Template Name¶

The name of the Template. This must be a single word with no spaces. You may use the letters a-z, the numbers 0-9, and the underscore and hyphen/dash characters. You should refrain from creating all-numeric Template names as they can cause confusion with Entry IDs used in URLs.

Type¶

Here you may specify the type of Template:

• Webpage: This is the most common type of Template. Unless you specifically need one of the other two types you should use this one.
• CSS: This type is used for Stylesheets. It tells ExpressionEngine to serve the Template as “text/css” MIME type. Further, the Template will not be parsed for EE Tags like normal. The Template is served “as-is”.
• RSS Page: Used for RSS and Atom syndication feeds. It tells ExpressionEngine to serve the Template as “text/xml” MIME type.
• JavaScript: Used for outputting JavaScript code. It tells ExpressionEngine to send “text/javascript” MIME type server headers when being viewed.
• Static: Used for static content with absolutely no ExpressionEngine rendered tags. Useful for HTML design elements embedded in other templates.
• XML: Used for outputting XML pages with EE. It tells ExpressionEngine to send “text/xml” MIME type server headers when being viewed.

Enable Caching?¶

This determines whether or not Template Caching is enabled for the Template. This is used together with the following preference.

Refresh Interval¶

If the previous preference is enabled, then this specifies how long (in minutes) the Template cache should active. The next time the Template is requested after the time interval has expired, a new cache will be created.

Allow PHP?¶

Here you specify whether or not the Template will parse PHP expressions. If the preference is set to “no”, then any PHP in the Template will be output as plain text.

PHP Parsing Stage¶

If the previous preference is enabled, this sets whether PHP is parsed on “input” or “output” in the Template. See Using PHP in Templates for more information.

Hit Counter¶

If you wish to manually revise the hit counter for a Template you may do so.

Allowed member groups¶

Choose which member groups are allowed to access the template.

No access redirect¶

Page to redirect users without permissions to.

Enable HTTP Authentication?¶

When set to enable, users with permissions will have to login to view this template.

RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]

Template route override¶

Overrides the ExpressionEngine standard group/template routing.

Require all segments?¶

When set to yes, all segments must be present in the request URI.