Administrator Guide

Manage Templates

Expo LX allows you to define templates that end users can use to create their own Expo sites. Templates that have been defined and made available will be available for Expo users to select when they create a new Expo site.

1. Navigate to the System Admin tab.
2. Select the Manage Expo LX link.
   
3. Select the Manage Templates link.

The Manage Templates page displays all existing templates and allows administrators to create new templates or modify or remove existing ones.

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Add a New Template

Create a wiki or blog that Expo users can use as a template for creating new sites.

To add a new template:

1. Click on the System Admin tab.
2. Click on the Manage Expo LX link.
3. Click on the Manage Templates link.
4. Select the Add button that appears at the far right of the last row in the list of templates. This will direct you to the Add Template form.

Enter a name for the template.
Note : Be sure to give the template a name that will make sense to Expo users when they are selecting a template for their new site.

• Select the Type option as either a wiki or blog.
• Enter Description for the site in the field.

Note : The description will be displayed to end users when they are selecting a template for their new site.

• If creating a blog template, select whether RSS should be enabled by default.
• Check the Available checkbox to make the template available for selection by Expo LX users.
  Note: When creating a new template, it is a good idea to not make the template available until the default template content and layout has been created.
• Select the OK button to create the template.

When the new template has been added, you can add default content and create a default layout for the template.To design the template:

1. Select the template name from the Manage Templates list.
2. Create content and design a layout for the pages and entries as you would with any blog or wiki.

When ready to deploy the template to Expo LX users, make the template available as follows:

1. Navigate back to the Manage Expo LX page.
2. Click on the Manage Templates link.
3. Select the Modify button for the new template.
4. Check the Available checkbox.
5. Select the OK button to make the template available.

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Modifying a Template

After a template is created, the template can be modified. If a template is modified, any sites that were created using the template prior to the modification will not be modified. New sites created from the modified template will contain the modifications.