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A certificate template is an HTML file named index. htm, or a group of HTML files, image files, and style sheets referenced in a file named index. html file. The necessary files should be included in a .zip file.  \nThe HTML-based certificate template can contain system defined macros that define the design of the certificate that a learner can print after successfully completing a curriculum. The ACLP will display auser's name and applicable information in a certificate based on the placeholders used in the certificate template. The following placeholders can be included in a certificate template:  \n\n| Macro | Definition |\n| --- | --- |\n| %user_name% | Name of the learner. |\n| %activity_name% | Name of the learning activity. |\n| %grade% | Grade awarded to the learner for the learning activity. |\n| %score% | Score recorded by the learner for the learning activity. |\n| %completion_date% | Date when a learner completes an activity. |\n| %today% | Date on which certificate template is awarded. |\n| %completionstatus% | The learner's completion status which can be either Attended or Waived. |\n\nAfter you create an HTML file that defines the text and appearance of a certificate template, you can upload the template on the Certificate Templates page of your Administrator Dashboard.  \nIMPORTANT NOTES  \nHELPFUL INFORMATION  \n􀁸 You must associate your customized certificate template to the applicable curriculum while building your training.  \n􀁸 The .zip file must include a file named index. htm.  \n􀁸 The maximum image size that the Export to PDF option supports for an A-4 page size is 900 pixels wide and 625 pixels high.  \n􀁸 If you specify Landscape as the page orientation, the image will be left aligned when learners export the certificate to PDF.  \n􀁸 To center align the image for a certificate for an A4 size paper, you need to add an additional table tag with width as 1100 and height as 740 in the index.html.  \n􀁸 You cannot delete the system default certificate template. However, with appropriate permissions, you can add, edit, delete custom certificate templates and assign them to learning activities.  \nCreating a Default Completion Certificate  \nSTEP 1: Create custom certificate template  \n1. Download [the](the Completion Certificate .zip)[ ](the Completion Certificate .zip)[Completion Certificate .zip](the Completion Certificate .zip) File  \n2. Customize and save the index file  \n3. Format your logo image  \na. Ensure your logo matches the size requirements noted in the index file  \nb. Save your file as logo.png.  \nSTEP 2: Create a zipped certificate folder  \n1. Download the certificate template .zip file  \n2. Extract and save the files onto your desktop  \n3. Select the three certificate files on your desktop and compress to a zipped folder  \na. On a PC  \ni. Highlight the three items  \nii. Right click the mouse  \niii. Select Send to > Compressed (zipped) folder from the popup menu  \nb. On a Mac  \ni. Highlight the three items  \nii. Press Control-click  \niii. Select Compress 3 items  \niv. The zipped folder will be [named](named Archive.zip)[ Archive.zip](named Archive.zip)  \n4. Your zipped folder must include:  \ni. index. html  \nii. serif. png  \niii. logo.png  \nSTEP 3: Add your custom certificate to your account  \n1. Open the Certificate Templates page under Configuration  \n2. Press  to upload your certificate image  \n3. Complete the Certificate Template Properties  \na. Name*: The name of the certificate  \nb. Description*: Describe the certificate purpose  \nc. File: Upload your certificate .zip file  \ni. Press   \nii. Locate the .zip file that contains your certificate template  \nd. Export to PDF: Select Landscape to specify the certificate’s orientation when it is exported to PDF  \ne. 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