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Create your very own article templates and assign them to one or more articlesa particular article. |
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| Whilst our default Article layout is admittedly pretty sweet and you can use the zoned template option to arrange content within a template as you please, there may be times you may might prefer to create your own custom unique layout for your articles or blog postsa particular article. You can now create your very own article templates and assign them to one or more articles as you please. If you've ever created a custom Category Template, you'll already know how this works. override our Article templates altogether and create a custom layout just for a specific article. |
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Step-by-step guide - custom templates for articles
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- In the CMS, navigate to Settings → Feature Management → Content → Articles.
- Toggle on ArticlesIf Articles is disabled, toggle it on.
- Click Configure.
- In Article Feature Settings, ensure ' Use Zoned Article Template' and 'Enable Article Template Override' are toggled on. Note - both must be on to override article templates.
- To save these settings, click Save & Exit.
2. Create and assign a template to an article
Now you can completely create or choose a different template for a specific article.
- Navigate to Content → Articles.
- Choose the article with the template you want to change create a template for 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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title Design Template 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.
Fort For this example we'll choose Manage Template so we can create a new template.
- 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'.
- From the Select Template dropdown list, select the article template you want to make a copy of.
- If you If you want to be able to use this template for other articles later, toggle on Create Master Template.
- In Template Name, give your new template a name.
- To save the new template, click the Copy button button. You'll be returned to your article, and newly created and assigned template is displayed on the top left corner of the screen. You can make layout changes to the template by clicking on the template name.
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- If you are not in the 'Edit Article' page for the article's template, navigate to the article, click Edit, then in the top left corner, click the template name.
- In the 'Edit Template' page, drag and drop widgets to re-order them or move into different page zones, or add and delete widgets as needed. (TIP - If you need guidance, see the Article Page - Zoned Layout (step 2) help page.)
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If Page Preview is on, you can see how the page looks like before saving it
, click. Click Preview and go to the article page in Draft mode. Otherwise, you can go straight to the article on your website.
Tip If you do not like your changes, you can always click Revert to return the template to the last published version.
- To save your article template changes, click Publish.
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