Manage templates page
How to get to this page
You can manage all of your templates from 'Manage templates' page. Click on 'Manage templates' from project listing page.

What you can do on this page
The Available templates page lets you -
View and edit details of existing templates
You can view and update any existing templates from this page. Click on each template you want to view or make changes of. All changes will be saved on the template.

Create new template using existing projects
Only Mingle or project administrator can create new templates.
You can create a new template from existing projects. This allows users to create templates that fit their project structure the best.
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Click on the 'New template' link from manage templates page. This will take you to the 'Create a new template' page.

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The 'Create a new template' page will list all existing projects that are available to you. For every project there will be a link called 'Create template from this project'. Click on the link that corresponds to the project from which you want to create your template.

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If you return to the manage templates page you can verify the template was successfully created from selected project.

Create new template by importing
Only Mingle or project administrator can create new templates.
You can create a new template by importing previously exported Mingle templates.
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Click on the 'Import template' link from manage templates page. This will take you to the 'Import template' page. Select the exported Mingle template and give it a name and a identifier.
If you do not provide a name and an identifier, the imported template's name and its identifier will be provided automatically.

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Click on the 'Import template' link to start importing the selected template.
All project settings, cards and pages will be kept except team members, who are not present templates.

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After importing the template successfully you can find the newly imported template on the 'Manage templates' page.

Templates are a great way to create new projects quickly. Each template is structured with useful common concept - such as Agile, Scrum and XP. After learning quickly how to use Mingle and you can also apply new method of your own to new projects.