Support Columns
Categories beside your most-read articles in a tidy two-column home.
Versatile brand style
Minimal Classic knowledge base template
Minimal Classic is the timeless help center look: a coloured header with search, no hero, and your categories and recent updates straight away.
- Inter
- Comfortable spacing
- Dark mode built in
- 6 pages designed
Included on every plan, and in the 14-day free trial. No credit card needed.
Every page, designed
See Minimal Classic on every page.
Real screenshots of a demo help center running Minimal Classic exactly as it ships, before any changes. Pick a page to see it.
About the template
About Minimal Classic
Minimal Classic skips the hero entirely. A coloured header carries your logo and the search box, and the home page opens straight onto your categories as cards, followed by your recently updated articles.
It brings the classic HelpCenter.io minimal header to the new editor, so it suits teams that want their help center to look like a help center and get out of the way. Articles have a table of contents beside them, share buttons and a rating.
Best for
- Teams coming from HelpCenter.io’s classic editor
- Help centers where visitors already know what they need
- Brands with a strong header colour
Page by page
What’s on each page.
What Minimal Classic puts on each page before you change anything. Every section can be removed, reordered or added to in the editor.
Home page
- Search in the header
- Category cards“3 across”
- An article list“Recently updated”
Category pages
- The category’s articles and subcategories
- Search in the header
- A contact prompt“Need a hand?”
Article pages
- Search in the header
- A table of contents beside the article
- Share buttons
- A “Was this helpful?” rating
Search results, contact and 404 pages are designed in the same style.
Make it yours
Start from Minimal Classic’s settings. Change any of them.
These are the settings Minimal Classic ships with. Each one is a control in the visual editor, and changing it restyles every page at once. Add your logo, use your own fonts, and add custom CSS when you want full control.
Start with Minimal ClassicTypefaces
Headings Inter
Body Inter
Colours
Light
- Primary: #1e3a8a
- Accent: #0ea5e9
- Background: #f8fafc
- Surface: #ffffff
Dark
- Primary: #3b82f6
- Accent: #38bdf8
- Background: #020617
- Surface: #0f172a
Corners
- Small: 4px
- Medium: 8px
- Large: 12px
Spacing
Comfortable
One of compact, comfortable or spacious, set for the whole help center.
Included with Minimal Classic, and with every template
What every template includes- Search with instant results
- Dark mode, built in
- Reflows down to 320px
- WCAG AA colour contrast
- Sitemap, meta and hreflang
- Every language you publish in
FAQ
Questions about Minimal Classic.
More in the templates FAQ, or ask our team from our help center.
Is the Minimal Classic template free?
Minimal Classic is included in every HelpCenter.io plan at no extra cost, like every template, and you can try it free for 14 days with no credit card needed.
Can I change Minimal Classic’s colours and fonts?
Yes. Minimal Classic starts with Inter and #1e3a8a as its primary colour. Both are settings in the visual editor, along with your logo, the rest of the palette, the corner radius and the spacing, and changing one restyles every page.
Does Minimal Classic have a dark mode?
Yes. Minimal Classic has its own dark palette, and visitors get it automatically when their device is set to dark mode. You can edit the dark palette separately from the light one, and add a logo made for dark backgrounds.
Can I switch from Minimal Classic to another template later?
Yes, whenever you like, from the theme gallery in the editor. You compare the new template with your current design and choose which parts of it to apply. Your articles and categories are never touched, and nothing changes for visitors until you publish.
Does Minimal Classic work on phones?
Yes. Minimal Classic is built to reflow on screens as narrow as 320px, and the editor previews desktop, tablet and mobile sizes before you publish. The phone screenshot on this page shows its home page 390 pixels wide.
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Start your help center on Minimal Classic.
Your 14-day trial starts with Minimal Classic already applied. Make it yours in the editor and publish when it looks right. No credit card needed.