Using Niche Demos

Canvas makes building websites fast, and Niche Demos make it even faster. Niche Demos are pre-made, ready-to-use website concepts for specific industries and use cases, so you can launch a themed site with minimal setup. Canvas 8 ships with over 100 niche demos covering agencies, shops, blogs, apps, events, portfolios, and many more.

Every niche demo runs on the same native style.css and the shared css/ and js/ files. The homepage for each niche demo lives in the root of the HTML folder and is named demo-{niche}.html (for example demo-agency.html, demo-bakery.html, demo-law-firm.html).

To set up a niche demo on its own, you only need these folders and files from the package:

• css/ folder
• images/ folder (you can delete images you do not need, but do not delete the images/icons/ folder)
• include/ folder (you can delete the include/rs-plugin/ folder if the demo does not use the Revolution Slider)
• js/ folder
• demos/{niche}/ folder (the demo-specific styles and images)
• style.css file

You can delete any other files you do not need. Then rename demo-{niche}.html to index.html so it loads as your default homepage. That is it, you can now start editing the files to fit your website.

Tip: Rather than deleting files by hand, use the Custom Package builder in your dashboard at dashboard.canvastemplate.com/builder. Pick the niche demo you want and it builds a clean, ready-to-use zip with only the files that demo needs, in seconds.

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With an optional plan you also get:

• One-click hosting and publishing: push your site live instantly, no FTP and no build step, and republish in seconds as you make changes. Deploy anywhere, or export the HTML and host it yourself. No platform lock-in.
• Automated SEO blog: a design-matched blog that writes SEO posts on a schedule using your site's own fonts, colors, and layout. Set the niche and cadence, and it publishes for you.
• Custom domains and team seats for agencies and client work.