How to change theme?

Hello,

I was trying to get started with my website, and I could create multiple sites to try out. After testing publishing one of them and trying to connect my domain, I realized the template I chose isn't very convenient.

But now I can't seem to find an option to change a template nor to use a different website with my subscription. How can I replace my website with a different one, or just replace my website's template?

Can you share site url or which template do you use?

Hi, thanks for the reply.

I started off with one of the demo sites available here: https://www.squarespace.com/templates

After some more digging I read I can't switch templates in 7.1 any more, and it seems I can't start off from scratch with another demo site either.

That's not obvious as the documentation starts off describing how it worked in 7.0 and the whole thing is confusing, as there's no hint about 7.0 vs 7.1 when browsing templates: https://support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/205815598-Switching-templates
I's a bit disappointing that people using older software could do this and now we can't...

Thanks Paul, I understand. You're calling them "starting points" but actually they are referred to as "templates" when starting off. I remember choosing 7.1 for flexibility, but I didn't realize I couldn't change starting points easily.

Some things do seem more convenient in 7.0, such as changing the whole theme of the website, as well as receiving a fresh new structure.

In 7.1, if I want to change from a color preset to another it seems I have to change each section of each page individually...

Making a new site would be a good option if it wasn't wasting my subscription, don't think the contract can be moved there.

Thanks for the clarifications.