Implementing the legacy templating framework
This section is relevant only to the legacy, template-based publishing framework. This framework relies on templates to turn Content Manager content into publishable content. As of SDL Tridion Sites 9.5, the template-based publishing framework is considered legacy in favor of templateless, data-only publishing.
In the legacy templating framework, a Template contains a sequence of modular chunks called Template Building Blocks. Each Template Building Block performs a specific role in turning the content into published content. By breaking a template up into a sequence of Template Building Blocks, you can modify and extend your Template by reusing existing Template Building Blocks and you can distribute the various Template Building Blocks according to skill set. For example, a web designer working in Adobe Dreamweaver implements the visualization of the content and a software developer working in Visual Studio implements how to select, organize and process content.
The following diagram illustrates the legacy templating framework: