Templates. How to use?
You can made a website in two ways. Create it by yourself or use a ready-made template.
Instructions for creating a project are available here.
The fastest and easiest way to create a website is to use a ready-made template. In fact, a template is a ready-made website with a well-developed structure. You may use it in its original form or add your own elements and widgets or blocks from component libraries.
A template is an example how design, elements and widgets are used to create a website. Once you open the template, you immediately see what kind of website you may create with Taptop. The template includes a set of ready-made pages, which consist of ready-made widgets, components and elements with specified styles and presets. For example, when clicking a button, you will be moved to a page or a pop-up window will appear.
Unlike templates, library components are parts of the website that you need to independently assemble into a finished structure. They have a different appearance and no settings. For example, if you want a pop-up window to open when clicking a button, you need to configure this.
Let’s figure out what to choose: a ready-made website template or a Component library.
Ready-made templates will be especially useful for beginners, as creating a website from scratch can be difficult. You don’t need to elaborate the website structure. It is much easier to adapt a ready-made template to your needs than creating it from scratch.
To create a website, you just need to choose a suitable template and fill it with content.
Using a template, you have multiple options. You may change it radically by adding your own widgets or using Component libraries.
By combining components from different libraries you may also create a website. It's easier than building a project from scratch, but will require more effort.
When you use component libraries, you need to think through the structure yourself, arrange blocks in a certain order, configure transitions between pages, actions when clicking on buttons.
You may use Component Libraries when creating a website from a template. To do this, create a website and add library components to it.
To use a template, create a new project. To do this, click New project in the top right corner of the Dashboard.
In order to select a template, select Marketplace in the top left corner.
Before choosing a template, you may see what blocks and pages it consists of. To do this, hover over the template and click Preview. The link will open in a new tab.
Name the project and enter it in the window that opens. To save the project, click «New Project» button.
Ready! It may take a few minutes to create the project. You may close the page. The project will appear on the Dashboard.
You may use ready-made templates and also develop your own. Once your website is ready, make it a template. Your teammates will be able to use it to develop new websites.
To publish a template, move to the Project settings and select the Templates menu.
Or select Create template by clicking on the three dots in the project menu.
Move the switch on.
Ready! The template can now be used to create a project.
Create a project according to the instructions above.
To use a team template, select «My Team» in the top left corner.
Marketplace is used as default. Here you may select a template that is available to any Taptop user.
By selecting My Team, you will see templates that are available only to your team.