Templates are the framework for your website. You create and design templates to provide consistent website components from one web page to another. To create a web page that is different from the rest of your website, you most likely will create a special template. For example, your organization may want to add an online donor recognition page with a virtual wall similar to your newsletters. To create a page that is different from existing pages, you must start from the beginning with a new template. In Pages & templates, the design of the template becomes the main component for the donor recognition page. To save time and effort during the template design, you can add pieces from other areas of the program such as Layouts, Parts, and Image library.
These parts become incompatible if you include them on the same template.
| • | Membership Form and Membership Form |
| • | Membership Form and Fundraiser |
| • | Fundraiser and Fundraiser |
When you create a template and include one of these parts, the second part is not available for the template. If an existing template includes both parts, a warning message informs you that the parts are incompatible.
Warning: We strongly recommend that you assign supervisor rights for this section to only a select group of users. General users should not access templates. Any change can affect multiple web pages. We recommend that only users knowledgeable in all areas of website design and the program should perform tasks in this section.