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Zendesk Theme
Conway

Conway is a minimalist Zendesk theme built on the principle that less is more. Its clean, light design strips away visual noise to let your content speak for itself. Highly customizable layout options adapt to any brand while maintaining an elegant, uncluttered aesthetic.

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About the theme

Conway embodies a minimalist design philosophy. Rather than featuring decorative elements or complex layouts, it presents your help center content in the cleanest possible way: generous whitespace, clear typography, and intuitive navigation.

The theme intentionally omits a hero image on the homepage, opting instead for a text-focused header that loads faster and keeps attention on the search bar and content categories. This approach works particularly well for brands with a modern, understated visual identity.

Despite its minimal appearance, Conway offers extensive customization options. You can adjust the layout, typography, colors, and spacing to match your brand while preserving the clean aesthetic. It's simplicity by design, not by limitation.

Best for

  • Brands with minimalist or modern visual identities
  • Teams that prioritize content readability over visual flair
  • Organizations wanting fast page load times
  • Companies using Zendesk AI and Generative Answers
  • Zendesk Guide Growth, Professional, and Enterprise plans

Use when

  • Your brand aesthetic is clean, modern, or understated
  • You prefer a light theme without prominent hero images
  • Page speed and simplicity are priorities
  • You want flexibility to customize without visual complexity

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Key features

Customization & Branding

  • Cog Streamline Icon: https://streamlinehq.com Fully customizable

    Customize the header, footer, custom blocks, call-to-actions and more.

  • Color Brush 2 Streamline Icon: https://streamlinehq.com Easy branding

    Extensive color settings to quickly match your brand identity.

  • Angle Brackets Streamline Icon: https://streamlinehq.com Full access to the source code

    Full access to templates, CSS, images, and JavaScript for any modifications.

  • Layout 1 Streamline Icon: https://streamlinehq.com layout-1 Different layouts and styles

    Customize theme with the right appearance for your content and design.

  • Text Format 1 Streamline Icon: https://streamlinehq.com Support for any font

    Popular Google Fonts included, plus easy custom font support.

  • Earth 3 Streamline Icon: https://streamlinehq.com Multiple language support

    All languages and locales supported by Zendesk.

Design & Quality

  • Discount Star Premium Streamline Icon: https://streamlinehq.com Professionally designed

    Easy to use and navigate with best UI/UX practices.

  • Expand Horizontal Streamline Icon: https://streamlinehq.com Mobile-first and responsive

    Responsive and Retina-ready design that works on any device.

  • Search Streamline Icon: https://streamlinehq.com SEO and accessibility

    Built for people to help them find what they need.

  • Text Image Left 2 Streamline Icon: https://streamlinehq.com Article formatting styles

    Pre-built styling for tabs, accordions, code blocks, tables, and more.

  • Synchronize Refresh Arrow 3 Streamline Icon: https://streamlinehq.com Free lifetime updates

    All future updates at no additional cost.

  • Book Open Streamline Icon: https://streamlinehq.com Extensive documentation

    Step-by-step guides for installation, branding, and customization.

Customization & branding

Our themes have advanced tools for basic changes (colors, fonts, hero image, icons, and homepage layout). You don't need coding skills as you make changes in the editor.

Brand customization example

Brand appearance

Change the theme colors and background image to match your main website.

Layout customization example

Layout & structure

The number of category and custom blocks, different category display types, promoted articles, and other layout changes can be easily made without coding.

Article readability & formatting

Our themes have built-in article formatting options to make your content more attractive and easier to read without multiple plugins or theme customization.

You can significantly improve your articles with:

  • Tabs
  • Accordions
  • Callout blocks
  • Styled lists
  • Fonts
  • Images
  • Videos
  • Tables
Article formatting example

Extend the theme as your help center grows

Improve the theme with ready-made extensions that make your self-service better and help you overcome problems of the default help center.

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How our clients customize the Conway theme

You can easily customize the theme in the editor and via coding. Or you can hire our certified Guide specialists, who will make all the changes to the template.

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How the theme improves self-service

We use research findings and check 240+ points to help your users intuitively navigate the help center and complete tasks faster. Our UX/UI-validated design based on research and tested by real users helps reduce support tickets with faster answers, better search success, and clearer navigation.

Our themes are user-friendly

A prominent search bar, a large button, popular searches under the search, eye-catching category blocks, proper spacing

Not user-friendly design

An inconspicuous search bar, a small non-intuitive button, no suggestions like popular searches, huge category blocks, inconsistent spacing

Frequently Asked Questions

Why doesn't Conway have a hero image?

Conway is designed around minimalism. Removing the hero image creates a cleaner look, faster load times, and puts immediate focus on the search bar and content. If you need a prominent hero, consider Flatrock, Braden, or Selway instead.

Is Conway too plain for our brand?

Conway's minimalism is intentional, but it's not limiting. You can customize colors, typography, and layout to create a distinctive look. Many modern brands embrace minimalist design, think Apple, Stripe, or Notion.

What layout customizations are available?

Conway offers extensive layout options in the theme settings, including how categories are displayed, navigation structure, content width, and spacing. You can adapt the framework to fit your specific needs.

How does Conway compare to Flatrock?

Flatrock is more versatile with options for hero images and varied layouts. Conway is intentionally more minimal—choose it when you specifically want a clean, light aesthetic without decorative elements.

What Zendesk Guide plans does the theme support?

Zendesk Guide plans: Team, Growth, Professional, Enterprise

Do you offer a discount for startups?

If you are a startup (Series A or below), you can get 20% off all products and services for your help center for 6 months after the first purchase. You can apply for a discount here.

Are themes ADA Compliant?

The most adapted themes for accessibility are Flatrock, Mink, Braden, Lotus One, Conway, and Selway. They are not fully ADA Compliant but have the following features:

  • Keyboard navigation: themes are fully navigable by keyboard without the need for mouse interaction.
  • Skip links: themes have skip links that allow users to bypass navigation and skip directly to content or vice-versa.
  • Reduced motion: themes have micro animations but detect if the user has requested that the system minimize the amount of non-essential motion it uses.

We are constantly improving the accessibility features for our themes.

Can we install the theme?

You can install your new Zendesk theme fast and in a free manner. Simply follow these easy steps in the instruction. Alternatively, you can order our free installation service.

Can we make changes to the theme ourselves?

You can brand and customize the theme on your own. Our templates have advanced tools for basic changes (colors, fonts, hero image, icons & homepage layout). You don't need coding skills as you make changes in the editor.

If you're familiar with HTML and CSS, you can also make any Zendesk customization at any time. You get access to the code that's easy to read and modify for other developers. If you don't want to spend time on Zendesk customization and get everything done fast and to the highest standard, you can order the Customization service from us.

How do we get the theme after the purchase?

In 3-5 minutes, you get an email with a zip where you will find files for importing into the help center. You can customize the theme as you wish before publishing.

Do the themes support the multilingual feature?

Yes, they do. In addition to standard Zendesk multilingual functions, every theme also includes certain language-based capabilities.

Does the theme affect content?

If you are worried about losing or modifying your Help Center content while installing any of our themes, don't be. We take care of it.

Our themes don't affect any Help Center content or content management options. You can edit Articles, Categories, etc. as normal by using the built in Zendesk Editor.

Moreover, there are some additional features that become available after installing our themes: the Knowledge Base and Community can be filled with some cool visual components and Font Awesome icons.

Customization and installation activities will not affect any content or availability of your Help Center. You check the changes and publish everything when you are ready, the changes are published immediately.

After theme installation, the content of your articles, sections, and categories will remain the same and be displayed in the new design.

Are the themes compatible with Zendesk functions?

Yes, they are fully compatible. As a Zendesk partner, we know the ins and outs of their software and add components not offered by Zendesk.

How easy is it to maintain and modify the theme?

It is very easy to maintain the theme and make changes if you are familiar with HTML and CSS. Our developers use modern design tools and double-check every piece of code. You can make minor tweaks in a matter of minutes, even if you aren't a developer.

What payment methods do you accept?

We accept all global debit, credit cards, PayPal payments, and bank transfer. Find detailed instructions in our help center.

Can I change the theme or get a refund if I don't like it?

Since Lotus Themes is offering non-tangible irrevocable goods, we do not make replacements and refunds once the order is complete and the product is sent. However, we realize that exceptional circumstances can take place. So we approve refund requests only in these force majeure situations.

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