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ScreenSteps Documentation » Customizing HTML Templates » Installing/Sharing Templates

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  • Overview 4
    • What is an HTML Template?
    • The ScreenSteps Templates Folder
    • The Anatomy of the Template File
    • Installing/Sharing Templates
  • Customizing Templates 13
    • Setting the Maximum Height/Width for Step Images
    • Changing the Text Encoding of Output
    • How Do I Add My Company Logo to a Template?
    • How Can I Get a Step Image To Appear Below the Step Instructions?
    • How Do I Add An Image Border When Exporting To Blog?
    • Customizing Step Title formatting in Blog Templates
    • How to Add Whatever Font You Want to Your HTML Template
    • How Do I Make The Image Appear To the Left of the Text in an HTML Template?
    • Using Image Zoom in Templates
    • How to center images in an HTML template
    • Customizing Lesson Navigation Links In Manual Templates
    • Creating an XML Template
    • Removing The Lesson Description From the Table of Contents

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This manuals will show you how to perform some advanced customizations to HTML and XML templates in ScreenSteps. The main ScreenSteps manual is available here.

Last Updated

Nov 18, 2010

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Installing/Sharing Templates

This lesson will show you how to install new templates for ScreenSteps. You can also use this method if you would like to move your custom templates from one machine to another.

Reveal Templates Folder

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Open Preferences > HTML Templates and select the folder icon. This will open up the templates folder on your system.

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The templates folder just contains folders for each type of template. In this example we are going to add a new Blog template. Select the Blog folder.

Copy Template to Folder

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Now just add your template to the Blog folder. It will automatically show up in your list of templates.

Moving Templates Between Machines

If you want to move a template between two systems just

1. Open the template folder as described above.
2. Copy the template folder you want to move.
3. Move the folder to the new system and follow the instructions above to install it.

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