New document from my created templates

[graybeard76]

I am trying to learn Scribus to create newsletters for our little non-profit group. 
I started creating a template (that I need to edit more). 
I see the Scribus installer created two template directories,
  ...users\...\Documents\Scribus, and
  C:\Program Files\Scribus 1.6.5\Templates-mine. 
But copying my template into either of those directories did not cause it to show up in the list of available templates.  How do I get Scribus to see my created templates when I goto "New from Template"?

[utnik]

hi graybeard76

try 'file' → 'safe as template'.

utnik

[graybeard76]

Thanks.  I thought I had done that last time.  But when I tried that now, it worked.
So, even though a template has the same extension (.sla), just dragging a file of that extension name into the right folder isn't enough?  I see it created a few other necessary files by doing 'save as template'?

[keen234]

im having the same trouble, but lowkey i need it in like baby terms!
where do I put the 'safe as template'?
thanks

[AdmFubar]

You can put them anywhere you like and point scribus to them. I have a directory in my home directory (user) named ScribusDocs. In there i have sub-directories for the projects i'm working on. I also have some of the scribus support directories there as well.

Then in scribus preferences/path option I point scribus to these directories, one of which is for templates.

The reason  i do this is to have easy restore from backups if anything happens to my working home directory.