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  mindfulbystephany · Member · Aug 21, 2018 at 6:31 pm

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  Hi there,
  when I select this page and it gets loaded to my page to customize it does not look the same as what is shown.
  Also I don’t understand why I am not able to edit it the way I like (for example change whether the font is all capitals or not or the colour of the font over the photo etc).
  For an easy to build custom website in my experience so far it does not seem very easy to make my website the way I would like it :S
  Maybe I am not doing it correctly or there is a buy Im not sure. It seems strange that the template looks different when uploaded to my page.

  Thank you,

  Stephanie

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  kokkieh · Staff · Aug 22, 2018 at 1:28 pm

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  Hi there,

  For your site to look like the theme looks in the examples you need to 1) add content to your site, and 2) set up the theme according to its specific instructions.

  For example, you can find the setup instructions for the Gateway theme you currently have active on your site here:

  https://wordpress.com/theme/gateway/

  But even before you try to follow those instructions, first publish a few posts and pages on your site – an empty site will never look like the example, and for Gateway specifically you’d need some pages already available in order to set the theme up properly.

  You can find a detailed tutorial on how to create posts and pages, and a few other things around managing your site, here:

  https://learn.wordpress.com/

  Also I don’t understand why I am not able to edit it the way I like (for example change whether the font is all capitals or not or the colour of the font over the photo etc).

  The way your site looks is determined by the theme using a type of code called CSS. To change certain aspects of your site, you need to change that code, and that’s only possible on our Premium and Business plans.

  Regarding font color, do you mean when writing a post or page on the phone? If you’re using the mobile app, not all features will be available as we chose to only include the most often-used features in the app editor. But if you edit your site using the mobile browser on your phone you should have exactly the same options as you have on a computer.