Console

Console is a retro-futurist Help Center theme inspired by hardware design: a bento control panel with a search module, an orange support module and an ink dial that jumps to topics, bento topic tiles with mono indexes, an ink readout of popular articles and an orange call to action.

What makes it different

• Bento hero: search module, orange support module and an ink dial module

• Topics in a bento grid with mixed tile sizes and mono 01–06 indexes

• Ink readout panel with orange counters for popular articles

• Mono headings and labels paired with a humanist sans for reading

• Dot-grid desk background and a blueprint grid in the hero

• Code blocks rendered on ink for developer docs

Included

• Fully responsive, verified without horizontal overflow at 390px on home, category, section, article and search pages (LTR and RTL)

• Accessible by design: WCAG AA text contrast on default colours, visible focus rings, skip link and reduced-motion support

• Right-to-left languages (Arabic, Hebrew) supported through logical CSS properties

• Every Help Center template included: home, category, section, article, search, requests, new request, community, profile, service catalog and approvals

• Colours, logo and favicon editable in the Theming Center

• Self-hosted fonts (no Google Fonts request)

• Settings translated in 37 locales; theme copy translated for English, Portuguese and Spanish with English fallback

• No extra JavaScript: the design is pure CSS on top of the standard Help Center scripts

Installation

In Guide admin, open Customize design and import the theme zip. Set your logo and colours in the Theming Center, then publish.

Credits

Built on Zendesk's open-source Copenhagen theme (Apache-2.0) for form and workflow functionality. Design, layouts and styling are original. Fonts under the SIL Open Font License.