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Update from support feedback: editor preview Tailwind and custom mode styling - #7257

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Summary

Documents two undocumented custom page mode behaviors that surfaced in support: the web editor's live preview does not generate CSS for page-specific Tailwind classes (styles only render on deployments, preview deployments, or mint dev), and custom mode applies no default typography to native HTML elements.

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  • New help center article help-center/tailwind-classes-not-applying-in-editor-preview explaining why Tailwind-styled pages look unstyled in the live preview, how to see accurate rendering, and the no-default-typography behavior of custom mode.
  • Short note on guides/custom-layouts about the live preview limitation and a paragraph on unstyled native elements in custom mode.
  • Mirrored the article and guide edits into es, fr, and zh, with nav entries in docs.json, es.json, fr.json, and zh.json.

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Documentation-only changes with no runtime, auth, or deployment logic affected.

Overview
Adds documentation for two custom page behaviors that often show up in support: Tailwind-styled pages looking broken in the web editor live preview, and custom mode pages with no Mintlify default typography on native HTML.

A new Help center article (tailwind-classes-not-applying-in-editor-preview) explains that live preview skips the build step, so page-specific Tailwind CSS is not generated there (classes may appear as mint-* with no matching rules), and points readers to mint dev, preview deployments, or production to verify styling. It also documents that custom mode is a blank canvas—<h2>, <p>, etc. need explicit Tailwind classes everywhere, not just in the editor.

guides/custom-layouts gains a short paragraph on custom-mode typography, a Note about the live preview limitation with a link to the help article, and the same updates are mirrored in es, fr, and zh. Help center nav in docs.json and locale JSON files registers the new page in each language.

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