NewsRotator widget: Create the NewsRotator as a custom widget

In this section you will build a control for your Sitefinity CMS application as a custom control. You will build the NewsRotator control, which loads a set of news items, display basic details and rotate them in a slideshow manner.

GITHUB EXAMPLE: This tutorial outlines the main concepts of creating a custom control. You can download the full code sample for the NewsRotator control from Sitefinity CMS GitHub repository » NewsRotator sample widget.

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