A is for Adaptable: is the design fully editable?

Can images can be swapped

Using images in your designs is a big selling point and making them editable is even better. When adding images to your design always create a new layer to make sure it’s editable. You will need to add a white box the size of your design on the background layer, this is so that when the end user is using the design in the editor, they will be able to see the edges of the design.

Is the text fully editable (and uses copyfit)

Everyone wants to edit as much as they can on a design to make it their own. If you add a text box that is not editable you are restricting what the end user can do with the design, and therefore reducing the chance your design will sell.

Always add separate layers for text and name the layer c_, by doing this you are allowing the text box to use copyfit. Copyfit is clever tool in the editor that changes the font size to fit into the text box. This is a key point in the editor because the end user can add a much or as little text as they like without restrictions.

There is an appropriate variety of fonts and colours

The more paragraph styles you add to your design the better, this gives the end user more fonts to choose from. The same goes for colours, by adding s_ to your colour names means you are adding them to our system which will then show up in the editor. There is a easier way to get around individually adding colours and paragraph styles and that is by downloading one of our blank canvas templates from the TemplateCloud website, which come will many fonts and colours already included.

All logos can be swapped or removed

When designing a template it’s always a good idea to design 2 versions, one with a logo that you have designed for the flyer and one with an ‘upload your own’ logo holder. This gives the end user the option to pick a design that will work better for their business, depending on if they already have a logo or not. If they don’t want to use a logo at all, they can delete the whole logo box, or add an extra image instead.

Overall giving the end user more options and making all elements editable is the best way to make your design sell!