Templates grid

Overview

To view and manage all templates that your website pages are based on, navigate to Design» Page templates.

The Templates grid provides you with details about each template, sorting, filtering, and searching options. templates-redesign

Templates details

Column	Description
TITLE	This column displays the title of the template, its status, and its thumbnail. Click the title to open the template for editing. By clicking the column header, you can sort the templates by the date that they were last modified. NOTE: MVC templates have a blue label MVCon their thumbnail. .NET Core templates have a green label NEW EDITOR next to their title.
TRANSLATIONS	If your site uses multiple languages, for each template, the Templates grid displays which languages the template is translated to.
BASED ON	MVC and .NET Core templates The column displays the path to the layout file or a link to an existing page template, which the template is based on. The system automatically generates the location path of the layout file, based on Sitefinity CMS templates conventions. For example, `\ResourcePackages\Bootstrap4\Mvc\Views\layouts\default.cshtml`. For more information, see [Map page templates to layout files](slug://map-page-templates-to-layout-files). Thus, you can easily check the resource package that the template uses - for example, Bootstrap4.
USED IN PAGES	In this column, you can see how many pages use this template. If you click the green number, a list of all pages that use this template appears.
LAST MODIFIED	This column displays the date and the user that last modified the template. By clicking the column header, you can sort the templates by the date that they were last modified.
ACTIONS	By expanding the Actions menu of a template, you can: Edit the Content. Edit the title the other template properties. Publish a draft template Duplicate a template. Share a template with another site from your multisite instance. If you have multiple languages, you can send a template for translation. You can manage the permissions of a template. You can open the Revision history of a template. You can Delete a template after a confirmation.

Sort page templates

To sort page templates, on the Templatesgrid, click Filter (Filter templates).

You can sort templates using the Sort templates dropdown box in the toolbar of the page.
There are the following sorting options:

Last modified on top
Sorts templates in descending order according to time of modification.
Alphabetically ascending or descending.

NOTE: You can also sort the templates, using the TITLEand the LAST MODIFIED column headers.

Filter page templates

To filter page templates, on the Templatesgrid, click Filter (Filter templates).
You can use the following filters:

Language
If you have multiple languages, the Languagedropdown box appears and you can use it to filter the template that have translation only in a selected language.
All Templates
Displays all created templates.
Filter by ownership.
To display page templates, created only by your user, click My page templates.
Translation status
If you have multiple languages, the following filtering options appear:
- Marked for translationFilters all templates that are is status Marked for translation.
- Sent for translationFilters all templates that are is status Sent for translation.
Special filtering
If you have a multisite instance, the following filtering options appear:
- This site
  Filters the page templates that are shared only on the current site from the multisite instance.
- Not shared with any site
  If you deselect all the sites where a template is visible, you can still see the template on the Templates page by clicking this filter.

NOTE: If you have a multisite instance, except for the special filters, the filters display all templates from all sites, regardless of whether the templates are shared with the current site or not.

Permissions for templates

You can manage the permissions for page templates, by clicking Settings icon Settings for templates.
For more information, see Permissions by section.

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