Space template
Asked by Fred Riley:

Hi all

This is a relatively abstract query, rather than addressing a specific problem, but it does have real practical applications in the Confluence installations I'm administering.

My basic question is: is there such a thing as a 'space template', and if so how can you create/modify/use it in the Confluence GUI?

In more detail:

Let's say that I've an installation where I want each space I create to contain specific pages. As a silly example, perhaps:

* home
* FAQ
* personal interests
  * favourite pets
  * sports
  * soft toys
* links

Or whatever. I would like to go **Spaces \>\> Create Space**, choose a space template, and have a new space created with these specific pages. Can I do this in the Confluence GUI?

I suspect not, going by the answers to the [Space Template topic](https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/21627443/space-template), which asks a similar Q. The answers appear to be:

1. Do it programmatically in code via the CLI and the Space Blueprints API
2. Use the unsupported [copy space add-on](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.confluence.plugin.copyspace)

Is this still the case? I'm not a plugin developer so (1) is not an option, and I'm managing a critical live system so an unsupported add-on is out of the question.

I've searched the fine manual for "space template" and got pages such as "[_Adding a page template](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF58/_Adding+a+Space+Template)" which seems to describe creating a new page template. I've looked at "[Adding a new template](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/create-a-template-296093779.html)" but although that refers to space templates, the instructions (Browse \>\> Space Admin \>\> Templates \>\> New) display a blank page to edit.


Answers:
author: EPS Software Engineering AG
body: Hi Fred,

Have a look at our Add-on. It does exatly what you are looking for and it is really simple to use. The template is a normal confluence page tree and the end users simple press a button, filling out the form and the space is created.

Try our [**Live Examples**](https://focuspro.eps.ch/display/PEPSMarktExample/Marketplace+Examples) (no registration needed).

**[Marketplace link: Space Tree Creator](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/eps.focuspro.SpaceTreeCreator/server/overview)**

Regards,  
Stephan


author: Davin Studer
body: I've used the copy space add-on for doing this for a while now and it works great.


author: Fred Riley
body: Thanks for the interesting reply. I'll bear your addon in mind for future projects, but I'll not be able to add it to our live system now without a period of testing and evaluation (and committees). In the short term I'm after finding out if space templates actually *exist*.


author: Gorka Puente _Appfire_
body: Hi @Fred Riley,

Our add-on [Yoikee Creator](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.keinoby.confluence.plugins.yoikee-creator) allows you to create space templates (i.e., space blueprints) by means of mind maps. You draw the structure of your space template in a mind map, where the nodes become pages in the space. Thus, the hierarchy of nodes-sub nodes become the structure of pages-sub pages in the space.

So, you create once a mind map, and you can create as many spaces as you need with the same structure of pages (consistent spaces).

Give it a try and send us feedback!

Regards,

Gorka


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