We have all been here, at least once in our careers, and it's called "Re-Branding". How can I swap out the old template with the new containing all the new logo's and other data?
Using and Creating Storyline Templates is a tutorial that may be helpful. You can insert a new slide based on a Template at any time, or you can create a new project based on an existing template. However, you would not be able to apply a Template to an existing project.
Leslie, is someone working on a way to apply a new template to an existing project? We have lots of old projects that we will likely have to update to new 360 templates.
I haven't seen discussions of that, but I could see how that would make sense. I do wonder if it could end up creating more work - as you'd have to readjust all slide elements? The templates have been something that we always recommend starting the project with.
Have you tested inserted new slides from a template in your existing project and then copying over the individual things you'd want to keep?
pretty common problem indeed. As far as I could try, there's no way to replace the current template with a new one without going through a painful lot of manual work, and that's too bad.
It's not about using the target template since the beginning of a project, it's about updating an existing project to a newer template, importing someone else's project that has a different template, creating a single project with multiple templates to see which on is the best looking...
For sure whatever solution will be implemented, it will require some manual re-editing of the slides content (nudging, stretching, resizing..) but today it is practically impossible; you'd better start fresh and create a brand new project with your new template.
Any chance we get something more useful implemented?
Thanks for leaving such a thoughtful comment, simondavide. I'm going to share this discussion about changing templates on existing projects with our team as a feature request.
I am more and more, having to rebrand courses in Storyline 360. It would be really helpful if there was a way to apply a new template to an existing course. If the new template is applying a new color palette, logo and font only, I don't see that there would be that much manual adjusting. Has anything transpired in the last year?
Thank you for checking in on this feature request! The workflow that we recommend is to save a template as a .storytemplate and then build the course from there. When adding a new template to an existing course, you might need to format the content to fit. It sounds like this is what you're noticing!
Please let me know if you have any questions, I'd love to help!
The functionality of being able to apply a new template to an existing project without having to do all the manual re-work is needed. Is there a fix for this yet?
We are prioritizing other feature requests for our upcoming updates, so we haven't released a fix yet. I'd love to gather more information to share exactly what you're looking for with my team. It sounds like you'd like the option to apply a new template to an existing course rather than going slide by slide to apply a new layout.
Is that correct? If so, I'll share this with my team. You can also share requests with us here: Feature Request.
Joining this conversation since this question is coming up where I work.
Has anyone tried saving a rebrand as a custom theme and then selecting that theme in the course? How would this work for a team? I'm having issues using VMware at the moment so I'm unable to test it myself.
Any news on this topic? I have many projects that need a template update with new logo and corporate colors and it's a "monkey job" to do it by copy-pasting all the elements from one slide to a new one that uses the new template.
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Hi Joseph!
Using and Creating Storyline Templates is a tutorial that may be helpful. You can insert a new slide based on a Template at any time, or you can create a new project based on an existing template. However, you would not be able to apply a Template to an existing project.
UGH! Tks Leslie...I was afraid of that. I will look into the tutorial for GP.
Tks again...
Leslie, is someone working on a way to apply a new template to an existing project? We have lots of old projects that we will likely have to update to new 360 templates.
Hi Dan,
I haven't seen discussions of that, but I could see how that would make sense. I do wonder if it could end up creating more work - as you'd have to readjust all slide elements? The templates have been something that we always recommend starting the project with.
Have you tested inserted new slides from a template in your existing project and then copying over the individual things you'd want to keep?
Hi,
pretty common problem indeed. As far as I could try, there's no way to replace the current template with a new one without going through a painful lot of manual work, and that's too bad.
It's not about using the target template since the beginning of a project, it's about updating an existing project to a newer template, importing someone else's project that has a different template, creating a single project with multiple templates to see which on is the best looking...
For sure whatever solution will be implemented, it will require some manual re-editing of the slides content (nudging, stretching, resizing..) but today it is practically impossible; you'd better start fresh and create a brand new project with your new template.
Any chance we get something more useful implemented?
Thanks for leaving such a thoughtful comment, simondavide. I'm going to share this discussion about changing templates on existing projects with our team as a feature request.
I am more and more, having to rebrand courses in Storyline 360. It would be really helpful if there was a way to apply a new template to an existing course. If the new template is applying a new color palette, logo and font only, I don't see that there would be that much manual adjusting. Has anything transpired in the last year?
Hello Cindy!
Thank you for checking in on this feature request! The workflow that we recommend is to save a template as a .storytemplate and then build the course from there. When adding a new template to an existing course, you might need to format the content to fit. It sounds like this is what you're noticing!
Please let me know if you have any questions, I'd love to help!
I would add another vote for an "applying template" feature in Storyline.
Hi there! Has anyone found the magic solution for updating templates? Thanks!
The functionality of being able to apply a new template to an existing project without having to do all the manual re-work is needed. Is there a fix for this yet?
We are prioritizing other feature requests for our upcoming updates, so we haven't released a fix yet. I'd love to gather more information to share exactly what you're looking for with my team. It sounds like you'd like the option to apply a new template to an existing course rather than going slide by slide to apply a new layout.
Is that correct? If so, I'll share this with my team. You can also share requests with us here: Feature Request.
Joining this conversation since this question is coming up where I work.
Has anyone tried saving a rebrand as a custom theme and then selecting that theme in the course? How would this work for a team? I'm having issues using VMware at the moment so I'm unable to test it myself.
Hi!
Any news on this topic? I have many projects that need a template update with new logo and corporate colors and it's a "monkey job" to do it by copy-pasting all the elements from one slide to a new one that uses the new template.
Hi, Ángel!
We don’t have plans on our feature roadmap for this request yet, but thank you for sharing how it would be beneficial to you!
I have added your comments to the current feature request, and will be sure to update you with any news!
I also would like to request this feature. A very manual process when trying to upgrade to a new screen size and branding.
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