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Switching Master Pages

Hi all,

I have a site in Perch and need to swap the master page assigned to a parent page. Is this possible? Am I missing something as I can't see it under page options.

Many thanks

Lee

Lee Goodman

Lee Goodman 0 points

  • 6 years ago
Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

It's possible in Runway, but not in Perch.

Ahh ok , thanks Drew. Will it come down to Perch or is that always likely to be a Runway only feature

Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

The issue is that Perch creates files for each page. To change the master page really results in replacing the file with a different one - except we don't know if that file has since been modified.

It's probably solvable with a bunch of work, but as Perch users aren't typically asking for that feature it's not something we have on our radar.

Fair enough, design changes mean I am swapping out templates from time to time, bit of a pain when you have pages and sub pages.

Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

Yes, I agree it's a pain. If it was a simple task I'd just do it - but it's quite a lot of work to ensure the integrity of the pages.

That's cool, is it worth me adding it to suggestions d'you think?

Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

It can't hurt. Maybe others feel the same.