Frequently used Html content can be saved as a template, for easy reuse later when creating a new HTML page

To create a new HTML Page based on a template

  1. Choose Content...Html Pages...General Pages . The Html Page Manager screen opens.
  2. Next to the Add New Page... label, select select a template from the list and click Go. The new page will contain a copy of the template's contents.
  3. Follow the instructions for creating a new HTML page.

Template Maintenance

To create a template

There are two ways to create a template:

    1. Open the Html page for editing (via one of the options under the Content...HtmlPages menu
    2. Optionally make changes to the Html
    3. Enter a filename in the Template Filename text box (located beneath the editor). It is recommended to give the template a descriptive Filename, and it must have an extension of .htt.
      An example of a Filename would be Social Event.htt Note: if the file already exists, it will be replaced.
    4. Click the Save as Template button
    1. Choose Content...HtmlPages...Template Manager. The Template Manager screen opens.
    2. Click Add new Template. The Html page Maintenance screen opens
    3. Create the Html content
    4. Enter a filename in the Template Filename text box (located beneath the editor). It is recommended to give the template a descriptive Filename, and it must have an extension of .htt.
    5. An example of a Filename would be Social Event.htt. Note: if the file already exists, it will be replaced. Click the Save as Template button

Editing a template

  1. Choose Content...HtmlPages...Template Manager. The Template Manager screen opens.
  2. Click the Edit link of the template to delete.
  3. Change the content as desired
  4. Change the content as desired
  5. Click the Save as Template button

Note that saving any Html page as a template which already exists will replace the old template effectively modifies a template.

Deleting a template

  1. Choose Content...HtmlPages...Template Manager. The Template Manager screen opens.
  2. Click the Delete link of the template to delete.
  3. Click OK to the confirmation message box.

Renaming a template

  1. Edit the template, as per the steps above
  2. When saving, give the template a different Filename
  3. Return to the Template Manager screen, and delete the original template as per the steps above

Frequently used Html content can be saved as a template, for easy reuse later via theHtml EditorTemplate tool.

For example, you may have a consistent format that you use for a standard Html page within your site. Templates work in much the same way as they do in most Word processors - you save 'boiler plate' text, create a new document based on the template, then fill in the content and save the new document.

Additionally, there are a number of Global templates available for common pages. These always appear at the top of the templates list, and are prefixed by G_.

Creating a Template

  1. Choose Content...Html Pages...Templates . The Template Manager screen opens.
  2. Click Add New Template . The Html Page Maintenance screen opens.
  3. The Page Identifier field is not applicable for templates and is greyed out.
  4. Enter the Page Content of the template in the Html Editor
  5. When finished, enter a Template Filename in the field beneath the Editor. The filename must have a _ .htt_extension.
  6. Click Save as Template to save the template. If a template of the same Filename already exists, it will be overwritten.

Editing a Template

  1. Choose Content...Html Pages...Templates . The Template Manager screen opens.
  2. Click the Edit link next to the template you wish to Edit. The Html Page Maintenance screen opens.
  3. The Page Identifier field is not applicable for templates and is greyed out.
  4. Enter the Page Content of the template in the Html Editor
  5. The Template Filename is automatically populated in the field beneath the Editor. This may be kept, or changed (if changed it is the equivalent of a 'Save As')
  6. Click Save as Template toto save the template. If a template of the same Filename already exists, it will be overwritten.

Deleting a Template

  1. Choose Content...Html Pages...Templates . The Template Manager screen opens.
  2. Click the Delete link next to the template you wish to Delete and click OK to the confirmation message box

Creating a new Html document based on a Template

See Template Help