The Templates Console templates-console

Learn how the templates console serves as the central location to view and manage your page templates.

Overview overview

When creating a page, you need to select a template. The page template is used as the base for the new page. AEM’s editable templates can define the structure of the resultant page, any initial content, and the components that can be used (design properties).

Content authors are presented with a selection of available templates when they create new pages in the sites console. Templates can be used to create pages that are editable with:

The templates console allows an administrator to view and manage all page templates in a central location.

Accessing the Templates Console accessing

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The templates console is organized into folders with one folder per configuration where editable templates have been activated for the configuration.

The default view of the console is the cards view. Tap or click a folder to explore its contents.

Select a template to reveal options available in the toolbar.

Edit edit

Editing a template opens the editor that was used to create the template. Either:

Using whichever editor, you can make the necessary changes to the template. Note that editing a template that is in use can affect your authors.

If an author starts to a template created with the template editor that has already been enabled, a warning is displayed.

Properties properties

You can edit the properties of the template much in the same way that you can edit page properties. Template properties include:

Enabling and Disabling enable-disable

A template can have one of three states:

When a template is created, it is by default either in a Draft state (for templates created with the Template Editor) or Enabled state(for templates created with the Universal Editor).

A template must be enabled before it can be used by content authors to create pages. If a template is no longer needed, it can be disabled so that it no longer displays in the page creation wizard.

Publishing publish

A template created with the template editor can only be used once it is published. Select the template and click or tap Publish to publish.

Templates created with the Universal Editor do not need to be published in order to be used.

Copying copy

If you have a number of pages that are similar in structure, you can use the Copy button to create a cope of a template and then vary the copy based on your needs. This is also useful if you would like to use a template on another site.

Once pasted, you can:

Deleting delete

If a template is no longer needed, it can be deleted provided it is not referenced by any pages.

Select the template and then tap or click Delete to delete it.

Creating Templates create

Use the Create button in the console to create a new template in your current location. For details on creating a template, please see the document Templates to Create Pages that are Editable with the Page Editor.

The Create button is only used to create templates that are editable with the Page Editor. Please see the document Templates to Create Pages that are Editable with the Universal Editor to learn about creating templates based on pages made with the Universal Editor.