Changing Page Template

Instructions

  • Navigate to the page you wish to change and log in.

  • Once logged in, double check that you are on the page you wish to update.

  • Take note of the page title and file name.

CMS interface with red handwritten arrows and text pointing to the file name and the page title.

  • Click the "Content" button

A cursor hovers over the Content tab in a CMS, revealing a menu with options like Pages, Assets, and Snippets.

  • Click the "New" button

    Web interface toolbar with a green New button and options for Upload, Filter, Edit, Review, and Publish.
  • Select the new template.

Grid of page layout templates with the Three Column Layout option highlighted by an orange border.

  • Fill in new page details. Page Title is the same as the old page, File name is the same with "new" tacked on to the end.new file name

  • Copy code from the old page into the newly created page. (Be sure to grab keywords and meta description.)

  • We suggest copying the html directly. Though, it's up to what the user feels comfortable with. 

HTML Source Editor window displaying code for the University of Utah Web Archive page.


Once content transfer is complete:

1a.) If you don't have file renaming and archiving user rights, contact the web team about making the production switch . (Which is archiving the old page and making the newly created page live.)

1b.)  If you do have file renaming and archiving user rights, rename the current file "filename-OLD" and remove "new" from the new page name. eg "filename-new.pcf" to "filename.pcf" Move "filename-OLD" to pending delete and publish the new page.

 

Video Demonstration - How to Change a Pages Template

 
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 Last Modified 7/20/26