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A quick tour
From The Template Editor · Verified against the live product on Oct 20, 2026
This lesson
The live preview on the left, the settings on the right, and what each tab is for.
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Moments in this lesson
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3. Start from a theme
Browse the Theme gallery, compare a theme with your design, and choose which parts to apply.
Transcript
- 0:41This is the Template Editor.
- 0:43It has two halves.
- 0:44On the left, a live preview of your help center...
- 0:47and on the right, all of the settings.
- 0:50The preview isn't a mockup.
- 0:52It's your real help center, with your real categories and articles...
- 0:56and every change you make shows up here right away.
- 1:01The settings are grouped into tabs.
- 1:03Brand... Theme... Theme gallery... Pages... Navigation... Advanced... and Version history.
- 1:10We'll go through the important ones together.
- 1:13Above the preview, you can switch between desktop, tablet and mobile sizes...
- 1:17check light and dark mode... and turn on Select to edit, which we'll try in a few minutes.
- 1:23Up here, the editor saves your work automatically.
- 1:26And this is the most important thing to know:
- 1:29everything you change is saved as a draft.
- 1:32Your visitors won't see any of it... until you click Publish.
- 1:36And if you ever make a mistake, Undo and Redo are right beside it.
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About the course
Make your help center look exactly the way you want: themes, colors, pages, components and your own HTML.
What you'll learn
- Where the Template Editor is, and how the preview, settings and drafts work
- How to try a theme, keep what you like, and go back with Reset draft
- Brand, colors, fonts, spacing and corner radius
- The six page types, their layouts and regions, and how components fit together
- Select to edit: change text right in the preview
- Custom HTML, plus custom CSS that follows your theme's colors
- Header links, mobile and dark mode checks, publishing and version history
- Who it's for
- Anyone who owns the look of a help center, from a first-day trial to a redesign.
- Format
- 13 lessons, 10:35 in all. English captions and a full transcript.
- Last verified
- Oct 20, 2026, on the live product with the Northwind demo help center
- Plans
- Everything in this course works on every plan.
Articles
Every lesson pairs with a help article, so you can read the steps at your own pace.
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Get started with the template editor self.helpcenter.io/content/template-editorGoes with these lessons
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Choose a theme self.helpcenter.io/content/choose-a-themeGoes with
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Which theme is right for you? self.helpcenter.io/content/theme-galleryGoes with
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Add your logo, favicon and brand name self.helpcenter.io/content/logo-and-brandGoes with
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Change colors, fonts and spacing self.helpcenter.io/content/colors-and-fontsGoes with
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Pages, regions and shared headers explained self.helpcenter.io/content/pages-and-regionsGoes with
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Add, move and remove components self.helpcenter.io/content/componentsGoes with
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Edit text right in the preview self.helpcenter.io/content/edit-in-previewGoes with
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Customize the article page self.helpcenter.io/content/article-pageGoes with
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Add custom CSS self.helpcenter.io/content/custom-cssGoes with
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Custom CSS reference: selectors and examples self.helpcenter.io/content/custom-css-referenceGoes with
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Add links to your header and footer self.helpcenter.io/content/navigation-linksGoes with
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Customize the header and footer self.helpcenter.io/content/header-and-footerGoes with
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Preview on phones, tablets and in dark mode self.helpcenter.io/content/preview-your-designGoes with
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Light and dark mode self.helpcenter.io/content/dark-modeGoes with
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Publish your design self.helpcenter.io/content/publish-your-designGoes with
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Restore an earlier design self.helpcenter.io/content/restore-a-designGoes with