Templates help you make your content faster and more consistent. Every time you make new content, you can pick from your own saved Channel templates or use VTS' pre-made templates to kickstart your building process. We'll explore how to access and get the most out of your Activate templates in this guide.

1. Using templates

2. Channel templates

3. VTS templates

4. The VTS templates master list

Using templates

Templates are always the first step in content creation for Pages and Posts. Every time you click + New content, you can choose between your saved templates and VTS' pre-made content. 

If you want to see all of your Channel templates in one place, head to the Library under Content. You can sort by tags or type, search for a specific template, or build a new one with the New Template button.

Whenever you use a template, the Info and Editor steps in the Content Builder are set up automatically. You can make any edits you need to, then publish your content whenever you're ready. They can be as simple as a layout or complex as an interactive post with data inputs already set up.

Channel templates

Channel templates are unique to your channel, like you'd expect. You might already have some set up for your workplace, but you can always build more in the Library.

Here are a few things to remember when you're building templates:

• The template name and notes in the first step are only visible to people in the Library—your members won't see any of this.
• The Category you pick in the Info step also sorts your templates in the selector.
• You can't add workflows—you'll have to set them up for the actual content as you publish.

You can edit your existing templates here too. Just select the template you need, make your edits, then click Save.

If you're an Admin, you can even let other users make templates for the Channel. Head to Channel Settings, then Profile, and click the Settings tab. Toggle Enable User Template Library and click Save.

If your channel doesn't have any templates yet, you'll just see the VTS templates when you create some new content.

VTS templates

Anyone can use a VTS template. You can find them at the first step of content creation in the VTS Templates panel, sorted by category. 

These templates are custom-made by the VTS team—feel free to use them how you like, even if it's just the layout, images, or options built into the content.

To use a template:

1. In the Admin view, click + New Content.
2. Choose your type—Page or Post.
3. Click VTS Templates.
4. Find the template you wanted to copy.
5. Click Use Template.
6. Use the Content Builder to make it your own.

The VTS templates master list

Here's a handy list of every default template you can use in your Channel, sorted by category.