When you are designing your Thrive Apprentice course using the visual editor, you have the possibility of using a "Restricted Access" template for the visitors who do not have access to your courses.

You can customize it to your liking and then use it as many times as you want without going through the same design process each time.

You will notice that the "Template editor" has by default a set of predefined templates for lessons, courses, modules, and for the homepage:

You can edit the already existing templates, or simply create a new one from scratch. The process is fairly similar to adding or editing templates in Thrive Theme Builder, so if you have already built your site with Thrive Theme Builder then this process will be familiar to you.

Here's how you can add a new "Restricted Access" template from the Thrive Apprentice editor:

First, you will have to access the Thrive Apprentice dashboard and its “Template editor” section.

To do that, go to your WordPress admin dashboard, hover over the “Thrive Dashboard” menu item from the left side, and click on “Thrive Apprentice” from the sub-menu that appeared:
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Look for the “Design” section from the left sidebar and click on it:

Click on the "Edit Design" button in order to start customizing the design currently applied on your Thrive Apprentice courses:

And in the new dashboard that opens, access the "Template editor" section:

The “Templates” section that opens is where view the already existing template and add new ones:

Just as already mentioned, you can either edit the existing templates or create new ones.

If you want to edit a template, simply hover over the one you want and click on "Edit":

Naturally, to add a new template, you have to click on "+Add New":

This will open the pop-up window with the options for adding and setting up the new template:

You will need to complete/choose a few aspects of the new template here, before being able to add it, as follows:

The first thing you need to do is to name the new template. Enter the name you want in the “New Template Name” section of the pop-up:

Then, you will have to choose the content type, depending on how you would like to use this template :

As this example is focused on creating a "No Access" template, we will go ahead and select "No Access":

Next, you have the option of choosing to work from scratch on this new template, or to choose an already made design:

If you want to build the design for this template from scratch and customize it entirely by yourself then simply click on the "Start from Scratch" button:

After you do that, the template will be added to your list and you can go ahead and access the editor as shown below:

You can also proceed with selecting an already made template design if you want:

Selecting this option will open the library with all the available templates:
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Use the filtering options from the left sidebar if you want to browse through various categories of templates:

Decide on the template you want and after you select it, click on "Create Template" to save your selection:

Your newly created template will be listed in the template library. if you hover over it, you will be able to edit it and customize it to your liking:

Keep in mind that even though you have selected a pre-defined template, you can still access the Thrive Apprentice editor and customize your template.

In addition to the already explained steps, there are still other features and options you can use here. The articles linked below might help you find out more about how to get the most out of your Thrive Apprentice editor:

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