Customise your theme

A new theme looks good on day one because it looks good for everyone. The work worth doing is the hour or two that makes it look like your place instead of a template. You can do all of it in an afternoon, and none of it can break your live site.

Install from the Theme Store

Browse the Theme Store and install a theme that suits the property. A design that flatters a city studio can flatten a mountain lodge, so pick for the photos you actually have. If you change your mind later, switch. Your pages, photos and text stay put, only the design around them changes.

Edit as a draft, always

Theme changes happen in a draft first. You adjust the design visually, preview the result, and publish only when it looks right. Until you publish, guests keep seeing the current site and keep booking on it. This is the part that removes the fear. Try the bold layout, preview it, hate it, throw it away. Nobody saw a thing.

Small changes add up fast. Swap the theme's stock colours for ones that match your interiors. Put your best photo where the theme wants a hero image. Read the default headings out loud and replace any that sound like nobody you know.

Decide how updates arrive

Theme designers ship improvements over time, and themes can update automatically. There is a toggle for it. Leave auto-update on if you have not touched the code and want fixes without thinking about them. Turn it off if you would rather review what changed first. Either way, theme versions are tracked, so you always know which one you are running.

Know when to call a developer

Everything above happens in the visual editor. If you want a change the editor does not offer, a developer can edit the theme code directly. Stayblox themes are built with Twig, and the developer docs live at dev.stayblox.com. Unless you know Twig, hand that part over. A broken template is a lost Saturday for you and a quick job for someone who does this every week.