Lightning Communities Developer Guide

Get Up to Speed with Lightning Communities
Develop Lightning Communities: The Basics
Customize the Look and Feel of a Lightning Template
Example: Build a Condensed Theme Layout Component
Develop Secure Code: Locker Service and Stricter CSP
Analyze and Improve Community Performance
Connect Your Community to Your Content Management System
Deploy a Community from Sandbox to Production
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Export a Customized Lightning Community Template in a Lightning Bolt Solution

You can customize and export a Lightning Community template to use in new communities. Create custom pages, layouts, and components. Export and package the template on its own, or distribute it for others to use as a part of a Lightning Bolt Solution.
Available in: Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience
Available in: Enterprise, Performance, Unlimited, and Developer Editions

User Permissions Needed
To create, customize, or publish a community: Create and Set Up Communities AND View Setup and Configuration
To create a Lightning Bolt Solution with a community template: Customize Application AND Create and Set Up Communities AND View Setup and Configuration

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

Note

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

To delete an exported or imported template, from Setup, enter Lightning Community Templates in the Quick Find box, and then click Lightning Community Templates.

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