A template (we also call it a layout or a look) decides the shape of your page. Your words and links come with you, so you can switch as often as you like.
The layouts
- Free: Stack, Minimal, Card, Tiles, Sticker, Receipt, Postcard and Arcade.
- With ✦ Boost: Cover, Bento, Terminal, Polaroid, Magazine, Desktop, Glass and Timeline.
- Website templates, with ✦ Boost: Studio, Channel, Gig, Shopfront, Résumé, Invitation, Darkroom, Lobby, SaaS, Classic, Podcast and Journal.
Try them first
The Templates page shows every layout live. Open one to see it full size, or click Use this to start with it. Website templates have a menu, so you can look at their pages too.
Pick one
- In your dashboard, open Template.
- Click the layout you like. Your page changes straight away, and the preview beside it shows how.
Boost layouts have a little lock on Free. You can still open them on the Templates page to look around, but clicking one in Template takes you to Plan & gifts, where you can get Boost.
Sample sections
Every template shows something near the top of your home page: Studio’s selected work, a shop’s “Fresh today”, SaaS’s features, Channel’s latest video. These are your home page’s sections, and they’re yours to change.
- No sections of your own yet (or still the last template’s samples)? Picking a template fills them in with its samples.
- Changed them already? We ask first. Say Use the samples and the template’s take their place; say Keep mine and nothing changes.
The sample pictures are Nyni’s own. Swap them for yours under Photos. See Add photos.
Website templates
A website template is a whole little site: your home page plus a few starter pages, like Work, About and Contact, with a menu at the top. They’re filled in with friendly placeholders and sample pictures, so you can see how it all fits together.
- No pages yet? The starter pages are added for you when you pick the look.
- Have pages already? We ask first. Say Add them and they go after your own pages; say No thanks and nothing changes. Your pages are never changed or deleted.
- A site can have up to 10 extra pages, so if yours is nearly full, only the ones that fit are added.
The starter pages are yours: change the words, put in your own photos, or delete the ones you don’t need, under Pages. See Add more pages.
Most website templates start with a website’s header: just your name, without your picture or your @username. You can switch both back on in Home page. Website templates also bring their footer’s words, if yours has none yet. See Your footer. See Your name, words and picture.
Tip: Making a new page? The first step, Your look, offers the free layouts. Start with one of those; you can switch to a Boost look later.