{"id":17494,"date":"2024-06-12T13:59:14","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T06:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rometheme.net\/?p=17494"},"modified":"2025-04-07T04:28:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T04:28:37","slug":"how-to-customize-an-html-template","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rometheme.net\/blog\/tips-tutorials\/how-to-customize-an-html-template\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Customize an HTML Template"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

So you just bought an HTML template and now you have to customize it before it goes online. But you’re inexperienced with code so you’re not sure how to do it. Don’t worry, because in this tutorial we will guide you on how to edit HTML templates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We’ll work under the assumption you’ve never seen a line of HTML before, let alone edited it, so no matter how new you are to working with code, you’ll be shown exactly what to do at every step.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Get Yourself a Code Editor<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Yes, it’s definitely possible to edit HTML in Notepad or a similar program, but things will go much smoother if you use the right code-editing application. One of the main reasons is that you will get colored highlights on your code, as you will soon see, which will make it easier to read and edit. we will use Sublime Text<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Download and View Your HTML Template<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

After selecting the HTML template you want to customize and downloading it, then extract the file (Most HTML templates come in a ZIP file). Then open the folders in it until you find the file “index.html” or “index.htm”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this article, we use Rometheme’s HTML template, namely Pyro – Writer Portfolio HTML Template. You can get it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the example we are using, the file \u201cindex.html\u201d is found in the \u201cHTML\u201d folder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Now, open that file in Chrome because we’ll be working there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Identify the Parts You Want to Change<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

This time we will only provide a few simple changes so that those of you who are using an HTML template for the first time can easily understand it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To start, look at your template in Chrome and figure out which written elements and images on the page you need to change. If you want, you can set up a list so you can go through and check off each item as you make edits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the case of our CV template, we want to change:<\/p>\n\n\n\n