Your Website's Look Shouldn't Be Locked to a Template
Many businesses face an awkward situation when building a website: the template is ready-made, with layouts, color schemes, and font placements all designed by someone else. Want to switch to your company's primary colors? You need a developer. Want to adjust the homepage banner layout? You have to wait in line. As a result, the website looks similar to your competitors, customers can't remember it, and you feel uncomfortable with it yourself.
X1 takes a different approach. The theme determines what the website's front end looks like—switching themes is like giving your website a new outfit: layout, color scheme, fonts, and image positions all change accordingly. But switching themes doesn't touch your content—categories, articles, single pages, products, and uploaded images all remain exactly as they are. Businesses decide how to present themselves.
Change the Outfit, Keep the Substance
Here's a fictional scenario. A company making industrial spare parts initially used a generic template with a retail-oriented style, and customers always felt it didn't look like an engineering firm. Later, they switched to a more professional theme, changed the color scheme to the deep blue from their logo, and adjusted the homepage image positions. Throughout the process, product information, company introduction, and news articles remained untouched—only the front end looked more like this company.
That's the benefit of separating themes from content. Businesses don't need to re-enter data just to change appearance, nor worry about losing existing content when switching layouts. Themes only affect the front-end appearance; the back end remains the same management interface, and employees maintain content as usual.
Color Schemes and Layouts Can Be Customized to Your Business
Color schemes are written in the theme's templates and styles. To change to your company's colors, just modify the theme files—no need to touch content. X1 is free and source-available; businesses can use the built-in themes or have a developer create a custom set with your company's colors, logo, and layout.
The admin panel offers online template editing, allowing you to modify templates and publish them online—refresh the front end to see the effect. Custom themes only need to override the templates you want to change; pages not overridden continue to use the default theme or module templates, so you don't have to build a whole set from scratch.
Edit Templates with Preview Before Going Live
For business owners, the biggest fear is "breaking something." X1's template editing separates drafts from published versions: save changes as a draft first, preview until satisfied, then publish for visitors to see the new look. If something breaks, you can roll back—historical versions and publish records are kept.
On the editing page, you can also use the AI assistant to describe desired changes—for example, change the homepage banner to three-column cards or increase the title font size. The AI will select templates or style files within the current theme and return a modification summary and diff. Changes are first written to the draft and the preview refreshes automatically; if unsatisfied, you can undo the last round, then publish after confirmation. Preview supports both desktop and mobile widths, making it easy to check mobile layouts.
Your website's look is ultimately your business's storefront. X1 puts themes, color schemes, and template editing in your hands—content stays intact, risks are controlled, and the presentation can be adjusted anytime to meet business needs. Visit the X1 product page to see a demo or download a trial.