Main Settings (Page Template)

Page templates store the basic information from which community pages are derived. Anyone who creates a community page begins by selecting a page template and choosing whether or not to inherit future changes to this template. If a page is set to inherit its page template changes, any changes you make to this template will affect the page.

Creating a page template allows you to define the layout and required portlets for pages.

To define a page template:

To add required portlets for pages, click Add Portlets (to add existing portlets) or Create Portlets (to create new portlets).
To add a content canvas portlet, click Add Content Canvas, choose a portlet, and click OK. You can only add a content canvas if your page template supports one, or if you do not inherit the page template and you select a page layout that has a content canvas area.
To select a layout for the page template, click Select Page Layout, select the layout you want and click Finish.

Note: Narrow portlets can display in either narrow or wide columns in your portal, but wide portlets can display only in the wide columns.
To see what a portlet looks like, click Preview under the portlet.
To remove a portlet, click Remove under the portlet.
To reposition a portlet, drag the portlet to the desired position (by clicking the portlet, holding down the mouse button, and moving the mouse), then release the mouse button.

To display the page associated with this help topic:

Click Administration.
Open the Page Template Editor:

To create a new page template:

Open an administrative folder.
In the Create Object drop-down list, click Page Template.

To edit an existing page template:

Navigate to the page template you want to edit.
Click the page template name.