Customise key aspects of your site or switch template

To open up the customizer, select from the top bar or Dashboard > Appearance > Customizer. The customizer provides a key route to modifying many of the website fundamentals, e.g.:

• Switch template
• Change colour scheme (template dependent)
• Change fonts and font styles (template dependent)
• Modify menus (you can do this also from the Dashboard > Appearance > Menus)
• Modify Widgets (these are the marginalia like the sidebar and footer, if supported)
• Adjust the front page settings
• Add custom styles (for advanced users mainly)

Some templates will open up a raft of other options, sometimes a little bewildering so choose a simple template if this is your first time.

The customizer’s main feature is the ability to preview the changes on screen before you commit to them. Moreover you can save a draft of your changes, share that draft with colleagues, or abandon the changes altogether later if they are not approved. You can also schedule a change to go live at a later time or date.

KEEP IT SIMPLE

It should not take you months and weeks to create your first website, but it is recommended that you set aside a day or so. With practice you can create and populate a simple website in just a few hours →