How do I assign a template?

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In this tutorial we will be assigning additional templates to menu items. This will allow us to have a different look/feel for different areas of the site

In this tutorial we will be assigning additional templates to menu items. This will allow us to have a different look/feel for different areas of the site

Begin by navigating to Extensions >> Template Manager

Begin by navigating to Extensions >> Template Manager

Select the template you want to assign

Select the template you want to assign

And click the Edit button

And click the Edit button

Change the Menus option to Select from List and select the menu item(s) to assign the template to.

Change the Menus option to Select from List and select the menu item(s) to assign the template to.

Then click Save

Then click Save

We can now see there is a checkmark under the Assigned column for our template. Let's go to the frontend and see how it looks.

We can now see there is a checkmark under the Assigned column for our template. Let's go to the frontend and see how it looks.

Click the menu item the template was assigned to.

Click the menu item the template was assigned to.

We can see that the template has changed accordingly.

We can see that the template has changed accordingly.

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