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Overview
The Goldcast Studio offers two powerful ways to reduce time and effort while creating new events. You can:
- Create a new event from a template (or)
- Duplicate an existing event
While both these features help reduce event setup time, there are huge differences between both. In this article, we walk you through the differences in the usage and functionalities of templates and duplicates.
Templates
Templates allow you to store your event look & feel, engagement settings, registration setup, and email schedule & templates. You can apply a template when creating a new event.
Events created from templates have consistent branding, style, and elements but vary in their agenda, content, speakers and event flow. By using templates, you can achieve branding consistency across different events hosted by your organization.
Duplication
Duplicating an event allows you to make a nearly exact copy of that event. When you duplicate an event, everything except the event details (date, time, and timezone), registrants, integration settings, RTMP stream key and URL are duplicated.
Duplication is helpful if you are running the exact same event on multiple days/times or if you are running a very similar event with just a couple of minor changes between them (like two different speakers presenting the same content, for example).
Templates vs. duplication: Snapshot of the differences
| Features | Creating an Event from Templates | Duplicating an Event |
| What is it? | Sets up a new event using pre-defined templates. | Creates a copy of an existing event. |
| Starting point | An existing or new template | An existing event |
| What is carried over? |
Carries over all the settings of the template, such as:
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Carries over all the content and settings of the original event except for:
Check the duplication page for detailed information on what is carried over. |
| Customization | Yes, you can edit the event settings from the event dashboard as usual. | Yes, you can edit the event settings from the event dashboard as usual. |
| Updates | Changes to a template are applied to all subsequent events created from it. Changes to a template are NOT applied to events previously created from that template. | Each duplicated event is independent of the original event. So updates and changes need to be applied individually. |
| When to use it? | Ideal when you want to create an event aligned with your brand style. | Ideal for recurring events. |
| Use Cases | For hosting multiple event types, such as weekly product demos, customer training sessions, town halls, and more, aligned with your branding. | For hosting an event that takes place on multiple dates or for events where different speakers present the same content. |