Starting the Portal Site in MCMS

As with all .NET development, the starting point for MCMS is Visual Studio.NET. This is the tool you use to create templates for your site. To do so:

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In Visual Studio .NET, select Other Windows from the View menu.
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Click MCMS Template Explorer (Figure 9.7).
Figure 9.7. Template Explorer in Visual Studio.NET

The Template Explorer reveals the template gallery structure of the site. To enhance maintainability, you should create an intelligible hierarchy of templates rather than lumping them all into a single folder.

Figure 9.7 displays two types of templates. First are generic templates with standard layout, ...

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