1.03 Change the look of your site

There are three different ways to change the look of your site:

1. Changing the template for your site
2. Changing the site styles
3. Changing the style of a piece of content

Changing templates

Choosing a template can either be done when you initially sign up to the editor, or by selecting another one via the Template picker. To access the Template picker:

1. Click the Main menu icon at the very top left of the screen
2. Click Template picker

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Tip

If you are changing the look of your site after adding lots of content, it's a good idea to use the Preview button to see how your content works with a new template.

Site styles

Use Site styles to change the colours and fonts across your whole site.

To change Site styles:

1. Click Site options, the three dots in the top left corner of the screen
2. From the dropdown menu select Site styles

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Reset Site styles

If you aren't happy with your style changes you can reset them using the Reset all styles button at the bottom.

Content styles

Content styles are a set of options that can change the colours and fonts for a particular type of content.

To access Content styles:

1. Hover over a piece of content
2. Click the cog icon in the top left
3. Click the Styles tab shown in the sidebar at the top

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Content type styles

Style changes made on a particular piece of content will be applied to all content on your site.

Changing a style

To change a style:

1. Click on the style you would like to change
2. Change the colour or font
3. Click the back button ( < )
4. Click Save

Colour options

There are three options for choosing a colour:

1. Selecting one from the pre-defined palette
2. Using the colour wheel
3. Adding a hexadecimal colour

Font and Typography options

Font and typography options can be changed in the following ways:

1. The font itself
2. The weight or thickness
3. The size
4. The line height (the space between lines of text)
5. The letter spacing