Topic Page Templates

Using Page Templates for Topic and Custom pages

Daylife Select pages use shared templates, so edits to one page affect them all. However, you can also create separate shared templates for custom pages and groups of topic pages (defined by you) or standalone templates for individual pages. You can toggle between templates for any of these pages at any time.

This template feature lets you give, say, all your sports pages one look and data customization setting while giving your business pages an entirely different one. Or customize the look and content of certain custom pages (or even one page) and have your other custom pages use the default. You can customize as many templates as you like to meet your needs.

Editing Topic Page Templates

To use a shared template:

1. Go to a page to which you want to apply a template and click Edit Page in the wizard.
2. In the palette that opens you’ll see the message "You are editing the: topic page." Click the "Change setting" link below.
3. In the next palette, select the "Use a shared topic page template" radio button and choose which template you'd like to apply to the topic. You can also create a new shared template on the fly by selecting "New Template". (You’ll be prompted to give it a name.)
4. Click "Update" and "Done", and the page will reload. All subsequent edits you make to the page via the Edit Page tab will affect only that template.

To use a standalone template for a given topic page:

1. Go to the page you want to edit as a standalone and click Edit Page in the wizard
2. In the palette that opens you’ll see the message "You are editing the: topic page." Click the "Change setting" link below.
3. In the next palette, select the "Use a standalone topic page template" radio button.
4. Click "Update" and "Done", and the page will reload. All subsequent edits you make to the page via the Edit Page tab will affect only that topic's page.

To add topics and categories to a shared template:

1. Go to any topic page and click Edit Page in the wizard.
2. In the palette that opens you’ll see the message "You are editing the: topic page." Click the "Change setting" link below.
3. Click the "Manage Shared Templates" link.
4. In the list of templates that appears, click the “Edit” link for the template you'd like to amend.
5. In the next palette, you can:
   - Edit the name of the template
   - Add/edit the CSS ID and CSS classname that will be applied to the main content container for that template's HTML. (This lets CSS developers more easily customize the look of different templates.)
   - Browse through topic categories and subcategories, adding them to the template by clicking on the green "add" icon that appears next to the category or topic name as you mouse over it.
   - Search for and add individual topics.
   

Editing Custom Page Templates

To use a standalone template for a given topic page

1. Open Edit Content tab and click "Add a custom page".
2. Fill in the fields as needed ,then click “Change Settings” under “Custom Page Template Management”
3. Choose the template type you want to use. You can use the default template; create a new template (which you can customize), or use a standalone template only for the page you are creating. If you create a new template (non-standalone), it can be used later for other custom pages.
4. Click “Save Custom Page” and then “Click here to view your custom page”. The Edit Content tab will open and you are now editing the template type that you chose on the previous screen
5. If you are now editing a shared (non-standalone) template, you can click “Template Management” in the Edit Content tab to assign other pages to the shared template. A list of all your existing custom pages will appear and you can choose from there which pages will use this template.
6. From here, you can also You can also click “Change Setting” or “Manage custom page templates” from the Edit Content tab to work with your template settings and page assignments.