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Start a new page from a ready-made layout, then make it your own Learn DXPR BuilderBuild pagesReuse layouts ## In this guide Related guides - [User templates](/hc/documentation/learn-dxpr-builder/reusable-templates/user-templates) - [Importing and exporting](/hc/documentation/learn-dxpr-builder/reusable-templates/importing-exporting) Start a new page from a ready-made layout instead of a blank canvas. At the end you have a full page of sections, rows and elements that you only need to fill with your own text and pictures. Use a page template for a whole page; for one reusable section, use a [user template](/hc/documentation/learn-dxpr-builder/reusable-templates/user-templates). The video searches the layouts, starts a page from Story and replaces its first heading. ## Before you start - The page's DXPR Builder field must be empty: templates are offered on an empty field only. - DXPR Builder ships five layouts, such as **Text Columns** and **About Us**. Your site may add more. ## Start from a layout 1. On an empty page, click **Choose a template**. The **Layouts** dialog opens. 2. Type a word in **Search** to narrow the list, or scroll through the thumbnails. 3. Click a layout to see a larger preview. **Back to Layouts** returns you to the list. 4. Click **Use Template**. 5. Replace the text and pictures with your own, and delete what you do not need. 6. Click **Save** on the DXPR Builder toolbar. ## What you see The layout's sections, rows and elements appear on the page with placeholder text and images. You edit them like any other content: click text to type, open **More** > **Settings** to change an element. The template is copied onto your page. Later changes to the template do not touch pages already built from it. ## Add your own page templates Only administrators can add page templates. They live under **DXPR Studio** > **DXPR Builder** > **Page Templates** (`/admin/dxpr_studio/dxpr_builder/page_template`). To turn a page you built into a template: 1. On the page, open **More** on the DXPR Builder toolbar and click **Save as template**. Name it and click **Save**. 2. Go to **DXPR Studio** > **DXPR Builder** > **User Templates** (`/admin/dxpr_studio/dxpr_builder/user_templates`). 3. Open the operations list next to your template and click **Create page template**. The new page template gets the category **DXPR** and no thumbnail. Edit it to upload an **Image**, so editors can recognise it in the **Layouts** dialog. To add one by hand, click **Add page template** and fill in the form: | Field | What it does | |---|---| | **Label** | The name editors see under the thumbnail | | **Enabled** | Untick to hide the layout from the **Layouts** dialog | | **Category** | A label for your own sorting; required | | **Image** | The thumbnail and preview picture | | **Template** | The DXPR Builder markup of the page | | **Weight** | Lower numbers come first in the **Layouts** dialog | To edit or delete one, see [Page templates (admin)](/hc/documentation/learn-dxpr-builder/admin/page-templates-admin). ## If you don't see the layouts - **There is no Choose a template button.** The page already has content, and templates are offered on an empty field only. Start a new page, or delete the content and save. - **The Layouts dialog is empty.** No page template is enabled, or none matches your search. Clear **Search**, or ask an administrator to tick **Enabled** at `/admin/dxpr_studio/dxpr_builder/page_template`. - **One layout is missing.** Your user profile lists the page templates you may use. Unless its **Check/Uncheck all Page templates** box is ticked, new templates are not added to it automatically. An administrator ticks the template, or that box, under **Page templates** at `/admin/dxpr_studio/dxpr_builder/profile`. - **A layout shows a placeholder picture.** The template has no **Image**. Edit it at `/admin/dxpr_studio/dxpr_builder/page_template` and upload one. ## What's next? - [Save and reuse your own sections](/hc/documentation/learn-dxpr-builder/reusable-templates/user-templates): keep a call to action or header for every page. - [Copy templates between sites](/hc/documentation/learn-dxpr-builder/reusable-templates/importing-exporting): move your layouts from staging to live.