I use article templates to add author's names, signatures and standard disclaimers to the bottom of articles that are posted to our Q&A forum. However, from time to time the authors' credentials change.
Here's my question... I realize that if I change a template it will affect all postings with that template. However, if I add a new template with the updated information, and use it on a go-forward basis, this works. However, due to the large number of templates, the list of available templates gets large. If I uncheck the active box beside a previous templates, will that affect the older articles that used the templates? Or will they continue to show the old templates, but they will be unavailable to subsequent use? Please elaborate what the "active" box does. Thanks.
