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Expand Up @@ -42,13 +42,13 @@ If the page has content, the `content` contains a list of objects:

Elements are simple objects containing element data. Some elements can have nested elements inside of them, others don't.

This is important as in the past Elementor had a strict data structure - the traditional structure. The page had "section" elements, sections had nested "column" elements, and the columns had "widget" elements.
This is important as in the past Elementor had a strict data structure - the legacy structure. The page had "section" elements, sections had nested "column" elements, and the columns had "widget" elements.

With the introduction of containers, Elementor replaced the traditional data structure with a modern structure, allowing the user to nest multiple elements one inside the other.
With the introduction of containers, Elementor replaced the legacy data structure with a modern structure, allowing the user to nest multiple elements one inside the other.

Traditional structure:
Legacy structure:

<img :src="$withBase('/assets/img/data-structure-traditional.png')" alt="Traditional structure">
<img :src="$withBase('/assets/img/data-structure-traditional.png')" alt="Legacy structure">

Modern structure:

Expand All @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ With the adoption of nested layout elements, Elementor introduced widgets with n

### A Page with a Section and a Column

An example of a page that uses the traditional section-column-widget structure:
An example of a page that uses the legacy section-column-widget structure:

```json
{
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