How to add pre-defined template to a previously created pages

Anonymous_c2ydwo

Hi,

I created a template using confluence, then I can use my pre-defined template for any new pages that I'll create.  But I have some previously created pages without my pre-defined template being applied.   Does anyone know how to insert my pre-defined template into my previously created pages?  

 

Any hints/tips are greatly appreciated!

 

Nic Brough -Adaptavist-

You can't.

A template is a starting point, a guide for writing a page.  It's not part of the page and has no use within, or even relationship with, the page you create from it.

To do this automatically, you would need to embed something in your template that stores "this page was created by" and then write a routine that can find pages tagged with that and intelligently edit them to bring them in line with your template changes.

But you'd still need to go and tag all the old pages if you did it.