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DefinitionA page template provides a way of enforcing a particular layout, style, set of privileges, and content for multiple pages. As with any page, you can divide a page template into regions and tabs, apply a style to the template, grant access privileges, and add items and portlets.
The following example shows how you might set up a page template, with the corporate logo, the page name, and some commonly used links at the top, a navigation page to the left of the main content region, and a footer at the bottom that shows the location of the current page within the page group.
When you create a page, you can choose to base the page on a particular page template. When you change a template, any pages that are based on that template are automatically changed as well.
Page templates offer some flexibility. You can set up a template so that page designers can choose a style other than the one specified in the template, or set different access privileges on the pages they create that are based on the template. You can also identify regions within the page template where content can be added. For example, in the example above, you could set up the main content region so that page designers can add whatever content they want there, without being able to affect the content anywhere else on the page.
You cannot add new regions to pages that are based on a template. Be sure the template contains the regions your users (e.g., content providers) will require.
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