Template Directory Admin Guidelines
- Applies to:
- All MindTouch Versions
- Role required:
- Author
Access Template Directory
From the MindTouch toolbar, navigate to Site Tools > Dashboard > Site Administration > Template Directory.
Pro Members with role of Author, Editor, or Admin can create and edit templates. Only Admin role can edit template properties.
Any changes you make to templates under /Template:MindTouch except for /Template:MindTouch/IDF3/Pages or /IDF2/Pages/ or /IDF/Pages/ are not supported and may break site functionality.
Release Announcement for Upcoming Change: Template Directory Enhancement (expected Release 2019-10-24)
To make the Template Directory easier to use, we will provide user friendly display titles to templates under Template:Custom and restrict access to internal templates under /Template:MindTouch hierarchy, except: /IDF3/Pages/, /IDF2/Pages/, /IDF/Pages/.
The templates that will no longer be accessible are already managed by MindTouch and overwritten during weekly releases. Contact the Support Team with any questions regarding this change.
Out-of-box custom template list
Templates under template:Custom/Views are intended to customize your site.
- AuthenticationProviders - Multiple Identity Provider Sign-In Page Content
- BlankArticle - content that displays on live placeholder pages
- Community Member Blank Page Template
- Pro Member Blank Page Template
- ContentFooter - page content footer
- ContentHeader - page content header
- ContentSide - page content side
- Footer - Footer Template
- Header - Header Template
- Login - Sign-in Template
- PageNotFound - 404 Page Not Found Template
- PDFPageFooter - PDF page footer
- PDFPageHeader - PDF page header
- PDFTocFooter - PDF table of contents page footer
- PDFTocHeader - PDF table of contents page header
- Welcome - content that displays on welcome pages
Frequently configured custom templates types
How to use or reference out-of-box templates
Optional parameters and use cases for individual templates may vary from one template to another.
Templates in MindTouch may be referenced in other templates, for example: template('MindTouch/IDF3/Views/Guide').
To reference a template, include the exact template name within the template() call wrapped in double quotes in a Dekiscript field. The referenced template name can be formated as template:Custom/template_URL or Custom/template_URL.
Avoid direct references to out-of-box MindTouch templates to prevent over-written changes from breaking custom functionality. The best way to reference out-of-box MindTouch templates for use in other templates is to copy the desired template into the Custom hierarchy of the Template Directory and reference the copy instead of the original out-of-box version.
MindTouch Support is not responsible to customize or debug custom templates even if copied from an out-of-box MindTouch template.
Template management tips
- For ease of template management, create a blank template (for example, Template:<Your Company Name>) under which to create your template groups and templates.
- To create new templates with similar elements or template type, select an existing similar template and make a copy to modify instead of creating a new template.