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User guide/Design & layouts

Using Templates

New to this? What the instructions mean

Click means select with your mouse (or tap on a touch screen). Row menu means the small actions menu beside an item in a list. Drop-down means a box you click to choose an option. Drag and drop means hold the mouse button on an item, move it, then release.

CMS is your online screen-control system. Display means a managed screen. Publish makes a layout ready to play. Schedule chooses the screens and times.

Some buttons depend on your version and permissions. If your screen looks different, ask your administrator or get help.

This is a detailed reference page. If you are just getting started, show your first image first.

Use Templates to speed up the design process so that Users can customise content rather than having to start from scratch building Layout designs. Streamline content creation with pre-designed Layouts to allow Users to concentrate on the core content whilst maintaining company/industry visual set standards and guidelines.

Published Layouts as Templates

Layouts created in the Layout Editor can be saved for future selection as a Template after Publishing:

  1. From the Layout Editor, open the top menu
  2. From the drop down, select Save Template
  3. Complete all the relevant form field, opting to include all Widgets to the Template design if required
  4. Save

Published Layouts can also be saved as a Template from the Layouts grid:

  1. Navigate to Layouts under the Design section of the main CMS menu
  2. Use the row menu for a Published Layout and select Save Template
  3. Complete form fields and Save

Layouts with the tag ‘Template’ will also add the Layout to your list of Template designs!

Using Templates to create new Layout designs

Create a new design for your Layout using a Template from inside the Layout Editor:

  1. Click to open the Toolbox

  2. Select the Search for Layout Templates button

  3. Use the filters to narrow down search results

  4. Drag and drop the selected Template to the canvas

  5. Customise or add items as required

  6. Use the top menu to Publish once happy with the design

Further Reading

Creating Layouts using the Layout Editor

Editing Tools

FAQs

Where can I view/edit my saved Templates?

Layouts which have been saved as Templates are viewed and managed from the Templates page under the Design section of the main CMS menu.

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