Template display name

The name of the template displayed to the users.

Template code name

The name of the template used in website code.

Category

Here you can choose the category of the page template.

Template description

Description of the template shown in the page template selection catalog.

Thumbnail

Teaser (preview) image of the template. It is displayed in the Select template dialog, e.g. when creating a new page. Once a file is uploaded in the field, two icons are displayed next to it:

•Edit () - if the file is an image, clicking the icon opens it in the built-in image editor. If the file is not an image (which would not make sense as no thumbnail could be displayed), the metadata editor is opened after clicking the icon.

•Delete () - removes the file from the field.

Clone as ad-hoc for new documents

When a user selects a template with this option enabled for a new page, the system automatically creates an ad-hoc copy of the template and assigns it to the page. This way, users can immediately modify the design of the new page without changing the default re-usable template.

Only available if the Template type is set to Portal page.

Note: The system always clones templates as ad-hoc when creating wireframes, even if this setting is disabled for the assigned template.

Template type

Determines the type of pages that the template can be used for. The following options are available:

•Portal page - functions as a standard portal engine page template. This type of template is also used for Wireframes.

•ASPX page - uses the ASPX page template development model and is based on a standard ASPX web form. If selected, the path to the source file must be entered into the File name property.

•ASPX + Portal page - works the same way as the ASPX page option, but also supports certain portal engine functionality, such as managing web parts or widgets in predefined zones on the Design tab of CMS Desk directly through the browser.

•Dashboard page - provides a template for dashboard sections of the CMS interface. This type of page template cannot be used for standard content tree pages.

•MVC - can be used to create pages defined through an MVC controller and action, which must be specified via the additional Default controller and Default action properties. Pages based on templates of this type automatically use the live URL and view in editing mode (i.e. on the Page tab of CMS Desk). Please see the MVC development model chapter in the Developer's Guide for more information.

Master template

Only available if the Template type is set to Portal page. Indicates if the pages that use the template should be Master pages. Master page templates are usually used for the main menu and logo of a website.

Enabling this also causes the template to be selectable as the root master page template in the New site wizard.

Inherit content

Only available if the Template type is set to Portal page. Configures the visual inheritance as explained in the Visual inheritance topic.

You can choose from the following options:

•Inherit all - inherits the content of all parent pages.

•Do not inherit any content - displays only the current page without any parent content.

•Inherit only master page - inherits from the first master page above the page in the content tree, i.e. if there are more master pages, it inherits only from the one which is the closest above it in the hierarchy.

•Select inherited levels - inherits only content from the chosen content tree levels. If you don't select any content tree level, the page template will inherit all content.

File name

Only available if the Template type is set to ASPX page or ASPX + Portal page.

Specifies the path to the .aspx file that the page template should be based on. The file may either be chosen using the Select button, or its path can be entered manually. The tilde character (~) represents the root directory of the project folder, e.g. ~/CMSTemplates/CorporateSiteASPX/Blog.aspx

Default controller

Only available if the Template type is MVC.

Sets the name of the controller class containing the MVC action that should be performed when pages using this template are accessed (without the Controller part at the end). For example, if the class is called NewsMVCController, enter NewsMVC.

The system first searches for the specified class in the CMS.Controllers.<current site code name> namespace. If it is not found there, the CMS.Controllers.Global namespace is searched.

Default action

Only available if the Template type is MVC.

Specifies the exact action defined within the controller class that should be performed when pages based on this template are loaded.