Organize and modify Web templates

The Template Organizer's Web Templates tab lets you organize your templates into folders, and add new templates to the list. It also lets you rename, delete, or modify existing templates. Note that the templates themselves are folders that contain all the files required to format the Web pages. Each Web template folder appears as a single entry in the template list, and uses a special template icon to identify it.

If you have modified the export settings for the current map, you can save these changes for re-use by creating a new Web template file.

Save the current Web export settings in a new template

The template will be created, using the name of the current map. You can Rename it if you desire.

Add a Web template to the Organizer

If you receive a customized MindManager Web template from a third party or from another user (for example, a standard template used for your company's Web pages) you can add it to the Template Organizer.

Organize the templates list

If your template collection becomes large, you may want to organize the templates into parent folders.

If you delete a folder, the folder and all the templates it contains will be deleted from disk.

Modify Web templates ▼

Each template consists of a set of CSS style sheets, HTML templates and MindManager macros that can be modified by the advanced user or third-parties. If you are familiar with modifying these types of files you can edit them to fit your needs.

If you want to modify an existing template, its a good idea to make a copy of it first and customize the new version.

Modify an existing template

On the Tools tab, in the Templates group, click Web Templates
Select a template in the list, and then click Duplicate.
The template appears as "Copy of....", but you can Rename it.
Click Modify, then click Open Web Template Folder button to see the folder containing the files used by the template. (This screen also contains links to Supplemental Tools for editing the template files and the MindManager Web Export Technical Manual.)

Since the export templates all use CSS (Cascading Style Sheet) technology, many of the features of an export (fonts, colors etc.) can be adjusted by CSS-savvy users simply by editing the CSS file(s) in the template (or the final generated output). Minor modifications can be made to the HTML template files without editing the macros.