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# Export a Customized Experience Builder Template for a Lightning Bolt Solution

You can customize and export an Experience Builder template to use as a base for creating Experience Builder sites. Create custom pages, layouts, and components. Export and package the template on its own or distribute it for others to use as a part of a Lightning Bolt Solution.

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: both Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, <strong>Unlimited</strong>, and <strong>Developer</strong> Editions</td></tr></tbody></table>

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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d108371e70 ">To create an Experience Cloud site:</td>

            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d108371e70 ">Create and Set Up Experiences AND View Setup and Configuration</td>

          </tr>
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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d108371e70 ">To customize or publish an Experience Cloud site:</td>

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                <li>Create and Set Up Experiences AND View Setup and Configuration AND be a member
                  of the site<p>OR</p>
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                <li>View Setup and Configuration AND be a member of the site AND have appropriate
                  <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=experience.networks_access_control_overview.htm&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank">role-based site access</a>
                </li>

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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d108371e70 ">To create a Lightning Experience Builder template, theme, or page:</td>

            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d108371e70 ">Customize Application AND Create and Set Up Experiences AND View Setup and
              Configuration</td>

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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d108371e70 ">To create a Lightning Bolt Solution:</td>

            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d108371e70 ">Customize Application AND View Setup and Configuration</td>

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If your customized template isn’t based on the latest version, you can’t export it until you update the template.

1. In Experience Builder, select **Settings** | **Developer**, and click **Export a Template**.
    
    The information that you add on this page appears in the Experience Creation wizard and helps others understand your template’s purpose and benefits.
    
    ![The Developer area](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-experience-communities-264-0-0-production-enus/bf7df212-91a1-4fa3-a007-4d6f3e3b470b/communities/images/community_builder_export1.png)
2. Add a unique template name, a publisher name, and select a category.
3. Add at least one image as the thumbnail image. The recommended image dimensions are 1260 x 820 pixels.
    
    You can add two more images that appear in the detailed description of the template.
4. Enter a summary that describes the purpose of the template.
5. Enter at least one key feature.
    
    The feature titles appear under the thumbnail in the Experience Creation wizard. The feature descriptions appear in the solution’s detailed description.
6. Click **Export**.
    
    After you export the template, it appears in the Experience Creation wizard in your org. You can then use it as a base for building new Experience Builder sites. If you package the template in a Lightning Bolt Solution and install it in another org, it appears in that org’s Experience Creation wizard.
    
    ![The Community Creation Wizard](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-experience-communities-264-0-0-production-enus/bf7df212-91a1-4fa3-a007-4d6f3e3b470b/communities/images/community_builder_export3.png)
7. To distribute the template, [create a managed package](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=experience.community_builder_export_package.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "After you create a Lightning Bolt Solution, package the solution to distribute it to other users or orgs. You can upload the package to AppExchange to share or sell your solution."). Or, add the template to a Lightning Bolt Solution, and include it in the package.

To delete an exported or imported template, from Setup, in the Quick Find box, enter Digital Experiences, and then click **Templates**.

![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-experience-communities-264-0-0-production-enus/bf7df212-91a1-4fa3-a007-4d6f3e3b470b/images/icon_note.png)

Note

- If you create an Experience Builder site in your org that’s based on an imported or exported template, you can’t delete the template.
- If you include object pages in a custom template, you can’t delete the object from your org unless you remove the template’s object pages.
- If you add subpages to an Experience Builder site in your org and export the template, the new site doesn’t have the same page hierarchy as the original. All pages in the exported site are found at the top level.

#### See Also

- [Export and Packaging Considerations for Lightning Bolt Solutions](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=experience.community_builder_export_considerations.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Before you export and package a Lightning Bolt Solution, keep the following considerations and limitations in mind.")
- [_Second-Generation Managed Packaging Developer Guide_: Second-Generation Managed Packages](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.pkg2_dev.meta/pkg2_dev/sfdx_dev_dev2gp.htm)
- [_First-Generation Managed Packaging Developer Guide_: Create and Upload a Managed Package](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.pkg1_dev.meta/pkg1_dev/uploading_packages.htm)