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central_templates_management.php [2024/09/10 15:11] – ↷ Page moved from admin_panel:central_templates_management.php to central_templates_management.php jsmithcentral_templates_management.php [2025/02/20 14:11] (current) – [Managing existing templates] yvonne_moore
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-====== Admin panel: Central Templates (management.php) ======+====== Admin panel: Templates (management.php) ======
  
 In this area of the admin panel, you can manage the templates that are available for authors to use. In this area of the admin panel, you can manage the templates that are available for authors to use.
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 By default, there is a parent template for: By default, there is a parent template for:
  
-  * **Decision** - this is a decision tree template.  This is now available as a 'page type' in an XOT project and therefore this template can be hidden if required. 
   * **Site** - this is a Bootstrap template for website creation.   * **Site** - this is a Bootstrap template for website creation.
   * **Xerte** - this is an XOT template for interactive learning object creation.   * **Xerte** - this is an XOT template for interactive learning object creation.
 +  * **Decision** - this is a decision tree template.  This is now available as a 'page type' in an XOT project and therefore this template can be hidden if required. Any brand new installations of Xerte will have this default template disabled (**new in 3.13**).
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 +**Note:** The template name for most projects will be either ‘Nottingham’ (for the default XOT template) or ‘site’ (for the default Bootstrap template).
  
 Since Xerte was launched there have been no new 'parent' templates developed.  Xerte administrators generally customise their installations by adding sub-templates (see below), as this is technically more straightforward.  However, it is possible for Xerte administrators to add to this top-level (or Parent) list of templates via FTP (only for brand new parent templates).  Via FTP, the new template files will need to be added to the 'Modules Xerte Templates' and 'Modules Xerte Parent Templates' folder. Since Xerte was launched there have been no new 'parent' templates developed.  Xerte administrators generally customise their installations by adding sub-templates (see below), as this is technically more straightforward.  However, it is possible for Xerte administrators to add to this top-level (or Parent) list of templates via FTP (only for brand new parent templates).  Via FTP, the new template files will need to be added to the 'Modules Xerte Templates' and 'Modules Xerte Parent Templates' folder.
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 ===== Sub-templates ===== ===== Sub-templates =====
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 | %%The date uploaded for this template is (altering this affects the order they are displayed / most recent first)%% | This shows the date the template was uploaded. You can also use this date to determine the order of the sub-templates.  | | %%The date uploaded for this template is (altering this affects the order they are displayed / most recent first)%% | This shows the date the template was uploaded. You can also use this date to determine the order of the sub-templates.  |
 | %%This template is currently set as%% | You can set the template to 'Active' (i.e. visible to authors) and 'Not active' (i.e. not visible) with this dropdown menu.  | | %%This template is currently set as%% | You can set the template to 'Active' (i.e. visible to authors) and 'Not active' (i.e. not visible) with this dropdown menu.  |
-| %%Upload a new version of this template (not for sub-templates)%% | Do not use this function.  This feature was originally included to allow for the introduction of new 'parent' templates but is no longer needed.  This will be deprecated.  |+| %%Upload a new version of this template (not for sub-templates)%% | Do not use this function.  This feature was originally included to allow for the introduction of new 'parent' templates but is no longer needed.  This has been deprecated in version 3.13.  |
 | Only show the title of the Learning Object on the main node in 'Simple' mode of the wizard. | When 'show title only' is selected, the 'page type' visibility can be set for the template.  Toggling off results in those page types not being immediately visible when the editing workspace is opened.  They can be made visible again, by the author, who can toggle them back on within the editor.  This feature is only available for sub-templates, so if you require a slimmed-down version of one of the parent templates you will first have to create and upload a sub-template. | | Only show the title of the Learning Object on the main node in 'Simple' mode of the wizard. | When 'show title only' is selected, the 'page type' visibility can be set for the template.  Toggling off results in those page types not being immediately visible when the editing workspace is opened.  They can be made visible again, by the author, who can toggle them back on within the editor.  This feature is only available for sub-templates, so if you require a slimmed-down version of one of the parent templates you will first have to create and upload a sub-template. |
  
  
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