What is a Template Package?

In PhixFlow you can share the same resources with multiple applications by adding them to a package, and adding the package to the different applications. A package can contain anything an application can contain, such as:

• Modelling objects or complete analysis models
• Screen components and whole screens
• Shared styles and palettes

A Template Package has properties to set the default components and styles that an application uses. When you create an application, PhixFlow provides a list of the template packages, you can select the one you want to use for your application and the application will copy its default properties, such as number formats and default components for form fields.

Here is an illustration of what makes up a template package:

• A template package is a package with extra options to specify a palette and other default properties.
• The palette contains individual components and components are combined into layouts. These have been designed to give your screens a consistent look-and-feel. When you are working on a screen, PhixFlow displays the palette(s) from your template package. You can drag components from the palette onto a screen. 
• The properties specify which styles, formats and components to use by default when you are designing screens for your application. For example, when you drag an attribute onto a screen, PhixFlow adds the default field component to your screen.
• One or more applications can use the layouts and components from the palette and have the same style properties, all of which are provided by the template package.

Using a Temple Package

To get the most from PhixFlow we recommend you download and install one of our preconfigured Template Packages. These contain palettes of items which will help you create your application. Currently one is available for PhixFlow Version 9, with more coming soon.

Install

For how to download and install these package templates, see Installing Template Packages.

Setup

1. When you create an application, PhixFlow provides a list of the available template packages.
2. Select the one that you want to use to set the default palette and styles for the application.
3. When you create a screen the palette will be displayed automatically.
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4. Simply drag items from the palette onto your screen to begin creating, see Adding Screen Content for more information.

Using Different Palettes

An application can only use a palette that has been added to the application, this can be achieved by:

• Selecting a template package that contains a package when you create the application.
• Adding the palette's package to the application; see Package.
• Creating a palette directly in the application.

Updating Application Defaults

After creating an application, you can change the default styles and palette in Application Properties → Basic Settings → Default Component Palette.

Available Template Packages 

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 Theme 2.1 - Serene Grey

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 Rocket Fuelled!

Theme 2.1 is a rocket fuelled version of Theme 2. It includes a host of new and exciting templates including the new Kanban board, enhanced card containers and even more preconfigured complete screens than before. As before it is fully customisable to suit your own design needs.  

 Faster Screen Building

Theme 2.1 now has a simplified structure which means everything you need in one place! A single palette that is divided into logical groups such as complete screens, tiles and buttons, and now when you drag an item onto a screen dynamic highlighting shows where it should be placed.

 Responsive Design

The responsiveness of the theme has been tuned to improve the appearance of application screens on mobile devices. This means you still get responsiveness built into the layout templates right out of the box using a versatile tile based approach, but screens will scale down to mobile devices accurately. We have also made setting the scaling sizes much easier by separating out the minimum size settings into their own style.

Example Dashboards

We’ve included more example dashboards than ever before! These dashboards illustrate all of the layout templates provided in Theme 2.1, These can be found in the Theme 2 package in the repository and in the new Theme 2.1 application that comes with this Template Package.

Learn more

• How to download and install a package or template package; see Installing Template Packages.
• How to create a template package; see  Package
• Changing default styles for an application; see Application Properties.
• How to use a palette; see Using a Palette   
• How to add a component to the palette; see Adding Making Template Components to a Palette
• How to create your own palette; see Creating a Palette and Palette