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Quick Guide to creating a Page Template

This Quick Guide instructs you on the fundamentals of templating by walking you through the creation of your first Page Template, based on an HTML design we provide.

Before you begin

To perform this task, you must have the core software components of SDL Web installed and configured. Also, the WebDAV client needs to be set up, allowing you to browse the Content Manager organizational items structure from Windows Explorer.

About this task

After completing this Quick Guide, you will be able to use the Page Template to produce a Web page that looks like the one pictured below.

The Web page is in HTML 5 and uses a CSS3 stylesheet. You can change the resources to be compatible with other versions of HTML and CSS.