Sharing Templates

At times, you may wish to share templates with others on a team. There are two types of templates in Together:

  1. Local templates, which are stored locally. These are not shared, but can be used to create shared templates.

  2. Project-specific templates. These can be created from local templates and shared via a CVS system.

Local Templates
To use local templates, open the Templates view. Local Templates appears as a project-level listing. Expand it to view the list of pre-defined templates. You can use the predefined templates to create your own project-specific templates. You can create templates by choosing New in the Templates view context menu.

Project-specific Templates
Once you have created a new template, you can save it to your project. If templates are enabled for this project (see Enabling Templates) the project now appears in the Templates view along with Local Templates. You can now share the template with a team in the same way you would share the project or a piece of the project using CVS.
NB: A project must have at least one template before the project appears in the Templates view.

Tip: You may wish to create a template directory in your project early in the development process. Use this directory as a place for team members to share templates. To keep this directory hidden in the diagram, include it as an ignored folder in Together preferences.