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Managing Templates

SiteBuilder allows adding new web site templates to repository to help users create web sites with multiple designs.

Template management tools are located on the Templates screen. To access the list of available templates, click the Main tab and go to the Templates screen by clicking the Templates icon.

This screen shows all templates currently available on the SiteBuilder server and provides the administrator with the following options: activate/deactivate template, change template category, and to load template.

Templates Screen

To load a template, press the Browse... button to locate a file with the template and click Load file. All templates in SiteBuilder have unique identifiers (ID's).

On the Template screen you can also Activate, Deactivate and Delete templates by selecting a template and clicking corresponding button.

If there are more than 10 templates in the templates list then you can select how many templates per page should be displayed. The option Templates per page 10, 15, 20, All will be displayed at the bottom of the Templates screen. You can select 10, 15, 20 or all templates to be displayed per page by clicking either one of these numbers.

To change template category select corresponding template and click Change category. Select the required category from the drop down list of available categories on server and click Apply.

After you selected the template to upload the screen displayed below will be displayed. On this screen you are able to change the category of the uploaded template by clicking the Category drop down box.

Also you are able to set uploaded template as Active by marking the Set the template as Active check box.

Click OK.

Template Upload

Note: When you are loading an existing template, check the ID of the file you are trying to upload. If it is the same as the ID of an existing template you will be prompted to create a new name as well as to change template category. A screen displaying compared contents of a template on server and that of the template you are uploading.

If you are replacing template with the template, that has the same ID, a template on the server will not be deleted; the system will ask you to assign a unique ID to the newly uploaded template. Also you will be provided with chance to select new category for this new template.

Updating similar templates

After you will change the required data click Apply.

If you have developed or bought a new template then its ID will not coincide with the existing ones and SiteBuilder will display the information on the contents of the template.

Adding new template

Click OK to confirm and finish uploading.

See Also

Managing Components

Managing Page Sets

Managing Language Packages

Managing Skins

Managing Modules

Managing Template Categories