2 title = "Page Templates"
5 slug = "page-templates"
8 Within BookStack you can mark a page as a template so that its content
9 can easily be reused when editing and creating pages.
10 This can be super useful when you need to create many pages following
15 ### Creating a Page Template
17 A page template in BookStack is simply a normal page that has been marked as a template.
18 Start by creating/editing the page you want to use as a template.
19 Within the editor sidebar you should see a templates tab.
20 Within this tab you should find a "Page is a template" checkbox.
21 Simply check that option and save the page to make the page become a template.
22 If you don't see that checkbox, you likely lack the "Manage page templates" role system permission.
24 
26 Note: Visibility of page templates are controlled via visibility of the page itself. If a user lacks permission to view the page marked as a template, it will not show as an available template for them.
28 ### Using Page Templates
30 Page templates can be accessed when creating or editing a page.
31 Within the editor sidebar you should see a templates tab.
32 If you have templates available they will be listed in this area.
33 A search bar will also show for easy searching of templates.
35 There are multiple ways to add a template into a page:
37 - Select the template box itself to replace the editor content with contents of the template.
38 - Select the up arrow of the template box to prepend its contents to the editor.
39 - Select the down arrow of the template box to append its contents to the editor.
40 - Drag the template box into the editor to insert its contents into the dragged location.
42 
44 Keep in mind that using a template simply copies its content at time-of-use, it is not
45 a "live" connection to the template page, and updating the template page won't affect pages that have previously used it as a template.
47 ### Default Page Templates
49 If you'd like to always start a new page with a specific template, this can be configured at a per-book level using the
50 "Default Page Template" option when editing a book:
52 
54 With this option set, the selected template will be used to pre-fill the contents of any new page created within that book.
55 Like with other template usages, access to the template will be controlled by permissions.
56 If a user creates a page with the book, but does not have access to view the template page, it will not be used to pre-fill the contents of the new page.