RebelSites has two ways to change your site: small targeted edits and full section rebuilds. Knowing which to use saves you time and keeps your site looking consistent.
A surgical edit changes one specific thing — a word, a color, a button label — without touching anything else. The AI finds the exact text or value in the file and swaps it.
Use surgical edits for:
Changing a headline or button label
Updating your phone number or address
Fixing a typo
Tweaking a specific color
Updating pricing or hours
These are fast. The AI touches one file, sometimes just one line. Everything else stays exactly the same.
A rewrite generates a section from scratch. The AI looks at your whole site, understands the design, and produces a new version of the requested section that matches your brand.
Use rewrites for:
Adding a new section you don't have yet
Changing the layout of a section (e.g. from a list to a grid)
Redesigning something visually (e.g. make the hero bolder)
Replacing placeholder content with real content across a whole section
Rewrites take a little longer and use more of your AI budget per change.
Be specific about what you want changed. The AI decides the right approach based on your request:
Change the hero button to say Call Now → surgical edit (one text swap)
Make the services section look like a card grid instead of a list → rewrite (layout change)
Update my phone number everywhere → surgical edit (find and replace across files)
Add a testimonials section to the home page → rewrite (new section built from scratch)
The more specific your request, the smaller the change. 'Fix the hero' is vague and will trigger a rewrite. 'Change the hero headline to Trusted Plumbers in Denver' is specific and triggers a surgical edit.
Surgical edits are almost always the right choice for copy and data. Save rewrites for when something genuinely needs to look or work differently.
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