Templates Tutorial

This document explains how to create, edit, and publish templates using the Arsdigita Content Management System.

1. The Big Picture - The How and Why of Templates
2. Setup & Administration
   • Setting the Template Root
3. Managing Templates in CMS
   • Creating templates
   • Uploading templates
   • Editing templates (via text entry)
   • Publishing (and re-publishing) templates
   • Associating templates with a content type
   • Associating templates with a content item
   • Viewing template datasources
   • Viewing template assets
4. Writing Templates
   • Writing template datasources (.tcl files)
   • Documenting assets and datasources (.tcl files)
   • CMS tags available to the template files (.adp files)
   • Writing templates (.adp files) directly to the filesystem
     This can be dangerous if the CMS template is not updated to reflect the changes to the filesystem.