SmartPost Templates was first conceived in the context of the Novel Engineering research project at Tufts University. It started out as a simple plugin that allowed for researchers and teachers involved in the research to document and share their findings. We feel that over time, the SmartPost Templates plugin reached a point where it was flexible enough to prove useful for a wider range of audiences outside of the research group. Thus, we have taken steps to make it free and share it with the world.