Publish a template

A public template is listed in Explore for everyone on Luzbase. Before it appears there, a Luzbase reviewer checks that it compiles and is safe to share. This page walks you through submitting a template and keeping it up to date.

Who can see a template

Visibility	Who sees it
Private	Only you, plus your team’s Team tab if you belong to a team. Not listed in Explore.
Public	Anyone on Luzbase, in Explore, after a review.

New templates are always private. Publishing is free on every plan.

Before you submit

The submission dialog runs these checks on your draft, and you can only submit when they pass:

Compiles without errors
Has a preview
Description is at least 20 characters
Category and license are set

Set the description, category and license under Details in the template editor. See Edit a template.

Also make sure the template:

uses only files you have the right to share under the license you chose;
contains no personal data: names, emails, photos and addresses are placeholders;
is a reusable starting point, not a finished document.

You confirm these three points when you submit.

Submit for review

Open your template in the template editor and click Submit for review. Or, on the template’s page, open the … menu, choose Change visibility…, click Public, then click Continue to review.
Check that every item under Checks passes. If one fails, the dialog shows how to fix it, such as opening the compile log or the details.
Tick the three statements under Confirm.
Optionally, answer What should the reviewer know?, for example “Based on the journal’s official class, with its sample figures removed.”
Click Submit for review.

Luzbase shows “Submitted for review.” and the template’s status changes to In review. Reviews usually take 1–3 business days. You get an email and a notification when there is a decision.

While a version is in review, its files are locked. To change something, click Withdraw submission on the template’s page; the template stays private and you can edit again.

After the review

Outcome	What you see	What to do
Approved	Notification “Your template “{name}” is published”. The status is Public.	Nothing: the template is in Explore.
Changes requested	Banner Changes requested by Luzbase. with the reviewer’s note. The status is Changes requested.	Click Edit and resubmit, make the changes, and submit again.

Update a public template

Edit the template and click Save. Your changes are saved as a draft; nothing goes live yet.
Click Submit update. Optionally describe What changed?.
Click Submit update in the dialog.

The current live version stays in Explore until the update is approved. Projects people already created from the template are never changed.

Make a public template private

On the template’s page, open the … menu and choose Change visibility….
Click Private, then click Make private.

The template is removed from Explore and becomes private again. Projects already created from it keep their files.

If Luzbase removes a template from Explore, you see Removed from Explore by Luzbase. on its page with a note. It becomes private again, and projects made from it are not affected.

Template statuses

Status	Meaning
Draft	Not saved as a version yet
Private	Saved, not listed in Explore
In review	Submitted, waiting for a Luzbase reviewer
Changes requested	The reviewer asked for changes
Public	Listed in Explore
Unpublished	Removed from Explore by Luzbase

In My templates, the Status filter lets you show only templates in one of these states.