Use a page template in Adobe Target to provide structure to your pages, or if your pages contain similar elements, to test variations in similarly structured page elements or across your entire domain.
To work correctly, this feature must be used on pages that have a similar structure or contain template elements that are structured the same on all pages.
IMPORTANT
Using this feature to change elements across dissimilar pages will likely cause unexpected results.
For example, you might use this feature to do one of the following:
Test a global navigation bar by rearranging or removing elements
Remove an item from all product pages that use a particular page template
Add a banner to all product pages
Change the layout of article template
You can specify pages that include the change elements, or apply the change across your site or domain.
Create or edit an activity as described in Activities.
To specify the pages where the experience will appear, in the Visual Experience Composer (VEC) click the gear icon, then select Page Delivery.
Click Add Template Rule, then specify the criteria for the pages you want to add the experience to.
Specify the page range. The page range can be one of the following:
Hash (#) Fragment (target the part of a URL that follows the # symbol.)
Query
Parameter
Choose an operator.
The operator specifies how the items after the operator relate to the page range. Available operators include:
Contains
Does not contain
Is (case sensitive)
Is not
Starts with
Ends with
Type the strings that define where the experience is added, such as the domain or the strings contained in the page name.
For example, if you select Domain and Is (case sensitive), type the domain where you want the experience added to all pages.
You can include multiple items.
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IMPORTANT
Multiple items use OR logic, meaning that any single item in the list makes the condition true.
If desired, enter additional criteria by clicking Add Template Rule and repeating the procedure in the previous steps.
Multiple criteria are joined with AND logic. Target adds the experience to all pages that match the specified criteria.
IMPORTANT
Target cannot check the pages to make sure they appear as expected, so it is always an important practice when using this feature to test affected pages before making them public.
Use cases
Review the following use cases for ways to use template rules on your site:
Render the same activity accross the entire domain
You might consider using template rules to render the same activity across your entire domain for the following use cases:
To include a global header or footer
To include a global banner (for example, COVID-19 announcements)
To include a global free-shipping promo
Create or edit an activity as described in Activities.
To specify the domain where the experience will appear, in the Visual Experience Composer click the gear icon, then select Page Delivery.
Click Add Template Rule > Domain.
From the Choose evaluator drop-down, select Contains, then specify the domian.
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