Apply built-in page templates to pages

You can base a page on a page template in one of the following ways:

1.     When creating the page, you choose from the predefined set of templates.
For more information, see Create a page.

IMPORTANT: You can only select from hybrid and MVC only templates.

2.     Change the template of a page later.
You do this in one of the following ways:

1. On Pages page, click the Actions link of the page, whose template you want to change, click Template.
2. In page content editing mode, click Layout button in the toolbar and, in the lower-right corner of the page, click Select another template... button.
3. The Select a template page appears, containing both predefined and custom layout templates.
4. Click one of the templates displayed.
   You can customize or change the layout template later.
   NOTE: MVC templates are designated with an MVC label.
5. In case you are using hybrid or Web Forms templates, you can upload your own .master file by clicking Use your own .master file.
   Select a master file from the App_Master folder and click Use Selected.
6. Click Done.
   The template is applied to the page

You can change between different templates of the same type, for example, MVC. Placeholders with the same name or ID get the same widgets. If there is no such placeholder, new template widgets will be orphaned and you need to manually place them in another placeholder.

IMPORTANT: If you want to change the existing layout template of a page, the system replaces the old template with the new one. All modifications of layout and content are preserved and the new layout is appended to the existing.