How to Enable Affiliate Website Templates

DecoNetwork makes it easy to reuse your best website setup by turning an existing site into a reusable template. Templates ensure consistency across new stores and prevent teams from starting from scratch or accidentally launching blank websites. This article shows how to convert a website into a template and require templates when creating new stores.

In This Article

• Prerequisites
• Why Use Website Templates
• Step 1: Enable Website Templates for New Stores
• Step 2: Convert an Existing Website into a Template
• Step 3: Force New Stores to Use a Template
• Best-Practice Tips
• Troubleshooting
• FAQs
• Additional Resources

Prerequisites

Why Use Website Templates

• Ensure new stores follow a consistent layout and branding
• Eliminate the risk of launching blank or incomplete websites
• Save setup time by reusing proven designs and configurations
• Quickly scale affiliate, pop-up, or internal ordering portals

Step 1: Enable Website Templates for New Stores

1. Go to Admin → Websites → Store Options.
2. Tick the Enable new store signup templates checkbox.

Step 2: Convert an Existing Website into a Template

1. Go to Admin → Websites.
2. Open the website you want to use as a template.
3. Navigate to Administration → Clone Store Settings.
4. Enable the option, New stores can be created using this store's settings.
5. Enter a name for the template (DecoNetwork will automatically append Website Template).
6. Save your changes.

Step 3: Force New Stores to Use a Template

1. Return to Admin → Websites → Store Options.
2. Enable Force stores to select a template.

Best-Practice Tips

• Always publish your website before converting it into a template.
• Use templates for affiliate stores, campaign stores, and internal ordering portals.
• Review the products on the template site – only up to 50 pre-decorated products will be cloned.
• Maintain a small set of approved templates rather than many variations.

Troubleshooting

The template doesn’t look correct when cloned

• Confirm the source website was published after your latest changes.

Blank website option still appears when creating a new store

• Verify that Force stores to select a template is enabled in Store Options.

Some products are missing after cloning

• Only the first 50 pre-decorated products are included when a site is cloned.

FAQs

What exactly gets cloned from a website template?

The site’s layout, settings, and up to 50 pre-decorated products from the most recently published version.

Can I update a template later?

Yes. Update the original site, publish it again, and future clones will use the latest version.

Can I have multiple templates?

Yes. You can designate multiple websites as templates for different use cases.

Additional Resources

• Create an affiliate store
• Affiliate Stores Overview