# Create and assign templates

At first, there is one **Default template** for every type of page. This means that **changes made to a default template will apply to all pages that use that template**.

To change the content or style of specific pages, you will need to **create a new template** and then **assign that template** to those pages in the Shopify Admin.

> To show unique page content in the same template, use [dynamic content](https://help.fluorescent.co/eclipse/general/editing-themes/dynamic-content-with-metafields) in sections.

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In your theme editor (**Customize**):

1. Use the **Templates selector** to open the **Products**, **Collections**, **Pages**, **Blogs**, or **Blog posts** templates.
2. Click **Create template**.
3. Enter a **Name** for your new template and click **Create template**.

   > The new template will duplicate the settings of the original template.
4. Under **Preview**, click **Change** to preview different pages with this template.

   > If a warning icon **(!)** appears, you need to assign the template in your Shopify admin.
5. To assign a template, go to the page in the Shopify admin and use the **Theme template** menu to select a specific template.

   > Templates cannot be assigned on **unpublished** or **trial** themes. All changes to your templates will be saved but can only be assigned when purchased and published.
6. Click **Save**.

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### Assign templates from unpublished theme

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Shopify only allows you to assign templates from your published theme. Shopify will not show templates from unpublished themes, unless they have the same name as the published theme’s templates.

As a workaround, you can **create a duplicate template in the published theme and give it the same name as the template from the unpublished theme**. This new template will show in the Shopify admin and assigning it will apply the template to both themes.

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1. Open the theme editor for your published theme (**Customize**).
2. Use the template selector to find your currently assigned template.
3. Click **(+) Create template**.
4. Enter the exact same **Name** as the template in your unpublished theme.
5. Select the current template that the new template should be **based on**.

   > This will duplicate everything in the current template and will ensure nothing changes in your current theme when you assign the new template.
6. Click **Create template**.

In your Shopify admin:

1. Go to the page you want to assign the template to.
2. Click the template dropdown and select your template.

   > For products and collections, you can [use the bulk editor to assign templates](https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/online-store/themes/theme-structure/templates#bulk-template-changes) to more than one at a time.
3. Click **Save**

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