To achieve consistent appearance and facilitate easy navigation, web sites typically match designs across many pages. In StudioLine, Layout Templates and Layouts define common design elements, such as the background, logos, headlines, navigation buttons and image placeholders. They also control certain automated and default behaviors, such as the creation of image views and image processing defaults.
The following chart explains the differences between templates and layouts, in terms of their scope, when they are used and how they interact.
Effect |
Layout Template |
Layout |
Scope |
Effects all new pages of a site, and their image views (if any.) |
Effects the single page and its image views (if any.) |
Timing |
One time association - when page is created or when template is manually applied to an existing page. |
Continuous association û a layout is an integral part of its page. |
Interaction |
May be defined as the siteÆs default. |
May be saved as a new Layout Template. |
If common design elements or settings are to be shared by multiple pages, place them in a Layout Template. If common design elements or settings are to be used by a single page with automatically created image views, place them in the Layout. If design elements are limited to a single page, place them directly in the Page Editor
When a page is created, the default Layout Template from the Site Settings is always used to initialize the new page.
To apply a different Layout Template:
open the page,
open the StudioLine Explorer,
choose Layout Templates,
locate a suitable template and drag it onto the workspace.
Note: Once a different template has been applied to a page, this step cannot be reversed with the Undo function. Prior customizations, defaults and image settings for this page and its image view pages could be lost permanently. To avoid problems, apply the correct template before working on the page itself.