Main Designer Window

The Designer interface provides an environment where you can set up and manage all aspects of your site, including the site structure, page layout, navigation, and contribution. When you first open Designer, you see the site hierarchy and asset properties on the left, the workspace in the center, the site assets below that, and the toolbox on the right.

Main Site Studio Designer Window

Description of Main Site Studio Designer Window

The main Designer window consists of various elements:

• The site hierarchy is used to organize the structure of the site. This includes the home page, the individual sections, and the page templates associated with each section. See Site Hierarchy for more information.

• The properties pane is used to view and edit a variety of settings for your site, including information about the site hierarchy, site assets, individual HTML and scripting tags, and so on. See Properties Pane for more information.

• The workspace is used to view and edit site assets such as page templates, region templates, and element definitions. See Workspace for more information.

• The site assets pane is used to organize files that belong to your site (page templates, data files, CSS files, images, scripts, and so forth). You can use this pane to quickly and easily open, edit, and organize these files. See Site Assets Pane and Defining Site Assets for more information.

• The toolbox pane is used to create, edit, and manage fragments on your site. See Toolbox and Working With Fragments for more information.

• The toolbars provide easy access to many features in the Designer application. See Toolbars for more information.

The display and arrangement of these objects is a default. You can rearrange them and customize the interface if you like. See Customizing Designer for more information.