Page template

Now we get to the final step of this chapter: publishing computer specifications on your web site. Go to Visual Studio and choose to create a new ASPX page in folder CMSTemplates\MySite. Call the page ProductList.aspx and check the box Select master page:

Choose the CMSTemplates\MySite\MyMaster.master page on the next dialog:

Switch to the Design tab and you will see a preview of the page, including the inherited master page. Drag and drop the CMSBreadCrumbs and CMSDataList controls on the page:

Set the following properties of the controls:

CMSDataList

Switch to the code behind and add reference to the CMS.UIControls namespace:

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[VB.NET]

You also need to change the class definition so that it inherits from the TemplatePage class:

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[VB.NET]

Save all changes.

Now we need to register our new page template. Go to CMS Site Manager -> Development -> Page Templates and click My Web Site and click New template. Enter the following values:

Click OK. Enter the following values on the General tab:

Switch to the Sites tab and assign the template to your web site:

Now that we created the page template, we can start adding new pages based on this template. Go to CMS Desk -> Content, click the root and click New. Choose to create a new Page (menu item) and enter the following values:

Click Save.

Now we need to enter some computer details. Click /Products in the content tree and click New. Choose to create a new computer. Enter the following value:

Click Save and create another and enter:

Click Save.

Now, when you click /Products you will see a page like this:

When you click on some link, you will see computer details:

You have learned how to define a new document type and how to publish its documents on the web site.