{"id":2457,"date":"2021-11-04T16:55:24","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T16:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/support\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=2457"},"modified":"2025-01-10T10:18:03","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T10:18:03","slug":"can-i-change-my-website-template","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/support\/articles\/can-i-change-my-website-template\/","title":{"rendered":"Can I change my website template?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-nco-info-block\"><p class=\"nco-info-block-content\"><strong>Info:<\/strong> This article applies to Website Builder purchases made before 14th January 2025. For further assistance, please contact our support team.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The decision to change a template should be your \u201clast resort\u201d option. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>It will undo all the hard work you&#8217;ve done!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-nco-info-block\"><p class=\"nco-info-block-content\"><strong>Info:<\/strong> Changing a template will mean any text you have already added will be lost. Images may still be within the editor, but will have to be added to a new template.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>To help avoid starting from scratch, all the templates are fully customisable so you can change them. We have more guides to help you do this, so please have a read of them and see if this is a better option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-nco-advice-block\"><p class=\"nco-advice-block-content\"><strong>Tip:<\/strong> If you need to adjust the design elements of the website and you have already put in a lot of work then use the editing tools within the editor to tweak the current design to your recommendations, rather than changing the template and essentially going back to the beginning again.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How to change the template<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you do want to change the template and start from the beginning again then you will need to choose the Reset Site option. You can find this in your <strong>Online Control Panel  <\/strong>&gt;<strong> Website Builder Settings<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Reset Site<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"554\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/website-builder-reset-template-option.png\" alt=\"Settings to reset website template\" class=\"wp-image-2458\" style=\"width:410px;height:275px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/website-builder-reset-template-option.png 554w, https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/website-builder-reset-template-option-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/website-builder-reset-template-option-50x34.png 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Once you&#8217;ve done this, the next time you click on <em>Edit site<\/em> you will see the template selection screen and can start from scratch again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-nco-advice-block\"><p class=\"nco-advice-block-content\"><strong>Tip:<\/strong> Why not read our article on &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/support\/articles\/how-to-create-a-new-page-in-website-builder\/\">How to add a new page<\/a>&#8221; before you start from scratch<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The decision to change a template should be your \u201clast resort\u201d option. 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