How to Fix Mural Template Not Found

In this tutorial, you'll learn about How to Fix Mural Template Not Found. We cover key concepts, practical examples, and best practices.

You try to open a shared Mural template and see "Template not found." The template was deleted, moved, or its visibility changed.

The Wrong Way

// Sharing the same template URL again
navigator.clipboard.writeText(muralUrl);

If the template's permissions changed or it was deleted, sharing the URL again does not help. The link itself is broken.

The Right Way

Step 1: Verify the template exists

Ask the template creator to:

# Navigate to: Workspace → Templates → "My Templates"
# Search by template name

If it does not appear in "My Templates," check "Team Templates" — the template may have been promoted to a team-level resource.

Step 2: Check template visibility

Template settings:
- "Everyone in workspace" → available to all members
- "Only me" → invisible to everyone else
- "Specific people" → check the guest list

If the template is set to "Only me," ask the creator to change it to "Everyone in workspace."

Step 3: Look in the trash

# Workspace → Templates → Trash (bottom of templates panel)
# Deleted templates stay here for 30 days
# Select → "Restore"

Step 4: Create from an existing mural instead

If the template is truly gone, duplicate a mural that was created from it:

Open the mural → File → Duplicate → "Save as template"

This recreates the template from the mural's content.

Template found and opened — 5 pre-built sections with sticky notes, voting dots, and timer widget.

Prevention

• Mark important templates as "Team Templates" so they survive individual account changes.
• Export templates as Mural backup files (.mural) periodically.
• The template-as-backup concept mirrors DodaZIP's archive profiles — reusable configurations that can be restored even if the source is deleted.

Common Mistakes with template not found

1. Forgetting deriving (Show, Eq) on custom data types needed for debugging
2. Placing the wildcard pattern first in case expressions, making all subsequent patterns unreachable
3. Using head and tail instead of pattern matching, causing runtime errors on empty lists

These mistakes appear frequently in real-world MURAL code. DodaTech's contributors have identified these patterns through analysis of open-source projects and production systems.

Practice Exercise

Write a pure function that safely divides two integers using Maybe, then test it with edge cases like division by zero and negative numbers.

This exercise reinforces the concepts covered in this guide. Try implementing it before checking online solutions.

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