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Starting Designs & Duplicating a Site

You do not have to start from a blank page. Kite generates a starting design for you to build on, gives you several options to pick from, and helps you reuse a design you already like for a new project.

Starting from a generated design​

When you describe your site, Kite generates a starting design based on your request. The more detail you give about your style and goals, the closer the first design will be to what you want.

  1. Describe your site, including the feel you are going for. For example:

Build a clean, modern site for Northstar, scheduling software for multi-location clinics. Use a calm blue palette, lots of white space, and a demo request button in the header.

  1. Review the design Kite generates.
  2. Refine it with chat edits or Point & Edit. See Editing Your Site.
tip

Mention your style, colors, and mood in your first request. "Bold and colorful" versus "calm and minimal" leads to very different starting designs.

Choosing among generated design options​

Kite shows you three design options. Above them are chips to restyle the Colors or Fonts, Combine elements you like from different options, or Generate more options.

  1. Look over each option.
  2. Pick the one closest to what you want. You do not need the perfect one, just the best starting point.
  3. Build from there with edits.
note

Choose the option that is closest in layout and feel, then refine it. It is usually faster to adjust a near-match than to start over.

Asking for more options​

If none of the designs feel right, ask Kite to try again:

None of these feel right. Can you show me a few more options that are warmer and use a serif font?

Give Kite direction on what to change (colors, layout, mood, fonts) so the next round moves closer to what you want.

Reusing a design for another project​

If you have built a site you love and want to use its design for another product line or a second brand, you have a couple of routes.

  • Duplicate the site. In your websites list, open the row menu for the site and choose Duplicate website. Kite creates a new, unpublished copy with a fresh chat, and you swap in the new content from there.
  • Or describe the design. Ask Kite to use an existing site as the starting point for a new one. For example:

Build a new site that uses the same layout, fonts, and color style as our "Northstar" site, but for our new product, "Northstar Payments."

Then swap in the new content, images, and copy.

caution

A duplicated site is a separate project with its own chat, versions, and publish state. Building on it uses credits like any other site.

Troubleshooting​

  • The starting design is far from what you want: Give Kite a more detailed request about style, colors, and mood, and ask for new options.
  • The reused design does not match the original: Point Kite to specifics (the exact fonts, colors, and layout) rather than asking it to "make it like the other site."