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Colors, fonts and spacing
From The Template Editor · Verified against the live product on Oct 20, 2026
This lesson
Set your primary color and watch every highlight follow, then fonts, spacing and dark mode colors.
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Length 1:58
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6. Pages, regions and components
The six kinds of pages, their layouts, and how to add, move and reuse components in each region.
Transcript
- 3:15Now for the fun part.
- 3:17The Theme tab holds the design settings for your whole help center: colors, fonts and spacing.
- 3:24The primary color is used for links, buttons and highlights.
- 3:27I'll click on it... and type in a new one.
- 3:30A deep blue.
- 3:31Watch the preview.
- 3:33Every highlight picks up the new color straight away.
- 3:36The other colors set the text, the page background, the surfaces of cards and panels... and the borders.
- 3:43There's a separate set for dark mode, so both look right.
- 3:46Let's scroll down to the fonts.
- 3:48I'll give the headings a different typeface... let's try Lora, a classic serif.
- 3:53Density controls how much breathing room everything gets.
- 3:57I'll make it a little more spacious.
- 4:01And the corner radius rounds off cards, buttons and the search bar.
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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