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Design templates are especially useful for projects that require a repetitive layout— presentations, blog publications, portfolios, etc. To figure out the ideal specs for your template, start by answering the following questions:

 

• What kind of information

are you presenting?

• For what kind of projects

do you imagine using it?

• Will you use the template

yourself or share it with other people?

Design templates are a useful way to save time and help standardize the look and feel of your brand. Readymag enables users to turn any page into a flexible template that can be used to speed up build-time on future projects.


In this checklist, we summarize some of the main points that will help you create a reusable dummy template from scratch.

Design templates are a useful way to save time and help standardize the look and feel of your brand. Readymag enables users to turn any page into a flexible template that can be used to speed up build-time on future projects.


In this checklist, we summarize some of the main points that will help you create a reusable dummy template from scratch.

Create a template with Readymag

Сlick the corresponding circle if your workflow meets the requirements

Set your goals

Set your goals

Design templates are especially useful for projects that require a repetitive layout—presentations, blog publications, portfolios, etc. To figure out the ideal specs for your template, start by answering the following questions:

 

• What kind of information are you presenting?

• For what kind of projects do you imagine using it?

• Will you use the template yourself or share

it with other people?

Design templates are especially useful for projects that require a repetitive layout—presentations, blog publications, portfolios, etc. To figure out the ideal specs for your template, start by answering the following questions:

 

• What kind of information are you presenting?

• For what kind of projects do you imagine using it?

• Will you use the template yourself or share

it with other people?

Find inspiration

Find inspiration

Readymag offers a handful of premade design dummies for various types of projects. Take a closer look for inspiration and pay attention to key design elements—grid layout, body and copy fonts, buttons, navigation. Which of these elements might be useful in your template?

Readymag offers a handful of premade design dummies for various types of projects. Take a closer look for inspiration and pay attention to key design elements—grid layout, body and copy fonts, buttons, navigation. Which of these elements might be useful in your template?

Create the structure

Create the structure

Designing a template in Readymag is similar to designing a regular project: first, you should figure out a basic structure. Think about how texts, images and captions will align with the horizontal and vertical lines of the grid. Invent your own visual rhythm to make the layout look consistent.

 

Designing a template in Readymag is similar to designing a regular project: first, you should figure out a basic structure. Think about how texts, images and captions will align with the horizontal and vertical lines of the grid. Invent your own visual rhythm to make the layout look consistent.

 

Set styles

Set styles

In Readymag, text and link styles are premade sets of character formatting attributes, such as font choice and size, that can be applied in one click. Ensure that you’ve set styles in your template so that it has a consistent layout: once you change font parameters, they will update throughout your project.

 

In Readymag, text and link styles are premade sets of character formatting attributes, such as font choice and size, that can be applied in one click. Ensure that you’ve set styles in your template so that it has a consistent layout: once you change font parameters, they will update throughout your project.

 

Observe sensitive aspects

To make using your template seamless, pay attention to the following configuration details.

 

SEO settings

Navigation via headings is the most important way to locate information for people who rely on assistive technology. Don’t forget that anytime you add a template page to a project and refill the content, you should manually specify heading levels.

 

Sharing settings

The same goes for page sharing settings: once a template page is added to a project and refilled, you should manually specify sharing settings.

 

Need to export as a PDF?

Don't engage animations if you’re planning to use your template for projects that will be downloaded as a PDF, as it will not render. Also avoid the Scale layout setting and don’t make widgets fixed—both features won’t work for PDFs.

 

Turn pages into templates

When the page is ready, it’s time to turn it into a reusable template: open the Page menu, click ‘Templates’ in the bottom right corner, choose ‘My templates’ and then click on ‘Create template from page’. Voila! To add a saved template to a project in your account, go back to the Pages menu and select it from the ‘My Templates’ collection.

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