What I’m trying to do
I use database folder as my main project management tool. Each database is structured pretty similarly. I want to be able to define a template or default configuration that would quickly start up a database folder with my preferred columns, styles, and custom filters.
Here’s an incomplete list of the styles I usually include in every database
- a “type” column that is interpreted as a “tag” type for the purposes of database folder.
- custom colors for those tags because the defaults are nice looking but too alike
- left align on the title and description columns, but center align for everything else
- A default link alias for a “url” column but with inline images turned off, because those always break.
- Some preset group filters
Things I have tried
I’ve tried to mess with Database Folder’s global config but there’s actually not that much in there. Most of the really good configuration comes from the column settings and the individual database settings.
I’ve tried using a file as “columns template” but all that does is define the columns and names–it doesn’t configure types, alignment or any of the other stuff I like.