Creating a simple content page using template and layout

As a developer, you will first have to understand the architecture of how a web page works. To create web pages, you first need to create a data structure using data templates, based on which you can create content items. Layout is used to place content with some presentation logic on it. In this recipe, we will take a quick look at creating a simple content page showing the title, body, logo, and other details.

How to do it…

We will first create and define a data template for the Home item (that is, home page):

  1. Log in to Sitecore. Open the Content Editor from Launch Pad. You will find a default /sitecore/Content/Home item with the Title and Text fields. Delete this item as we will create our ...

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