About Page Templates

Page templates define the complete structure of a web page. The number of page templates required for a Web site depends on the site complexity, but usually a small number can easily be used.

When fewer page templates are used, site-wide changes are made much more easily. The page template represents the asset that is a complete web page in HCSP, JSP, or ASP. Just as on a region template, or a subtemplate, you can place anything directly on the template, like text, or an image, or a fragment, and it appears on every instance that template is used. This is also true of subtemplates and region templates.

When you reuse the page template, any part of it that is placed on there, from fragments to images to text to placeholders and other site assets, is displayed each time the page template is displayed (in each instance, you can associate a different definition for a site asset, such as using a different placeholder definition when the page template is used in different sections of a web page).

When you use the page templates efficiently, then you can create an entire Web site with a very few (or even one) page templates, ensuring that the standard look and feel of your Web site is maintained while also making the site management as simple as possible.

See Page Templates and Working With Templates for more information.