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| Whilst our default Article layout is admittedly pretty sweet, there may be times you may prefer to create your own custom layout for your news articles or blog posts. You can now create your very own article templates and assign them to individual one or more articles as you please. If you've ever created a custom Category Template, you'll already know how this works. |
If not, read on.
Step-by-step guide
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1. Check Articles settings allow 'zoned article template' and 'article template override'.
In the CMS, navigate to Settings → Feature Management → Articles.
Click 'Configure' and check whether your site is already using zoned article templates. If not, you will need to toggle the feature 'Use Zoned Article Template' on.
Then, toggle 'Enable Article Template Override' on and save your setting changes.
2. Create and assign a template to an article.
Now under the Content menu, navigate to Content → Articles. Choose the article with the template you want to change and click Edit.
In the top right, hover on Options and select either Design Template (to edit the template being used by this article), or Manage Template (to assign or create a new template).
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The Design Template option appears only if a template exists for this article. If selected, you will be taken to the Edit page for the template. See step 3 below. |
For this example we'll choose Manage Template.
A popup will open allowing you to select an alternate template from a dropdown list. You can do this, or you can create a new template using the Copy option.
In the Select Article Template popup, select an existing template for use, copy to create a new template, or remove a template. Because we want to create a new template, we'll click 'Copy', then .
From the Select Template dropdown list, select the article template we you want to make a copy of.
If you'd like to be able to use this template for other articles, toggle the 'on Create Master Template' option on.
In Template Name, give your new template a name and .
To save the new template, click the Copy button to save it. You'll be returned to your article, and it will now show the newly created and assigned template . To is displayed on the top left corner of the screen. You can make changes to it, simply click the template by clicking on the template name.
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3. Change the layout of the article template (optional)
Before you add, edit
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or remove widgets in your article template, you can select another article template or even design a new layout, for instance, if you want to add or remove zones.
To change the layout, under Options, select Design Template.
In the 'Article Page Zoned Layout' boxsection, click Change.
You'll be taken to In the Change Layout page where , you can select an alternate layout or add create a new custom one via the Options menuvia Options → Add Custom Layout.
Select an existing option that fits your needs, or 'Add Custom Layout' to create a new one from scratch. If you need some guidance in creating a new layout, see our Layout Creator help articlepage.
When you have finished changing the template, click Save your changes once you've finished, and you're all set! .
4. Add, Edit and Remove Widgets to Individual Zones in an Article
Once your template layout is ready to go, you can design how you want your article to look by adding, editing and removing widgets to suit. See article page - zoned layout help.
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Macro Instructions for carrying Article Information through to Feature ListMinimum Version Requirements | BPD ONLY
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Instructions for carrying Excerpts through from this page to the Feature List Article Page: Add macro / Multiexcerpt (or copy and existing excerpt and edit) or (Copy existing page and place content into existing excerpt macros) On Features List page: Click in the Cell to be populated / add macro / Multiexcerpt Include / Select the Article page and the excerpt (or copy another feature line and edit the 'Article page' source. |
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