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Templates 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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Overwhelmed with 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.

Help Button to access Blueprint (Doctype) Documentation

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:

Space level - the blueprint is disabled for a given space
Global level - the blueprint is disabled for all spaces

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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 - information on blueprints as part of the Confluence Documentation
Confluence Blueprints - information on creating blueprints as part of the Confluence Developer Documentation

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

Doctypes - documentation on doctypes provided by the PDAC1
Free doctype add-ons on the Atlassian Marketplace
Access to source code for the free add-ons on Bitbucket - fork to customize for your requirements!

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