Admin Mode

Admin Mode is a panel inside the Print Editor that gives administrators direct, visual control over every item on the canvas. While the Item Manager provides a structured tree view, Admin Mode lets you click items on the canvas and configure their properties in context — seeing exactly how changes affect the layout.

Admin Mode is where you define the customer editing experience: which items can be changed, what constraints apply, and how items interact with the Rules Engine and Autofill Profiles.

Accessing Admin Mode

1. From your Unified Admin, go to Products > Product List.
2. Open a product for editing.
3. In the right sidebar, click Actions > Print Editor.
4. The Print Editor opens in a new tab. Click the Admin button in the sidebar navigation to open the Admin panel.

The Admin panel appears as a sidebar with three tabs for managing items.

Admin Panel Tabs

Items Tab

The Items tab lists all canvas items in top-to-bottom visual order. Click any item in the list to select it on the canvas, or click directly on the canvas to select an item and see it highlighted in the list.

Items are identified by their display name and type icon (text or image). Groups are shown but cannot be directly selected.

Text Tab

When a text item is selected, the Text tab displays all configurable properties organized into sections.

Identity

Permissions

Text Sizing

Text Style Permissions

Template Proxy

Image Tab

When an image item is selected, the Image tab displays image-specific properties.

Identity & Permissions

Image items share the same Identity and Permissions fields as text items (Tag Name, Display Name, Item Group, Replace Order, Include in Final, Allow Changes, Allow Change Position, Allow Rotation, Allow Opacity, Always On Top).

Image Settings

Image Actions

Template Proxy (Mustache Templates)

Template Proxy is a feature for data-driven templates in Simple Editor mode. When enabled on a text item, the item's content is treated as a mustache template that automatically renders based on other items' values.

How It Works

1. A text item with Template Proxy enabled contains a mustache template string, e.g.: {{firstName}} {{lastName}}
2. The template item itself is hidden from customers in Simple mode.
3. When customers edit items with matching tag names (firstName, lastName), the template automatically renders the combined output.
4. Multi-line values are automatically split into separate variables ({{tagName__0}}, {{tagName__1}}, etc.).

Use Cases

• Business cards: A formatted address block that combines name, title, phone, and email fields
• Labels: A product label that assembles multiple data fields into a specific layout
• Certificates: A certificate body that merges recipient name, date, and achievement text

Setting Up Template Proxy

1. Create the data-entry text items (e.g., firstName, lastName, title) with Allow Changes enabled.
2. Create a text item for the rendered output with the mustache template in its content.
3. Enable Template Proxy on the output item.
4. The output item's content should reference the data items using {{tagName}} syntax.

Associations

Print Store

Print Editor

Related Pages

• Item Manager — structured tree-based alternative for editing the same item properties
• Product Setup — editor mode and UI toggles that determine how configured items are presented
• Simple Editor — only items with Allow Changes enabled appear in this mode
• Rules Engine — uses tag names set here to target items in conditions and actions
• Autofill Profiles — matches variables to items by the tag names configured here
• Products — access Admin Mode from the product edit page sidebar