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5 min read Updated October 31, 2026
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Your tournament website's look is controlled from Website > Website Editor, under Branding in the editor's left rail. Everything here is staged in your draft and goes live only when you press Publish, so you can experiment freely and preview before committing.

You make two choices here: a theme style — the overall look and structure of the site — and, for the Classic style, its colors. Below those you set the hero background and description.

Theme style and color schemes in Branding
Theme style and color schemes in Branding

Theme style#

The theme style sets your site's overall character. Pick one at the top of Branding and the whole site restyles instantly. Switching styles never touches your content, only its presentation, so you can preview any style and Publish only when you're happy.

Every page (home, matches, standings, brackets, teams, players, venues, the summary and more) uses the same modern layout in both styles, on desktop and on phones. The styles differ in colors, surfaces and type.

Classic#

Classic is the default for every tournament and is free on every plan. It's the style whose colors you can choose: the color schemes under Colors all apply to Classic.

Broadcast#

Broadcast is a dark, score-first look built for live results: the whole site, not just the banner, is dark, with a bright electric-blue accent. It comes with its own curated palette, so the color options below don't apply while it's active. Broadcast is free on every plan.

Colors (Classic)#

When the Classic theme style is selected, you can restyle its colors. The color picker appears in two groups; every option is free on every plan — there are no locked or "Pro" colors.

Each tile is a small picture of the site: the banner color across the top, the page color below it. It is tagged Light or Dark. A Light scheme gives you light pages under a colored banner — most schemes, including dark-bannered ones like Default (Dark Stadium) and Midnight Black; a Dark scheme turns the whole site dark — content and cards included, not just the banner.

One color scheme below is also called Broadcast. It's unrelated to the Broadcast theme style above: it's just a color scheme for the Classic style.

Standard#

Bold, energetic schemes built around the classic MyCup style:

  • Default (Dark Stadium) — bold uppercase under a dark stadium banner (the classic MyCup look). This is the default.
  • Light Mode — the same energy on a clean light surface.
  • Blue Sports, Red Energy, Green Field, Purple Esports, Orange Fire, Gold Championship, Teal Modern, Midnight Black — the same layout in a range of ready-made color schemes.
  • Volt and Ice — fully dark sites with bright accents.

Editorial#

A refined, magazine-grade set with softer typography:

  • Editorial Night / Editorial Day — refined magazine layout with mixed-case headings, dark or light.
  • Classic Championship — timeless championship styling with softer corners.
  • Broadcast, Pitch, Court, Sand — calmer, premium surfaces in different color moods.
  • Onyx and Ink — fully dark editorial sites with refined metallic accents.

Hero background#

The hero is the banner at the top of your site. You can leave it as the theme's gradient, pick a ready-made background, or upload your own.

Hero background images apply to both theme styles. To feature a full poster rather than a background, use the Banners block instead.

In the hero block settings you'll find Sample backgrounds, all free on every plan:

  • A range of colorful curved-pattern and gradient looks — Crimson, Azure, Emerald, Amber, Rose, Cyan, Lilac, Lime, Slate, Coral, plus Ocean, Green pitch, Stadium night, and Charcoal.
  • Richer, multi-hue options — Spectrum, Prism, Aurora, Nebula, Midnight Gold, Champagne, Royal, Violet, Indigo, Ember, Teal, and Sunset.

Click any sample to apply it to your hero. (Samples are shared assets — picking one doesn't copy a separate image into your tournament.)

Upload your own (Images feature)#

Tournaments on a plan with the Images feature can upload a custom hero image instead of using a sample. Use a wide image — 1920×600px or larger is recommended — so it stays crisp across screen sizes.

Hero description#

The hero shows your tournament name, and — when Show description is on — a short blurb beneath it. Edit that text directly in the hero block's Description field.

  • Leave the field blank to fall back to your tournament's main description.
  • The field starts pre-filled from your existing tournament description, so you can tweak the wording for the hero without changing anything else.
  • Keep it short — a sentence or two reads best in the hero.

Turn the blurb off entirely with the Show description toggle.