Custom Templates

Editors and journalists can override the template selection process for either a section page or a Story content item by specifying a custom template. To do this the Content Studio user simply enter the name of the required custom template in the section page's or Story's Custom template option.

In the case of a section page the Custom template option can be displayed by clicking on the section page's Page Options button. For a Story content item the Custom template option is displayed on the Layout tab. In both cases, the effect of specifying a custom template is that the custom template is added to the start of the normal template search sequence. So if, for example, the name of a template that does not exist is specified in the Custom template field, then the normal template will be used instead.

Story Layout tabs also contain a Template variant field that provides similar functionality. Use of this field is deprecated and the field will be removed in a future version. Use the Custom template field instead.