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Export Customized Lightning Bolt Solutions

Lightning Bolt enables you to customize and export the Customer Service (Napili) template to use as a base for your new communities, or package and distribute the solution for others to use.
Available in: Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience
Available in: Enterprise, Performance, Unlimited, and Developer Editions

User Permissions Needed
To customize or publish a community: Create and Set Up Communities

You can’t export a Lightning Bolt solution until you update the template to unify its branding properties.

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  1. In Community Builder, select Settings | Developer.
    The information that you add on this page appears in the Community Creation wizard and helps users understand the purpose and benefits of your solution.
  2. Add a unique name for the solution and select a category.The Developer area
  3. Add at least one image, which is used as the thumbnail image. The recommended image dimensions are 1260 x 820px.
    You can add two more images that appear in the detailed description of the solution.
  4. Enter a summary that describes the purpose of the solution.
  5. Enter at least one key feature.
    The feature titles appear under the thumbnail in the Community Creation wizard, and the feature descriptions appear in the solution’s detailed description.
  6. Click Export.
    After you export a solution, it appears in the Community Creation wizard in your org, where you can use it as a base for building new communities. Similarly, if you package the solution and install it in another org, it appears in that org’s Community Creation wizard.The Community Creation Wizard
  7. To distribute the Lightning Bolt solution for others to use, create a managed package.

To delete exported and imported solutions, from Setup, enter Lightning Bolt Solutions in the Quick Find box, and then click Lightning Bolt Solutions.

Deleting a solution from your org doesn’t affect communities that are already based on it.

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