Save and reuse gallery section templates

A section template saves section names and their order. Choose one when creating a gallery and the empty sections are ready for your photos. You can keep different templates for weddings, engagements, portraits or any other type of session.

Templates are included on every plan. Find your library in Settings → Brand & galleries → Section templates.

Open Updates → Try the section templates demo to explore a sample. Changing the sample never saves a template or changes a gallery.

Save a structure you already use

Open a gallery and go to Photos.
Under its section list, click Save sections as template. Create at least one section first if the button is unavailable.
Enter a Template name. The name is required and starts blank.
Review the section names. Add, remove or reorder them using the arrow buttons.
Optionally select Use by default for new galleries.
Click Save template and wait for the saved confirmation.

The template saves names and order only. Photos, section descriptions, visibility, download permissions, gallery design and client details are not copied. Review section names before saving if any contain client-specific wording.

Create a template from scratch

Open Settings → Brand & galleries → Section templates and click Create template. Give it a name, enter your section names in order, then click Save template.

You can also click Create a section template while setting up a new gallery. When you save it, the new template is selected for that gallery and your entered gallery details remain in place.

Start a gallery with a template

Click New gallery, then choose Wedding gallery, Standalone gallery or Connect a FOCL wedding. Use the Section template dropdown to choose your structure. Review the section list, then create the gallery or choose the existing wedding.

If you have a default, it is preselected. Choose No template — start empty to skip it for this gallery. You can still add or rearrange sections afterward, independently of the saved template.

The default applies to galleries you create in the FOCL interface. Lightroom-created structures and imported galleries keep the sections supplied by those workflows.

Edit, delete or change the default

In Section templates, use Edit to change a template’s name or section list. Use Make default to preselect it for new galleries, or Clear default to start without a selection. There can be one default at a time.

Delete opens a confirmation with a Delete template button. Deleting the default clears that default; it does not silently select a different template.

Editing or deleting a template never renames, removes or reorders sections in existing galleries. Their photos remain where you put them.

If something does not save

Your editor entries stay in place after a failed save. Correct the highlighted field or retry. Template names must be unique in your account, with up to 80 characters; section names allow up to 160 characters and a template can hold up to 100 sections.

If your template library cannot load during gallery creation, click Retry or explicitly choose Start without a template. FOCL does not silently skip your selected structure. Use Refresh templates to pick up changes made in another tab. If your selection was deleted, FOCL tells you and clears that selection; choose another template or continue with No template — start empty.

If the connection drops before FOCL can confirm a save, your details stay in place and are temporarily locked. Choose Retry save or Retry creation to check the original attempt without making a duplicate. For a connected wedding, select that same wedding again. You can also close the dialog and refresh your template library or dashboard before starting again.

Your saved templates are also included in Settings → Your data → Export your data.