For someone working alone, the restrictions imposed by using a template may be unnecessary or even annoying. For example, when you use templates, you have to set up the editable and locked regions, and then when you go to modify a page based on the template, you don't have access to page elements in the locked regions . These restrictions are great if you're a designer who is giving pages to co-workers to modify, but on sites where you want to exercise total control over editing every page, Library items offer some of the same timesaving abilities to update pages and maintain consistency as templates, but with far fewer restrictions. Library items aren't full pages. They're small bits of text, images, or code that you insert when needed. Good material for a Library item might be a navigation bar, copyright notice, list of links, graphic masthead, or perhaps a search box. If you want to use something frequently, have it display consistently on any page, and update all instances of it at one time, a Library item fits the bill. And they're easy to create and use. To create a Library item:
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