Templates & Customization

How to Choose and Customize a Website Template

By the Domain India teamPublished 6 min read
Knowledge base article
Contents (8 sections)

In the AI Website Builder you don't start from an empty template. The AI picks a template, colour and font for your business when it builds your site, and you can change any of them later without losing your content. This guide shows where those settings are and how to make the site look like your brand.

Key takeaways

Open the editor's Design tab. Under Theme, choose one of 18 templates, a colour preset or your own hex colour, and one of 8 fonts. You can also describe the look you want and let Design with AI choose. Your text and photos stay the same when you switch. Hero style, photos and your logo sit under Hero and Media, and the order of homepage sections under Layout.

1. How templates work in the AI builder

When you describe your business, the AI chooses a template, colour and font to suit it, and builds the pages your trade needs. A restaurant gets a menu, and a salon gets bookings. The template controls the look: layout style, typography and spacing. Your content (text, photos, logo, contact details) is stored separately.

That means you can:

  • try a different template at any time, and your content comes with you;
  • preview a design before applying it, because nothing changes until you click apply;
  • undo a design change if you prefer the old one.

You can see real sites built with each template on the AI Website Builder page.

2. Choose a template

  1. Open your site.
    Go to AI Website Builder in the client area and open your site.
  2. Open Design → Theme.
    The Design tab has four parts: Theme, Hero, Media and Layout. Theme lists the templates.
  3. Browse and preview.
    Tap a template to preview it on your own content. The one you use now is marked In use, and the builder marks a Recommended one for your business.
  4. Apply it.
    When you like a preview, click Apply this design. Nothing goes live until you apply.

Don't want to choose? In the Design with AI box, describe the look, for example "luxurious spa, warm and elegant", and the AI picks a template, colour and font to match. You can adjust anything after.

Choose by layout, not by colour

Colours, fonts and photos can all be changed in seconds. When comparing templates, look at the page structure: how the hero, services and gallery are laid out, and how it looks on a phone.

3. Colours and fonts

Under Color & font in the Theme section:

  • Colour presets: Blue, Indigo, Green, Teal, Orange, Red, Purple and Slate.
  • Custom colour: open the colour picker or type a hex code such as #7c3aed, then click Apply custom. Use your brand colour if you have one.
  • Font: choose from 8 fonts.

Colour and font apply on top of whichever template you choose. If your site is already published, changing the template or colour re-publishes it, so the change is live straight away.

4. The hero: the first thing visitors see

Open Design → Hero to change the top of your homepage:

  • Hero style. The styles on offer depend on your template. They can include Split (your photo as a side panel), Centered (the intro text in the middle) and Slider (several photos in rotation).
  • Hero image. Upload a PNG, JPG or WEBP up to 3 MB, or generate one with AI on a paid plan. Text stays readable over it thanks to an overlay.
  • Slideshow photos. For the Slider style, up to 5 photos rotate, with your main hero photo always first.

5. Logo, photos and sections

  • Logo: in Design → Media, use Logo Studio. Upload your own (PNG, JPG or WEBP under 1 MB), make a quick lettering logo from your initials, or generate designs with AI on a paid plan. See Adding images and media.
  • Homepage sections: in Design → Layout, reorder or remove the homepage sections, or add one from the list, then click Save layout. Sections with no content stay hidden until you add content, and hidden sections are removed from your published site.

6. Or just ask in the chat

Everything above can also be done by typing in the Chat tab. The assistant, Sia, understands requests such as:

  • "Switch to a darker template."
  • "Make it green."
  • "Make the whole site look more premium."
  • "Move the gallery above services."

Every change shows in the preview first. If you don't like a result, click Undo this change.

7. Where Domain India fits

You can build and preview a site free, and choose a paid plan when you want to publish it on your own domain. The live pricing card lists "Every template + any custom color" on Starter, and Pro and Business include everything in Starter.

AI Builder Starter
₹200/mo + GST
  • 1 website
  • Connect your own domain + free SSL
  • AI website generation
  • AI chat editor
See plan details
AI Builder Pro
₹599/mo + GST
  • 5 websites
  • Connect your own domain + free SSL
  • Everything in Starter
  • More AI generations
See plan details

For every plan side by side, see AI Website Builder plans and features.

Frequently asked questions

How many templates does the AI Website Builder have?

18 templates, with any colour you like and 8 fonts. You can switch between them at any time from the editor's Design tab.

Will I lose my content if I change the template?

No. Only the design changes; your text, photos, logo and settings stay as they are. You preview a template before applying it.

Can I use my exact brand colour?

Yes. In Design, under Color & font, type your hex colour code or use the colour picker, then click Apply custom.

Does changing the design go live immediately?

On a published site, applying a new template or colour re-publishes the site, so yes. While you are only previewing, nothing goes live.

Can I change the order of sections on my homepage?

Yes. Open Design, then Layout, reorder or remove sections, and click Save layout. You can also ask the chat, for example "move the testimonials above the services".

Ready to find your look? Open AI Website Builder in the client area, or start from the AI Website Builder page if you don't have a site yet. Stuck? Open a ticket or use live chat.

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