How to set a default template to use when creating a new page?

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How can I set a default template/blueprint to use when creating a new page?

Currently the Template field does not select any template at all:

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You can set the templates to use in the blueprint of the parent page:

…
pages:
  template:
    - project
    - article
    - contact
…

The first template in the list will be used as the default template. You can, of course, just set one template.

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If you want to set the template of the pages of the highest menu level, you have to add this, what @texnixe suggested, in the blueprint file “/site/blueprints/site.php”!

@bastianallgeier and @distantnative:

Please add this in the docs of the panel, e.g. at Kirby docs > Panel > Blueprints > Templates for subpages
I think it is missing there.

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Yes, you are right, this information is indeed missing. We’ll update the docs in the coming weeks to fill the gaps and add tutorials and stuff.

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I think it may be useful to newbies of Kirby too, to add a pronounced hint e.g. at Kirby docs > Panel > Blueprints > Setting the blueprint title, this it is useful for editors and admins if they use the panel, that every blueprint has a bijective (in German: “eineindeutig”, I don’t know the best translation of this word) blueprint title!

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@HeinerEF: please add missing doc items to this list, it get’s lost if it is all over the place Undocumented Kirby Features

I’d simply call this a unique title.

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Ok, but for me this sounds in German only “eindeutig” (http://dict.leo.org), only one “ein”.

I think, who understands the two directions, gets a better realisation of this interrelationship.

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I have found the first hint at:

I will add the other hint soon…

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Hi!
I want to add a little reminder: Has this been added to the docs, yet?
Because I was searching for it and finally found it here.

Thanks! :slight_smile:

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https://getkirby.com/docs/panel/blueprints/subpages-settings

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This doesn’t apply to Kirby 3 I don’t think, but I can’t find any way to do the same thing. What’s the new way?

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@tobystokes You can set a default template in a pages section, via the create option (https://getkirby.com/docs/reference/panel/sections/pages#section-properties)

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Thankyou @texnixe that’s what i was after!
Just to clarify though, because I really am sure this isn’t in the docs, this doesn’t appear to work if you are extending the pages preset.

i.e with a sections/projects.yml of:

type: pages
create: project

This works as pages/projects.yml:

title: Projects
  sections:
    all:
      extends: sections/projects
        headline: Featured

But this doesn’t:

title: Projects
preset: pages
all:
  extends: sections/projects