Management of Page Templates

The Page Templates part of the Development section allows you to register a new page template and make it available to your users who can create new pages based on this template.

 

Before you register a new template, you need to create an ASP.NET page (ASPX). Please see Kentico CMS Developer's Guide, chapter Creating Page Templates to find more details.

 

Please note: The page template (ASPX page) must be placed in the root folder of your Web application (virtual directory).

 

 

Register a New Page Template

 

Navigate to the Development section, click Page Templates and click New... The Page Template Properties dialog appears. Enter some values.

 

Example:

Page Template Name: Home Page

Page Template File Name: default.aspx

 

Edit an Existing Template

 

Click on the editing button of the appropriate item in the Page Templates List. You will be redirected to the editing form.

 

Delete a Page Template

 

Click on the deleting button of the appropriate item in the Page Templates List and confirm the question.

 

Please note:

 

Page Template Properties

 

Field Name

Compulsory

Description

Page Template Name

Yes

Display name of the page template.

Page Template File Name

Yes

Name of the ASPX page that represents the template.

Page Template Description

No

Description that will be displayed in the Page Template Catalog when user chooses the template.

 

Note: You can use images in this field. You can place them in the <WebSite>/CMSDesk/Metadata/_PageTemplates folder. Then, you need to edit the description in the HTML mode and use the right virtual path starting from the CMSDesk/MetaDesigner folder. This will be simplified in some of the next versions.