Topic templates provide a quicker and easier way to create new topics that have a consistent structure.
With a topic template, you create the template and add the structure and content that you want. Then, when you create a new topic based on the template, it automatically inherits the content from the template. You can add to it or change it as needed.
Example 42. Topic template for "Troubleshooting" topic
Let's say you need to produce "Troubleshooting" topics for many different user guides, and you want them to have a consistent structure that includes a paragraph and a table. Instead of creating these topics individually, you can use a template.
You create a new template and then edit it. In the template, you add a table and a paragraph.
Next, you create new topics based on the template. The new topics automatically contain the table and paragraph from the template, so there's no need to add them to each topic individually. In the new topics, the table and paragraph are given new ids, so that you can edit them without affecting the template or other topics.
If your Paligo instance contains Topic Templates, you can create new topics that are based on those templates. This is useful if you have particular topic structures that should be used in many places but with different content in place.
When you create a new topic from a topic template, the new topic automatically includes the same structure and content that exists in the topic template. But the content is given new IDs so that you can edit it without affecting the template or other topics that are based on the template.
Note
You can create new topics in a publication template in the Contributor Editor's Edit View.
However, adding topics in Edit View will not result in Topic Templates. Instead, these become reused topics saved in your Contributions folder.
Topic templates can only be created from the Templates section in Content Manager or inside the Structure View of the publication template.
To create a topic template:
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Find the Templates section in the Content Manager.
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Select the dotted menu (...) for the Templates section and select Create Content.
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Give the template a name and choose the Topic document type. Then set the language for the topic template and select OK.
Paligo adds your new template to the Templates section.
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Select a template to open it in the editor. Add the elements and content that you want to be included in all topics that are based on your template. For example, you could add a paragraph and a table.
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Select Save.
You can now create new topics based on the topic template.
If you have topic templates available, you can create new topics that are based on them. These topics will contain:
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The same elements (structure) as the topic template they are based on
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The same content as in the topic template, but with new IDs so that you can edit them.
To create a new topic based on a template:
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In the Content Manager, select the dotted menu (...) for the folder that you want to contain your new publication.
If a suitable folder does not already exist, you can create a new one (Create Folder).
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Select Create content.
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Use the settings on the Create Content dialog to create the new topic:
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Enter a name for the topic
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Select From template to display a browse dialog for topic templates. Select the topic template that you want the new topic to be based on.
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Select the Languages that you want the new topic to support.
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Select OK to confirm your choices.
Paligo creates a new topic that is based on your chosen topic template. It contains new versions of the elements and content that were present in the topic template. You can make changes to the new topic without affecting the topic template or any other topic that is based on that topic template.
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