A 'live' blueprint Blueprint is one a special Page Blueprint in which its form 'persists' to any page where this blueprint Blueprint is activated. This means that with a live blueprint Live Blueprint you can make a change to the original blueprint Blueprint and any of the pages on which it is used (it's 'offspring') will also see the change. In this way, there is a persistent and 'live' connection from the offspring back to the source blueprintBlueprint. This 'live' connection is what makes a live blueprint Live Blueprint different from a page blueprint or space blueprintPage Blueprint or Space Blueprint. These latter two can be thought of as the 'stamp' from which copies can be 'stamped out'. Changes to the 'stamp' will only affect future copies. Whereas a 'live blueprint'Live Blueprint, by contrast, might best be thought of as a 'link' or a 'reference'. Changes to the source blueprint Blueprint automatically update in any place it is referenced. Like page blueprints and space blueprintsPage Blueprints and Space Blueprints, though, you are able to use substitution fields in your live blueprintLive Blueprint. Indeed, that's what makes them particularly valuable (and quite different from Confluence's 'Include Page' macro). Live Blueprints are not accessible from the Blueprints Menu. They are only able to be 'used' or 'activated' on a page with the Live Blueprint Macro. |