Applying a Community Template to a Community
Each community is based
on a community template. Community templates
define the basic structure for the resulting communities, such as
which page templates to include and, optionally, a header or footer
for the community. A single community template can be used by
many different communities, allowing you to keep similar types of
communities looking analogous. For example, you might want all communities
based on departments to look similar and contain similar content,
but you might want communities based on projects to look different.
- In the Community Templates section,
click
Select Community Template.
Note: If you are editing an existing community, the button says
Change Community Template.
Before changing the template, read the important notes below.
The Community Templates dialog box opens.
- Select a template and click OK.
- If you do not want this community to inherit future changes
to the template, clear
the box next to Inherit the Template.
If you select to inherit changes, any change applied to the
community template affects
the community. For example, if a page is removed from the community
template, the
page will be removed from this community as well. Additionally, if
you inherit changes,
you cannot delete pages associated with the template, but you can
add new pages and
change the order of the pages.
- Click OK.
Important: After a community is created, you
can select a different community template to use.
When selecting a different community template, note the following:
- Any pages from the old community template that are not part of
the new community
template will be removed.
- If you have set special headers and footers for your community,
switching to a community
template that enforces a header or footer will remove your header
or footer.
