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In this tutorial, we explore the various content templates provided by Infigo, designed to simplify the creation and customization of storefronts. The video covers specific templates such as headers, footers, and FAQ sections, as well as more flexible options like the "content" template for basic layouts and the "builder" template for fully customized layouts using nested building blocks. Additionally, it introduces custom content templates, which allow users with HTML knowledge to create reusable formats with modifiable fields, ensuring consistent formatting across pages. This feature is particularly useful for maintaining uniformity with minimal effort from administrators.

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So as I mentioned, Infigo provide
a selection of templates

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that are ready to use,
some of them have very specific use cases.

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So we have, as you can see

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in that thing on the right there
we have the header and we have the footer.

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As the name suggests
they're fairly specific and where

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they're going to be used.

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Another one you might come across is

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I think it's called

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FAQ focused or Q specific
or something like that.

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And that is specifically designed
just for sort of,

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expandable questions and answers.

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So we do try and pre-configured
for specific purposes

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where necessary.

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Some of the more customizable ones.

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First of all, you'll have content.

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So this allows the input of one
or more specific content items,

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such as images or text.

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But the caveat with the content,

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selection is that you get very minimal

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capability to actually
format what you're putting on the screen.

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So I've tried to make a little graphic
of it over on the bottom right hand side.

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You might add an image.

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You might have

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add a title or something like that,
but it is just going to place them

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one after the other on the page.

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So a fairly basic layout.

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But there are some scenarios
where you may want to use that.

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So let's take a little
look at that for some context.

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So let me just find

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an empty content block to

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build this on.

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Switch that to content template.

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And then choose content.

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So you'll see here that I get the ability
to see the items that I've added.

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And this is the ability to add content
down on the bottom right side.

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And as I've

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mentioned this is just directly adding
the content to the page.

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So you're not really going
to get much in between.

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It's just going to be content
content, content content and nothing else.

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Contrary to that,

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and what you might use
in the majority of cases is the builder.

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So this allows you to create
fully customized

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layouts in which to display your content.

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So this is constructed
what we're going to use,

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what we're going to call nested
building blocks.

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So to trying to provide you
with a really intuitive, user interface.

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So these nesting building blocks
might include things like entire sections.

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It could be columns
that you want to position your content in.

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if you want to define a slider,
there's really a lot of different things.

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And we'll try and cover a lot of them
during the course of the webinar.

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But to give you an inclination
of what they are.

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Down on the bottom right hand side,
instead of just having your content

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in a very boring list,
which might sometimes be necessary.

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This allows you
to actually fully customize

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the layout of your particular page.

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Now, before we get started

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with digging into the default content
templates, I do want to very briefly

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touch on the difference here
with custom content templates,

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and we'll touch on these
a bit more later on as well.

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So custom content templates allow users

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to generate their own
reusable template formats.

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So what this essentially utilizes
is the writing of some boilerplate code.

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So to use custom
content templates effectively

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you will need that HTML
knowledge in your business somewhere.

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But then that boilerplate code
can be interspersed with various

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modifiable fields in which you are accepting input data from the administrator.

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So this is very useful if you

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want to ensure conformity
wherever the template is used.

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And an example,
if you're using a custom template

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on a product landing page,
it ensures that all of your product

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landing pages
will appear identically formatted

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with minimal effort
required from the administrator.

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So just to put that into context,
over on the right hand side,

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very basic three step process here.

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The first little screenshot
there is the actual writing of

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the custom content template.

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So you can see there's a lot of code
involved

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with these variable sections
or variable fields.

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Then when you actually utilize
that content template

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what the user has to write in, which is

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then where your general Infigo
administrators would come into

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this thing is they
then have the ability to just enter

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information into those defined fields.

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And then as a result
of what they've entered into those fields,

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they'll see the resulting content.

 

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