ASP.NET Core pages and templates

To use Sitefinity ASP.NET Core Renderer with the New page editor, you should create a page, using the new ASP.NET Core page template. You create templates and pages using the standard Sitefinity CMS UI, but you edit them in the New page editor.

PREREQUISITES: You must have enabled the New interface in your Sitefinity CMS. 

You can create ASP.NET Core templates in two ways:

• Using the Sitefinity CMS backend UI and the Templates grid.
• Programmatically, using layout files.
  For more information, see Develop with ASP.NET Core » Layout files.
  

You create and manage ASP.NET Core templates in the Templates grid, just like the MVC page templates in Sitefinity CMS backend.

The framework of a template is determined by the template that it is based on when creating it. To make a template a ASP.NET Core template, you must base it either on another programmatically created ASP.NET Core template or on the Default ASP.NET Core template. 

Create templates: To create a ASP.NET Core template, follow procedure Create a template.
The ASP.NET Core templates are grouped at the bottom of the Select a base template page, when creating a template.

Manage templates: To manage ASP.NET Core templates, use the Templates grid.

Edit templates: When you open an ASP.NET Core template for editing, it opens in the New page editor.

Perform the following:

1. In the ASP.NET Core Renderer backend, navigate to Pages and click Create a page.
   
2. Enter the title of the page and click Continue.
   
3. On Select a template step, scroll to .NET Core templates section and select Default.
   The new template is applied and the page opens for editing, using the New page editor. With the New page editor, you get a set of new layout and content widgets.
   

For more information about creating pages, see Create pages.

• Section widget
  This is a layout widget that you can use to create the layout elements of your page. It also has an out-of-the-box styling features, such as margins, paddings, and backgrounds.
• Navigation widget
  This is the widget that you use to create your website navigation.
  
• Content block widget
  This is the widget that you use to create content. You can use it to display text, tables, images, or videos.
• Image widget
  This is the widget that you use to display images.
  
• Call to action widget
  This is the wiget that you use to display a one or two call to action buttons on your page. You can have a button from the primary action and a button for a secondary action.
  
• Custom widgets
  For more information, see Create a custom ASP.NET Core widget