Pages (6.3 and below)

Sitefinity CMS back-end provides you with a user-friendly interface to create pages. You can also create pages programmatically using the Native or Fluent APIs.

Sitefinity CMS uses page nodes for the pages organization. When you create a page, you must attach it to a page node. You can create pages for the front-end or the back-end. When you create a page for the back-end you must add it to the taxonomy organizing the back-end navigation. When you create a page for the front-end, you must add it to the taxonomy organizing the public pages. Pages, created through the API or the UI, are saved in the database.

The section contains the following:

• Creating Pages (6.3 and below)
  Describes how to create a page using Native or Fluent API.

To manage pages through Pages Native API, you must add the following namespaces to your class:

To manage pages through Pages Fluent API, you must add the following namespaces to your class:

The following scheme shows the page components:

You define the appearance and style of the page by setting a template and a theme. For more information, see Overview: Themes. You use the template to define placeholders, background images and control styles. For more information about setting template to a page, see For developers: Apply page templates.

You define the functionality of the page by adding widgets. For more information, see Widgets: Add content and functionality to pages.

Sitefinity CMS allows you to use the following types of controls:

• Built-in Sitefinity CMS controls
  You can use the controls that Sitefinity CMS backend provides you. For example, Content block, Blog Posts, News, Events.
• Standard ASP.NET controls
  You can use standard ASP.NET controls. For example, Hyperlink, Label, GridView, ObjectDataSource.
• User controls
  You can use custom developed ASP.NET user controls. For a detailed step-by-step tutorial on creating controls, see Tutorial: Create a NewsRotator widget.
• Custom controls
  You can use custom developed ASP.NET server controls. For a detailed step-by-step tutorial on creating controls, see Tutorial: Create a NewsRotator widget.
• Module controls
  You can use custom module controls that represent the frontend functionality of the module. For more information about modules, see Modules: Design and use modules to encapsulate content.

For more information about managing controls in a page, see For developers: Add and remove widgets from pages.