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h2. Welcome to the Theme Builder User Guide!

{excerpt}Adaptavist's Theme Builder plugin allows you to quickly and easily customise the design and navigation of Confluence to aid adoption and coordinate with existing web services.{excerpt}

{note}We are currently re-working this section of our user guides to split the documentation by Theme Builder version. If you have any problems finding information, please let us know.{note}

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{lozenge:title=Theme Configuration|link=Theme Configuration|icon=!Documentation^colors.png!}Find out how to customise the theme...{lozenge} \\ 
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\\ {center}[Release Notes|Builder Release Notes] | [System Requirements] | [Performance Tuning{table:width=100%|class=landing}
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h3. Layout Chooser
Use the [Layout Chooser] to select a theme layout for a space or the entire site. \\ \\ 
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h3. Layout Hierarchy
Learn how [Layout Hierarchy] enables you to inherit the settings of master layout templates. \\ \\ 
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h3. Layout Manager
Learn how to use the [Layout Manager] to create and edit theme layouts. \\ {span:class=smalltext}[Layout|Layout Tab], [Options|Options Tab], [Menus|Menus Tab], [CSS|CSS Tab], [JavaScript|JS Tab], [Layout Permissions|Permissions Tab]{span} \\ 
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h3. Theme Administration
Use [Theme Administration] for centralised management of site wide theme settings \\ {span:class=smalltext}[Backup and Restore|Backup Tab], [Manage Spaces|Manage Spaces Tab], [Theme Permissions|Global Permissions Tab], [Dashboard Settings|Dashboard Tab]{span} \\ 
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h3. Macros
Learn about the extensive library of [Macros|Builder Macros] used to customise navigation, layout and content. \\ {span:class=smalltext}[Menus,Menu Macros], [Panels|Panel Macros], [Utilities|Utility Macros]{span} \\ 
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h3. Tutorials
Theme customisation walkthroughs and common tasks are explained step by step in our [Tutorials]. \\ \\ 
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{center}Documentation for older versions: [Theme Builder 1.x|Builder 1.x] | [Theme Builder 2.x|Builder 2.x] | [Release Notes|Builder Release Notes]{center}