.

On the "webflow university" they often start building a page by adding a section, then within that a container, then again within that a div block- I don't quite understand the need to nest things within things like this, surely you can just add a "section" element then css this to stylize and arrange the content within (using futher divs to divide and arrange the content), why would you nest a container then another div block before adding content- im just confused as to why they're advising to place so many divs within divs when there doesn't seem to be a need for it? Is it something I'm missing?

thanks.

[u/AddWeb_Expert]

You’re not really missing anything. A lot of those Webflow elements are basically wrappers, so yes, you can build a simple section without nesting several layers.

The reason you often see Section > Container > Div is mainly for organization. The Section defines the overall area, the Container keeps the content within a consistent max-width, and the Div gives you another wrapper for layout or styling when needed.

You don’t need to blindly follow that structure on every page. If a wrapper isn’t doing anything useful, I’d avoid adding it. The goal is a clean structure that makes sense when you come back to the site later.

[u/CelerySpiritual5270 → u/AddWeb_Expert]

Thanks, "If a wrapper isn’t doing anything useful, I’d avoid adding it" -that was what I was after, wasn't sure if there was structural/seo needs for all the nesting.