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Short DescriptionTemplates are a great tool to make creating and maintaining documents very easy. Blueprints support authors to create documents based on templates. But a large number of blueprints may make it difficult for authors to select the appropriate template. Here are a few tips on dealing with larger amounts of blueprints.
 

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The PDAC1 supports template authors to create blueprints. There are quite a large number of blueprints based on projectdoc available on the Atlassian Marketplace and on Bitbucket. Page authors may be overwhelmed by these many blueprints and left unsure about which template they should choose.

What can we do about it?

First of all, there is documentation for each blueprint. Authors need to be aware about what blueprints are available and for which purpose.

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Second: Once the authors have decided which blueprints are relevant to them, they may disable those that do not fit their needs. Disabling is possible on different levels:

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The tip Hide projectdoc Tools within Browser shows how to use bookmarklets or usermacros to remove projectdoc tools like doctypes or macros from the view.




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What is the difference between a blueprint and a template?

A blueprint is a (set of) template(s) with a wizard to guide authors through the process of creating pages in a Confluence wiki. Authors select a blueprint through a dialog and start the wizard.

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A blueprint is a set of page templates with added functionality to help you create, manage and organise content in Confluence more easily.




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More information on Confluence blueprints:

 Blueprints that are based on the projectdoc Toolbox are called doctypes.


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