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You create a dynamic module when the built-in Sitefinity CMS modules do not suit your needs. A module must have at least one content type. You create this type when you create the module. A module with one type can be, for example, an FAQ module, whose content type can be FAQs and FAQs can have two fields – Question and Answer. You can also have more than one content type in one module and you can have a hierarchy of the content types. For example, the Forums module has Forums and Threads content types, and Thread is a child of a Forum.

You first create the dynamic module and its first content type, then you activate the module and you can create more content types.

NOTE: If you are using Sitefinity CMS to manage multiple sites, if you create a module with the Module builder after you create a site, it is not automatically activated for this site. If you want to use it, you must manually activate it. For more information, see Edit sites and set site permissions » Configuring the modules of a site.

NOTE: Build-in and dynamic modules can be in one language – the backend language, but content items of dynamic modules can be multilingual.

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Create a dynamic module
Create custom modules and dynamic content types. Add description and specify properties. Activate the module.
Activate and deactivate dynamic modules
Activate dynamic modules to display them under Content tab. Deactivate dynamic modules to remove them from the Content tab list.
Modify the backend screens of a dynamic module
Add or remove fields, change the screens, which the module uses in the backend. Configure how the form for creating dynamic content items looks. Reorder and group fields.
Import and export a dynamic module
Export or import the structure of the module, or to export content items created with this module.
Edit and delete a module
Edit the name and description of a module or permanently delete it.

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