Re-apply changes in blueprint to spaces [#2609676]

Here is the situation.
We have created a blueprint space and created 200 spaces based on that blueprint space.
After a while it was decided that the layout of the spaces have to be changed. Do we need to individually change all space layouts or is there a way to re-apply the blueprint to the spaces?

Cheers, Joep

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Comment #1

5 November 2015 at 22:31

joep.hendrix created an issue. See original summary.

Comment #2

mpotter CreditAttribution: mpotter commented 6 November 2015 at 13:56

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If you are using Space Templates for your layouts, then changing the template will automatically change all spaces that use that template. So I always recommend that Blueprints also use space templates like this.

If your Blueprint is just based on a node-specific "Customize Page" space, then no, there is no way to re-apply the Blueprint.

Keep in mind that using "Customize Page" creates a node-specific layout that Blueprints will clone to the new space nodes. In your case that could cause 200 identical node layouts to be created (they look the same but they are stored individually). On the other hand, if your blueprint space is using a space template, then the cloned spaces will use the same template, giving you a single layout that is shared across your spaces.

Each of these methods have their own use-cases so it's really up to you to decide how to build your blueprints.