About Region Definitions

The typical region definition contains multiple elements, and various combinations of these elements are used on several different region templates. Each region definition contains a list of the elements available to place on the associated region template. This enables multiple region templates to access the same grouping of elements (but it does not have to be the same data file) and arranging them in different ways.

Because the region definitions limit the availability of elements in the contribution model, it is especially important to follow good naming conventions for region definitions. It is possible that you have more region definitions than any other site asset. A good naming convention helps you sort out which definitions are best suited for the different region templates you create without having to open multiple region definitions and see what exactly they do.

Since the creation of a region template requires you associate it with a region definition, it is recommended that you create region definitions first, then create region templates.

See Region Definition Dialog and Region Definitions for more information.