The Theme Garden

By the end of this page, you will know how to find a ready-made design and use it without starting from scratch.

What's in the Theme Garden

The Theme Garden is the library of ready-made designs. It has two tabs:

• Themes. Whole-site designs with colors, fonts, and sample pages.
• Sections. Single bands, like a pricing table or a team row, that you add to a page.

Some are free and some cost a one-time fee. The price is shown on each card. You need to be logged in to browse.

Open it from the link under the Theme tab in the editor, or from the create-a-site page.

Look before you choose

Each theme card has a Demo button. It opens a live example of that theme so you can click around before you commit.

Start a new site from a theme

Click Use Theme on a card. This takes you to the create-a-site page with that theme already chosen. See Creating Your First Site.

Use a theme on a site you already have

1. On a theme's card, click Apply to my site.
2. If you have more than one site, pick which one.
3. Choose what to apply:
   • Apply just the theme styles. Colors, fonts, and spacing. Your pages stay as they are.
   • Apply the theme and copy the pages, too. The theme's sample pages are added to your site as drafts.
4. Click Apply.

Nothing goes live right away.

• The theme is saved in the Theme tab under Site Themes. It is not switched on yet. Open it there, look at it, and click Save Theme when you like it. Then Publish.
• Copied pages are added as drafts. Your own pages are never overwritten. If a copied page's address matches one of yours, it gets a number added, like home-1.
• Your menu and footer are not changed.

If you paid for a theme once, you can apply it to any of your sites with no new charge.

Where copied pages show up

In the left panel, copied pages are listed under Theme Pages, below All Other Entries. They aren't in your menu. Drag one up to Nav Pages to add it to your menu, or drag it to All Other Entries, which turns it into a normal page. You can delete a Theme Page like any page.

Try a theme in the editor

The Theme tab has three lists at the top:

• Site Themes. Every theme you've saved on this site. Click one to load it, and nothing changes until you save.
• Preset Themes. Starting points we provide.
• Import Theme. Load a theme file made in the Theme Creator.

Loading a theme only fills in the editor. It becomes your active theme when you click Save Theme, and live when you Publish. Saved themes stay in your list until you delete them.

Add a ready-made section

1. Move your mouse between sections and click the strip to open Add section.
2. Pick Blank section, or choose a template from the list. You can filter by tag.
3. If the section costs money, you'll see a purchase window with its name, price, and license. Only the site's owner can buy.

A one-site license covers the site you bought it for. An unlimited license covers all your sites.

A section template you add is a normal section. Change anything in it.

Good to know

• Applying a theme never deletes your pages or content.
• Theme pages you apply are drafts until you Publish them.
• Prices are one-time. Section and theme purchases don't depend on your site's monthly plan.