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Topics
Design concept
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What is PlantWeb?
Design philosophy
Show branding, drive clicks
Do not design. Focus on story.
Product goals & site slots
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Product goals
Site slots: active vs drafts
When upgrading makes sense
About the Pro plan
Template swapping
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Fixed layouts, smart inheritance
Rotation order
Content memory
Reset Template
Design tips for pretty sites
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Consistency & reusable patterns
Which Template work? (simple patterns)
Highlight important sections
A quick design checklist
Color system & palettes
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Palette basics
How templates use the palette
Custom colors
Auto adjust color
Custom domain setup
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Custom domain basics
Step 1: buy a domain
Step 2: add domain to PlantWeb
Configure DNS records
Wait for propagation
Media & video usage
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Video types & conversion
Video content best practices
Editing basics
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Add templates
Move templates up and down
Replace a template
Reuse edited template
Make a saving point
Change colors and branding
Change fonts
Save and publish
About PlantWeb
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Why PlantWeb exists
Not a maximum profit product
Opinionated, on purpose
FAQ & limitations
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Layout limitations
Remove the PlantWeb banner
If your subscription ends
PlantWeb and SEO
Image upload & responsive images
Why limits exist
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Change fonts
Topics
Design concept
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What is PlantWeb?
A quick overview of what PlantWeb is trying to do.
Design philosophy
The minimal, clarity-first visual philosophy.
Show branding, drive clicks
The core functional goal most PlantWeb sites are designed for.
Do not design. Focus on story.
Fixed layouts help you spend time on content, not alignment.
Product goals & site slots
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Product goals
The core goals that shape PlantWeb.
Site slots: active vs drafts
How active slots & drafts work on the free plan.
When upgrading makes sense
A quick rule-of-thumb for when upgrading is worth it.
About the Pro plan
What Pro unlocks and what changes when you upgrade.
Template swapping
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Fixed layouts, smart inheritance
Why layouts are fixed & how swapping works.
Rotation order
Why the swap order starts with similar templates first.
Content memory
How edits are remembered & mapped between templates.
Reset Template
When to reset and what gets remembered across swaps.
Design tips for pretty sites
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Consistency & reusable patterns
The fastest way to make a site look clean: repeat patterns.
Which Template work? (simple patterns)
A few repeatable patterns for clean pages.
Highlight important sections
Use gradients/patterns sparingly to create focus.
A quick design checklist
A last-minute checklist before you publish.
Color system & palettes
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Palette basics
What the palette does & how templates use it.
How templates use the palette
How palette roles map into templates and components.
Custom colors
Custom colors for one section vs the whole site.
Auto adjust color
How contrast & overlay-safe variants work.
Custom domain setup
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Custom domain basics
What a custom domain is & how to start.
Step 1: buy a domain
Choose and purchase a domain from a provider.
Step 2: add domain to PlantWeb
Add your domain in PlantWeb before DNS changes.
Configure DNS records
Step 3: configure DNS records on your domain provider.
Wait for propagation
Step 4: wait for DNS propagation and confirmation.
Media & video usage
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Video types & conversion
Hosted clips vs embeds, & converting image blocks to video.
Video content best practices
Keep motion subtle & media consistent across devices.
Editing basics
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Add templates
How to add new templates (sections) and build your page flow.
Move templates up and down
Reorder blocks so the story flow reads well.
Replace a template
Use Replace mode to switch the section layout.
Reuse edited template
Save a section as a template and reuse it later.
Make a saving point
How to keep a snapshot using Website Duplicate.
Change colors and branding
Theme basics: palette, branding, and quick tweaks.
Change fonts
Set global heading and body fonts for a consistent look.
Save and publish
Publish workflow and final checks.
About PlantWeb
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Why PlantWeb exists
The core mission & the non-exploitative pricing intent.
Not a maximum profit product
Why pricing is designed to stay fair and useful.
Opinionated, on purpose
Why PlantWeb limits some customization by design.
FAQ & limitations
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Layout limitations
What you can & cannot manually customize.
Remove the PlantWeb banner
How to remove the banner (Pro feature).
If your subscription ends
What changes when Pro ends (and what stays).
PlantWeb and SEO
SEO basics and what you still need to do.
Image upload & responsive images
How uploads are optimised, plus mobile-specific images.
Why limits exist
Why PlantWeb restricts some options by design.
Change colors and branding
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Open the global style or palette section.
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Choose a palette or edit custom colors.
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See the site preview update with the new theme.
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Optionally tweak specific sections using local options like Auto Gradient or pattern backgrounds.
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Palette basics
How palettes keep your site consistent.
Related
Custom colors
Use custom colors for one section vs the whole site.
Related
Change fonts
Set global heading and body fonts.