Creating a Template

Since a template is in fact a section, templates must be created in the same way. This means they cannot be created using Content Studio - you have to use Web Studio instead. To create a template

1. Access Web Studio by starting a browser and pointing it to:

   http://your-host:8080/escenic/

   where your-host is the host name or IP address of the machine on which Web Studio is running. A login page should be displayed.

2. Enter the name and password of a user with sufficient access rights to create new sections. The following page should then be displayed:

   

3. Click on SECTIONS. The following section tree is then displayed:

   

4. Pick the section in which you want to create the new template section (usually config or one of its children, see Organizing Templates below) and click on its Administer link.

   

5. Click on the Create a subsection link. The following form is then displayed:

   

6. Enter values for the following properties:

   Section name

   You can set the section name to anything you like, but you are recommended to set it to the same value as Unique section name.

   Unique section name

   The section's unique name must be set according a special naming convention. For details, see Naming Templates.

   Relative directory URI

   It doesn't really matter what you enter here, but by convention you repeat the Unique section name, replacing all "." characters with "_".

   State

   Set to Published.

   All the other properties can be left empty or with their default values.

7. Click on Save.

8. Start Content Studio and display the section tree by clicking on the 2 Sections tab on the left side of the window.

9. Expand the config template tree until you find the new template, then double-click on it to open its section page for editing.

   

10. Set the section page's Page options property to config.

11. Add the groups and widgets you require to the template.

12. Click on the Save button at the bottom of the section editor.