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Introduction
From The Template Editor · Verified against the live product on Oct 20, 2026
This lesson
What the course covers, and the Northwind demo help center we use the whole way through.
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2. A quick tour
The live preview on the left, the settings on the right, and what each tab is for.
Transcript
- 0:05Hi!
- 0:06In this video, I'll walk you through the Template Editor in HelpCenter.io...
- 0:11the place where you decide how your help center looks.
- 0:14We'll start with the basics, like themes, colors and fonts.
- 0:18Then we'll look at how pages and components fit together.
- 0:21And at the end, I'll show you how to build a component of your own, with a little HTML.
- 0:26I'm signed in to Northwind, a demo help center we'll use the whole way through.
- 0:31To open the editor, I'll go to the menu on the left... and click Template editor.
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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