New Template

The New Template link in the left column of each Template Group allows you to create a new Template.

Template Name

The name of the Template. This must be a single word with no spaces. You may use the letters a-z, the numbers 0-9, and the underscore and hyphen/dash characters. You should refrain from creating all-numeric Template names as they can cause confusion with Entry IDs used in URLs.

Template Type

Here you may specify the type of Template:

Webpage: This is the most common type of Template. Unless you specifically need one of the other two types you should use this one.
CSS Stylesheet: This type is used for Stylesheets. It tells ExpressionEngine to serve the Template as "text/css" MIME type. Further, the Template will not be parsed for EE Tags like normal. The Template is served "as-is".
RSS Page: Used for RSS and Atom syndication feeds. It tells ExpressionEngine to serve the Template as "text/xml" MIME type.
JavaScript: Used for outputting JavaScript code. It tells ExpressionEngine to send "text/javascript" MIME type server headers when being viewed.
Static: Used for static content with absolutely no ExpressionEngine rendered tags. Useful for HTML design elements embedded in other templates.
XML: Used for outputting XML pages with EE. It tells ExpressionEngine to send "text/xml" MIME type server headers when being viewed.

Default Template Data

You may specify whether the Template should be populated with default data upon creation:

None - create an empty template: This creates a blank Template.
Use a template from your library: This allows you to populate the Template with the contents of one something from your Template Library (see Using the Template Library).
Duplicate an existing template: You may choose one of your existing Templates to duplicate its contents. The options are listed by Template_Group/Template.

New Template

Template Name

Template Type

Default Template Data

User Contributed Notes