How to promote Global templates?
Asked by Matt Richards:

I have a Global Template that I would like to Promote across all Spaces. I am unable to Promote it in the Space Settings.

[This document from Atlassian](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/blueprints-and-user-created-templates-724764985.html) states:

"Global templates: These page templates are available in every space on your site. If you have Confluence Administrator permission, you can create, edit, and promote global templates via the Confluence administration console. To go to the global templates page, go to Settings in the Confluence sidebar, then choose Global Templates and Blueprints."

Despite this, I cannot figure out how to do so, as no function to Promote is displayed.

If this is not possible (which would be a big oversight), is it possible to export a Global Template and import it into each individual Space, such that it can be Promoted site-by-site?


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: Hi Matt,

It does seem to be an oversight. I couldn't promote Global templates in spaces on my test instance, either. There is also no export/import option for the global templates I made.

The functionality has been requested: [As an admin I want to promote global templates on a per-space basis](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-34457) and [Export of templates created in one space to other](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-56308)

I also created a ticket for the documentation, as it is inaccurate as you pointed out:

[Documentation mistakenly states Global page templates can be promoted in spaces](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-59263)

To communicate directly with the development team responsible for implementing features, please comment/vote on the tickets. For now it looks like the templates have to be added space by space.

Thanks,

Ann

comments: author: Matt Richards
body: Thanks for your response [@AnnWorley](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/502040). That's a bummer. Seems pretty fundamental.


author: RICK TROIANI
body: Wow, that is a bummer and don't see the reason why.


author: Kathy Hart
body: I am fairly certain that the ability to promote a Global template within a space existed when I first started using Confluence. I think this is something that disappeared during an update at some point.


author: Peter Resele
body: It just cost me two hours of fruitless searching and trying. Thanks so much Matt for filing this thread, otherwise I would have lost even more time.

I'd say it makes the feature unusable and is a severe bug.

General feedback to your team: Tons of features (much more than Sharepoint), but *much, much harder* to learn and use. I'm spending already a lot of time in your documentation AND Google *just to get us up and running* . Some things really seem to be intended for nerds only (I've already spent most of my life in IT, but got really bored in tinkering with things that should *just work.)*


author: Janet Dixon
body: Found this thread after getting frustrated that I couldn't promote a global template. Why would you give the ability to promote a SPACE template and NOT a GLOBAL template. If I have a template I want ALL spaces to use, I don't want to have to maintain that template in all spaces just to be able to promote it. This should be an easy add.


author: Eric Boyce
body: You still can't promote templates sitewide or in specific spaces. With the change to the new editor, we've started updating templates, and there is no way to make them the preferred options for users. The documentation is still wrong. <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/blueprints-and-user-created-templates-724764985.html>

comments: author: Ryan Mahuron
body: I just spent a decent amount of time trying to figure this out as well. Frustrating that we still cannot promote global templates. Seems like a no brainer.


author: Ingrid Lucardie
body: I agree. This issue is there since a long time and would safe us a lot of time.


author: Jean-Christophe Gonzales
body: ...and unfortunatly no way to get this featured implemented on the server version with the end of life "starting" end of feb.


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