Build reusable templates

A slide template is a reusable design for creating consistent slides. Use one when several slides need the same zones, typography, branding, and content pattern.

Templates are most useful for repeatable jobs such as event promotions, welcome messages, wayfinding, or venue information.

Create a template

Open Screens → Templates and create a template.

1. Give the template a name that describes its purpose.
2. Choose an aspect ratio.
3. Choose the direction.
4. Choose the zone preset.
5. Reverse the zone order if needed.
6. Select Create template to open the slide builder.

Add the blocks, backgrounds, spacing, theme, and branding that slides based on this template should start with.

Add dynamic content slots

Link the whole template, a zone, or a data block to an event, venue, season, or series. Choose sample content so you can judge the design with realistic detail.

The sample is not what every finished slide will use. When someone creates a slide from the template, they choose the real content for each dynamic slot.

Use stable, descriptive names for zones and data blocks. Those names help editors recognize each linked-content field on the finished slide.

Create a slide from the template

Open Screens → Slides, create a slide, choose A template, and select the template. The slide receives a copy of the template design and exposes its dynamic slots for real content choices.

You can also create a template-based slide while adding a slide to a playlist.

Understand later template changes

Existing slides keep the design copied from the template when you created them. Editing a template changes future slides. It does not automatically change existing slides.

To move an existing slide to a revised or different template:

1. Open the slide.
2. Select the new Slide Template.
3. Choose Apply template.
4. Review the layout and every linked-content field.

Applying a different template replaces the slide layout, aspect ratio, and branding. Basker matches the existing linked content to the new slots by content type and order. It removes extra old links and leaves any unmatched slots empty. Verify the result before playback.

Template design tips

• Match the aspect ratio used by the target channels.
• Keep the important information inside predictable zones.
• Use a screen theme instead of repeating individual color and font choices.
• Preview long titles, missing images, and unusually short or long dates.
• Use samples only to test the design, not as permanent content.
• Name templates by purpose, such as Portrait event feature or Landscape wayfinding.

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