My Templates

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My Templates

Use this dialog to view or change status for templates for which you have privileges.

In author mode, access this dialog by choosing My Templates from the My Content menu.

Click a link in the Page Title column, or mouseover to view the page window icon and conveniently launch the page in a separate window:

You can set search criteria to filter results - results include some or all of these options:

To view items for which you are the owner, set filtering and ordering criteria, including which subsite levels to include and date restrictions.The defaults for these options are set through Site Administration - Properties and Settings - Report Settings. See Report Settings in the Administrator's Reference.

You can filter using these options. Click Filter to apply and display items that meet your criteria.

Search Criteria - Select from the dropdown, then specify an alphanumeric value to refine your search on item title. Leave blank to include all titles.
Subsite - Select from the dropdown, or click the subsite search icon . Optionally check Include Child Subsites to search the selected subsite and all the subsites it contains. Leave this unchecked to search the selected subsite only.
Date Restrictions - Select from the dropdown:
- None (initial default) - Use no date filters.
- Last modification date - The last time content was changed
- Last major modification date - The last time content was changed with the setting Treat change as significant, an organization-configurable option that has no effect on CommonSpot versioning.
- Creation date - Search by the date content was first created.
- Publication date - Search by the date content was published.
- Expiration date - Search by the date content expired.
Once you set a date restriction, you can further refine your search with options in the second date field. Picking a date restriction for past events displays past options only. Optionally pick one of the time periods below:

Use Select Date Options to set the date that displays in the Date column. (Use the Date Restrictions search criteria to constrain results by specific dates.) Pick from the dropdown. A green checkmark indicates the current filter. Optionally choose from the following:

Creation Date – Filters results based on the date created.
Publication Date - Filters results based on release for publication.
Expiration Date - Filters results based on the date content expires.
Last Modification Date – Filters results based on the date of last change.
Last Major Modification Date - Filters results based on the date of last major change. This is an organization-defined option set by treat change as significant during updates, which has no effect on CommonSpot versioning.

Click to sort by column head.

Click an item in the Page Title column to display that page in the main browser window, for quick review.

The State column indicates active/inactive and public/private status Click to toggle. In the example above, the Landing Page template is inactive and the Base Plus One template is private.

In the Actions column, clicking the edit icon displays following.

Select a mode for viewing the page. Selecting My Changes or All Changes, as shown above, opens the selected page for editing. Approvals opens the page for your review and approval.

Clicking the Metadata & Security icon, as shown below, displays the following options.

Select a page information option.

Standard Properties, Custom Properties: See Contributors Reference and Contributors Reference. Properties displayed to authors derive from administrative settings made through the Site Administrator - Page Creation/Properties UI option.
Details: Displays specifics for the selected page, template, or uploaded file. See Page Details, Template Details, and Uploaded Document Details, for information presented for these file types. The Details option does not display for registered URLs.
Security: Displays type-specific security settings for the selected item. Options displayed to authors derive from administrative settings. See Page Security, Template Security, Image Security, and Uploaded Document Security, and Content Security.
Inheritance Security: This option displays for objects that inherit security attributes from a parent object,such as templates or pages. See Template Inheritance Security. Click to view or change.
My Tags: Displays any personal tags associated with the page, template, or uploaded file. See My Tags.

Clicking the More Actions icon for a selected item displays the following options:

Subscribe to Changes – Choose to view updates to the current page via email subscription or My Notifications.
Create Work Request – Allows the current user to submit a work request for the current page.
Change Owner – Define a new user or group owner for the current page or object.
Lock/Unlock Page – Allow/exclude page updates.
View Usage Statistics – Review contributore activity.
View Referring Pages - View a list of pages linking to the selected page and optionally change link references.
Manage Freshness Reminders – Ticklers for content updates.
Manage Contacts - Review contributors and email addresses associated with the selected page.
Manage Notes - View any notes associated with the selected page.

More Actions: Click one or more checkboxes and select the appropriate option from the More Actions dropdown to copy, move, delete or change page owner. Remove individual items by clicking the associated delete icon , or select multiple items, click Delete Selected from the More Actions dropdown, then click Go. CommonSpot confirms deletion to enable you to manage any links to this file. You can optionally Select/Deselect all.

You can also activate (make available for selection and use) or deactivate (remove from public view) one or more templates using this dropdown. See Submit Template for Public Use in the Administrator's Reference for more information. See also Inactive Pages.

Related Links

Template Security

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The following guides are available from the support site and are in the /docs/directory of your CommonSpot Server:

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