Templates & Presets

In the recent v2.7.0 release of Web Maker, a new feature was introduced — Forking. This was bought in because of a very much requested feature for being able to create templates and presets, which can be used later as a base for new creations.

Presenting — Forking!

Forking basically allows you to create a duplicate of any of your existing creation. This sounds like a small feature, but its usefulness is enormous. Forking any creation gives you the power to define templates. Say, your creations are mostly based on three.js and a three.js work requires a bit of same starter code always. With Forking now in Web maker, you do this:

• Create a new creation.
• Add three.js from Add Library option.
• Add the required base code for creating a new three.js work.
• Change your creation’s title to: Template: three.js starter

Thats it. Now you have created a readymade template for starting any three.js work in future. How do you use it? Simply:

• Click on the Open button.
• Type in template to search across all saved templates (remember you named your template so).
• Hit the Fork button on the the desired template. And done!

And all this user experience is completely accessible through just keyboard too!

Hope to hear from you all about this new feature. If you find it useful, tweet out your love to @webmakerapp. Oh, by the way, Web Maker has a chat lobby on Gitter. Join there if you need any help or want to say Hi. Cheers!