An error occurred while processing the template.
Java method "com.liferay.portal.json.JSONFactoryImpl.createJSONObject(String)" threw an exception when invoked on com.liferay.portal.json.JSONFactoryImpl object "com.liferay.portal.json.JSONFactoryImpl@6b638fb3"; see cause exception in the Java stack trace.

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FTL stack trace ("~" means nesting-related):
	- Failed at: navigationJSONObject = jsonFactoryUti...  [in template "8911408109993434201#23484949#LEARN-ARTICLE-NAV" at line 4, column 9]
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1<#assign 
2	groupFriendlyURL = themeDisplay.getScopeGroup().getFriendlyURL() 
3	groupPathFriendlyURLPublic = themeDisplay.getPathFriendlyURLPublic() + groupFriendlyURL 
4	navigationJSONObject = jsonFactoryUtil.createJSONObject(navigation.getData()) 
5	navigationMenuItems = 
6
7			"Analytics Cloud": { 
8				"image": "/documents/d${groupFriendlyURL}/analytics_c-svg", 
9				"title": "Analytics Cloud", 
10				"url": "analytics-cloud" 
11			}, 
12			"Commerce": { 
13				"image": "/documents/d${groupFriendlyURL}/commerce_product-svg", 
14				"title": "Commerce", 
15				"url": "commerce" 
16			}, 
17			"DXP": { 
18				"image": "/documents/d${groupFriendlyURL}/dxp_p-svg", 
19				"title": "DXP / Portal", 
20				"url": "dxp" 
21			}, 
22			"Liferay Cloud": { 
23				"image": "/documents/d${groupFriendlyURL}/dxp_c-svg", 
24				"title": "Liferay Cloud", 
25				"url": "liferay-cloud" 
26			}, 
27			"Reference": { 
28				"image": "/documents/d${groupFriendlyURL}/reference-svg", 
29				"title": "Reference", 
30				"url": "reference" 
31
32
33 
34	breadcrumbJSONArray = navigationJSONObject.getJSONArray("breadcrumb") 
35	childrenJSONArray = navigationJSONObject.getJSONArray("children") 
36	parentJSONObject = navigationJSONObject.getJSONObject("parent") 
37	productJSONObject = breadcrumbJSONArray.getJSONObject(breadcrumbJSONArray.length()-1)!navigationJSONObject.getJSONObject("self") 
38	siblingsJSONArray = navigationJSONObject.getJSONArray("siblings") 
39/> 
40 
41<div class="learn-article-nav"> 
42	<#if productJSONObject?has_content && productJSONObject.getString("title")?has_content && navigationMenuItems[productJSONObject.getString("title")]?has_content && navigationMenuItems[productJSONObject.getString("title")].title?has_content> 
43		<div 
44			class="dropdown learn-article-nav-root learn-dropdown" 
45
46			<div class="learn-article-nav-item"> 
47				<div class="d-flex"> 
48					<div class="learn-article-nav-image"> 
49						<img 
50							class="lexicon-icon lexicon-icon-caret-bottom product-icon" 
51							role="presentation" 
52							src='${navigationMenuItems[productJSONObject.getString("title")].image}' 
53							viewBox="0 0 512 512" 
54						/> 
55					</div> 
56 
57					<span class="learn-article-nav-text">${navigationMenuItems[productJSONObject.getString("title")].title}</span> 
58				</div> 
59 
60				<div id="dropdown-icon"> 
61					<svg 
62						class="lexicon-icon lexicon-icon-caret-bottom" 
63						role="presentation" 
64						viewBox="0 0 512 512" 
65
66						<use xlink:href="/o/admin-theme/images/clay/icons.svg#caret-bottom"></use> 
67					</svg> 
68				</div> 
69			</div> 
70 
71			<ul class="dropdown-menu learn-dropdown-menu"> 
72				<#list navigationMenuItems as key, value> 
73					<li> 
74						<a 
75							class="dropdown-item learn-article-nav-item" 
76							href="/w/${navigationMenuItems[key].url}/index" 
77							tabindex="4" 
78
79							<span class="d-flex"> 
80								<span class="learn-article-nav-image"> 
81									<img 
82										class="lexicon-icon lexicon-icon-caret-bottom product-icon mt-0 mr-2" 
83										role="presentation" 
84										src="${value.image}"height: 25px; margin-left: 5px; max-width: none; width: 25px; 
85										viewBox="0 0 512 512" 
86									/> 
87								</span> 
88								<span class="learn-article-nav-text">${value.title}</span> 
89							</span> 
90 
91							<#if navigationMenuItems[productJSONObject.getString("title")].url == value.url> 
92								<span> 
93									<@clay["icon"] symbol="check" /> 
94								</span> 
95							</#if> 
96						</a> 
97					</li> 
98				</#list> 
99			</ul> 
100		</div> 
101	</#if> 
102 
103	<div class="learn-article-nav-content"> 
104		<#if parentJSONObject?has_content && parentJSONObject.getString("url")?has_content> 
105			<div class="learn-article-nav-item learn-article-nav-parent liferay-nav-item p-2"> 
106				<div class="mr-2"> 
107					<a 
108						href='${parentJSONObject.getString("url")}' 
109
110						<svg 
111							class="lexicon-icon lexicon-icon-angle-left" 
112							role="presentation" 
113							viewBox="0 0 512 512" 
114
115							<use xlink:href="/o/admin-theme/images/clay/icons.svg#angle-left"></use> 
116						</svg> 
117					</a> 
118				</div> 
119 
120				<span>${parentJSONObject.getString("title")}</span> 
121			</div> 
122		</#if> 
123 
124		<#if childrenJSONArray.length() gt 0> 
125			<ul class="m-0 p-2"> 
126				<#list 0..childrenJSONArray.length()-1 as i> 
127					<li class="learn-article-nav-item"> 
128						<a 
129							class='liferay-nav-item ${(navigationJSONObject.getJSONObject("self").url == childrenJSONArray.getJSONObject(i).url)?then("selected", "")}' 
130							href="${childrenJSONArray.getJSONObject(i).url}" 
131
132							<span>${childrenJSONArray.getJSONObject(i).getString("title")}</span> 
133						</a> 
134					</li> 
135				</#list> 
136			</ul> 
137		<#elseif siblingsJSONArray.length() gt 0> 
138			<ul class="m-0 p-2"> 
139				<#list 0..siblingsJSONArray.length()-1 as i> 
140					<li class="learn-article-nav-item"> 
141						<a 
142							class='liferay-nav-item ${(navigationJSONObject.getJSONObject("self").url == siblingsJSONArray.getJSONObject(i).url)?then("selected", "")}' 
143							href="${siblingsJSONArray.getJSONObject(i).url}" 
144
145							<span>${siblingsJSONArray.getJSONObject(i).getString("title")}</span> 
146						</a> 
147					</li> 
148				</#list> 
149			</ul> 
150		</#if> 
151	</div> 
152</div> 

Creating Site Templates

With site templates, you can design and configure templates for creating sites. Each template is built using the same tools as sites.

Tip

Site templates are primarily intended for maintaining pages across multiple sites. If you must create and maintain web content and other assets across sites, use asset libraries. Also, if automatic propagation is not necessary for your use case, you can export and import site data to transfer it between environments.

To create a site template,

  1. Open the Global Menu (Global Menu), go to the Control Panel, and click Site Templates.

  2. Click the Add button Add Button.

  3. Enter a name and description for the template.

  4. Determine whether the template is active or inactive.

    Only active templates appear during site creation.

  5. Determine whether users can directly modify pages inherited from this template.

  6. Toggle Ready for Propagation to enable or disable automatic propagation.

    See Propagating Template Changes to learn more about automatic propagation.

    Name and configure the site template.

  7. Click Save.

Once saved, you can select the template to begin editing it.

The UI for designing the template is identical to the UI for designing sites. Open the Product Menu (Product Menu) to access available applications and begin adding style books, page templates, pages, and more.

Important

Pages inherited from a template cannot be deleted. You also cannot directly add child pages to them on the site level. They can only be added or removed in the site template.