

This is a good time to review project dates, tweak to-dos, and make any other changes. Here's how that works:Īt the start, you'll be the only person invited to your project. Click that button and you'll be prompted to choose your template before entering other details about your new project.

Once you create your first template, the "New Project" button will get a new option to start a new project using a template. Need to make changes? No problem-you can tweak your events and due dates before or after inviting people to the project.ĭates in project templates are relative to your project's start date Creating projects from a template "Week 2, Monday") and Basecamp will map everything to the Schedule automatically. You'll be able to pinpoint the week and weekday for your event (i.e. There is one major difference between templates and projects: Dates are relative to when you start your project. Templates look and behave a lot like regular Basecamp projects That's useful if you want new projects to start with just To-dos and a Message Board. You can even rename the tools or turn some of them off. And like regular projects, you can organize the tools however you prefer. Now you're ready to start building your template! This works just like other projects in Basecamp 3: Click the section you'd like to edit and add content. Name your template and give it an optional description This makes it easy to remember which template you'd like to use when you new create projects. To get started, click the link under Projects on your Home screen that says "Make a reusable template."Īs on regular projects in Basecamp 3, you'll want to name your project template and give it a description. If your team copies the same to-dos or documents into new projects, it might be time to create a project template. Here's how project templates work in Basecamp 3: Creating a project template Starting today, you can create a template and Basecamp will copy everything over so you don't have to. Lots of you run similar projects on a recurring basis or just want to avoid the copy/paste dance everytime you start a new project. Project templates have been one of the top feature requests since launching Basecamp 3 last year. Do the same sorts of projects over and over? Save yourself time by adding frequently-used messages, events, to-dos, and documents to a project template.
