Content templates

CMS system supports an output of a content of one site in different design patterns. Here it is used a standard ASP.NET-2 functionality: master pages and themes.

A template and theme, used by default, are called Default.master and Default.

Creating a new template

To create a new template, do the following:

1. Through the administrative interface, select site options -> Skins and create a new template for your site with following parameters:

Name: any

Theme name: MyThemeName

MasterPage name: MyMasterPageName

Now when editing any menu item you’ll get a drop down list on the top of the editing form with a list of skins you can apply to the given menu item or to all its child items.

2. Create a new copy of 'Default.master' page and name it as 'MyMasterPageName.master'. Change its design as you need.

3. Create a new copy of 'AppTheme/Default' folder and name it as 'MyThemeName' folder. You can configure it as you need.

You can also set up representation templates for each specific module.

See Also

Site templates: Site templates | Default page template | Module templates

General: Overview | CMS architecture