Main Content Placeholder

The Main Content Placeholder content item acts as a placeholder for each content record, or page, of the website. Place the Main Content Placeholder content item where you want the actual page content to be displayed. The other template elements will be displayed around this main content.

Viewing a Main Content Placeholder content item example

Main Content Placeholder configuration options

  • Name - Enter a name for the content item. This text appears during design mode (configuration).
  • Description - Enter a description to display above this content item on the rendered page. The maximum length is 5000 characters. If blank, no description displays. This field supports HTML and relative file paths using the following variables:
    • [Website] – Resolves to the root of the website and contains the website name. For example, [Website]Home.aspx resolves to http://mydomain/Staff/Home.aspx.
    • [Root] – Resolves to the root of the website. For example, [Root]Home.aspx resolves to http://mydomain/Home.aspx.
    • [Common] – Resolves to the AsiCommon directory of the website. For example, [Common]images/image.png resolves to http://mydomain/AsiCommon/images/image.png.
    • [Theme] – Resolves to the website’s theme folder. For example, [Theme]images/image.png might resolve to http://mydomain/App_Themes/Orion/images/image.png. This variable can be used to access theme resources such as images and CSS.