Where do I change how my community looks?
The look lives on a screen called Welcome, and there are two separate things to change: your colour, and the big picture across the top. Colour first, because it is what most people mean.
Updated 6 October 2026
Open my community
Open the Branding tab and set your colour
Branding is the last tab in the row above the editor.
Accent colour takes a hex code, the six characters after a hash that name an exact colour. If you do not have one, press one of the six swatches under the box.
When no colour is set, the box says Not set, and the line under it says your community uses the default purple until you pick a colour.
Press Save branding. The confirmation is small and easy to miss, so check the result rather than the button.
A hex code or a swatch. Buttons, links and tabs, not the banner.
Open my communityReplace the banner, on the Images tab
Your colour does not touch the banner, so if the purple and pink gradient is still bothering you, this is the separate job.
The first control is Cover image. Press Choose / upload and you get a Media Library with a Stock Photos tab: a search box and buttons for Coaching, Consulting, Entrepreneur, Headshots and more. Search for a subject rather than a colour, because searching for a colour returns whatever happens to be that colour.
Pick one and it applies straight away. There is no separate save for the cover; the Save gallery button lower down belongs to the Hero gallery under it.
Cover image is the banner. It takes a picture, never a colour.
Add your logo, on the same Images tab
Under Logo, press Choose / upload. Pick a picture from your Media Library, or upload one. It appears beside your community name.
Under that is Hero gallery: up to 8 images or videos shown as thumbnails, and that one does need Save gallery.
The round mark carrying your initial is on the Your profile tab instead, and it is the last purple thing most people are left with. It is not a colour you can change; it is a picture you have not added yet. There are three ways to add one: Upload / take photo, Camera, or Generate, which offers a set of drawn avatars if you have no photograph to hand.
Choose / upload, under Logo.
Check it on the real page
Press Open live, at the top of the preview beside Refresh. That opens your community the way a member sees it. Open live appears once your community is live.
The small preview beside the editor is useful, but it has been seen showing a change before it was saved and showing the old version for a while after a save, so it is worth confirming on the real page.
Open live, at the top of the preview.
The banner has to be a picture. If your brand is a flat colour and you want the top of your community to be that colour, there is no setting for it: the nearest you can get is a graphic in that colour, which you would have to make and upload yourself.
One colour, a few images, and a light or dark default is the whole of what this screen changes. It is not a page builder, so you cannot move sections around or change the fonts. The community shell stays the same everywhere so members always know where they are.
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Can I approve new members before they get into my community?
Yes. Switch on approval and anyone who asks to join waits in a Requests list in Members until you let them in, the way a private LinkedIn or Facebook group works. People you invite, and people who pay, still go straight in. About five minutes to set up.
Can I change a member's post before I approve it?
No. A post waiting for your approval can only be approved or rejected, so you cannot change a member's words. If a few words need changing, approve it and add a comment, or message the member and reject it.
Can I check comments before they go up?
Turn on comment approval and every member comment waits for you. It's a separate switch from the one for posts.