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Template Library

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The Template Library can be used to copy all or part of an existing page or to provide a template that can be copied to either the main website area or to faculty pages. Creating a template for faculty pages is an excellent way to have well-planned faculty pages ready for public viewing.

You are able to set tools in your Template Library as Master Content. By setting a tool as Master Content, you are able to copy the tool to multiple pages and update all the pages via the template library master content tool.

Create a Template

There are two different options to create a new template page.

  1. Add a new page in the Content Template Library. In the template library, follow the same instructions seen in the Page Settings article to create a new page.
    Note that the Robots Meta Directive in the SEO Settings should be set to "noindex,nofollow" so the template pages don't appear in search results for your site.
  2. Use an existing page with the content you would like in your template. Within the desired page, select the "To Template" functionality and select to create a new page.

Note that at least one template must be added to the Template Library for the "Copy From Template" functionality to be available.

Copy to a Template

From the desired page's content, select the action to "Copy To Template" to add content from a main site or staff site page to a template page. On the Copy to Template Library page, select if you would like to copy the content to a New Template Page or Existing Template Pae.

New Template Page

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  1. Navigation Title: The navigation title appears in the menus and navigation tools on the site.
  2. Page Title: The page title appears directly on the page as the highest level heading. 
    The page title will be automatically populated with the Navigation Title. You can update this to be different (ex more descriptive) if you would like.
  3. File Name: The file name appears as part of the URL for the page.

Existing Template Page

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Select the desired page from the Existing Page dropdown. 

Select Tools to Copy

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All of the tools on the page will display. Use the Select All Tools to choose all tools or the checkboxes  next to each tool to choose the desired tools.

You can select the Preview Tool optoin next to any tool to expand teh tool information and review the content in the tool.

After selecting Copy Tools at the bottom of the page, the selected tools will be copied to the template page.

Copy from a Template

From the desired page's content, select the action to "Copy From Template" to copy content from a template page to a main site or staff site page.

Select any page from your site's Template Library or select a page from the available sites/pages you have access to in the CMS4Schools Library.

Select Tools to Copy

All of the tools on the page will display. Use the Select All Tools to choose all tools or the checkboxes next to each tool to choose the desired tools.

You can select the Preview Tool option next to any tool to expand the tool information and review the content in the tool.

After selecting Copy Tools at the bottom of the page, the selected tools will be copied to the template page.

Managing Template Libary Content

Template Library content can be managed using the same process used to manage content on main and staff pages. Please review the Page Content article to learn more about managing content on your site's pages.

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