Managing Templates
Template Management Screen
To manage templates click on the Manage Template button from the site dashboard or the Site Tools drop down. From here you have all the tolls you need to deal with templating in the system.
New Template
To create a new template from scratch click on the “New Template” button. Give your template a name, in the Template Name field. Next click on the Code tab, and copy and paste the code for your template here. Click the “Save Template” button and you’re all done.
You can remove any template at any time by clicking the delete button next to the template. This will NOT delete any pages already created from this template.
Clone Page
To create a new template based upon a page that is already in your website, click on the Clone Page button. This will bring up a list of pages already included in your sites Site Map. Click on the page you would like to clone, and then click the “OK” button.
NOTE: This method is for cloning static pages. It flattens any page includes and dynamic content. If you are unsure about which method to use, or if you have page includes choose the Clone FTP Target option outlined below instead.
Clone FTP Target
Using this method you will actually create a template based on the raw source code of the file you choose. Instead of taking the rendered HTML from the sitemap, it will take the raw code including any dynamic content and page includes from the FTP Source.
Click on the Clone FTP Target button. This will bring up a list of pages on your websites ftp. Click on the file you would like to clone, and then click the “OK” button. You will see a new template is now created and titled after the page you cloned.
f you would like to give it a more descriptive title you can click on the EDIT button next to it, and give it a new name, and even make changes to the code.
NOTE: This is the preferred method for creating new templates.