1. Adxstudio Portals Training
Page Templates

2. Page Templates Layout Specification
There are two choices for defining a Page Template:
Rewrite (.aspx page)
Web Template
In order to add a new rewrite (.aspx) Page Template, we must add it to our web project
A Template defines the layout and functionality of a page. The Web Page record defines the content.

3. Template Building Tools
ASP.NET Web Controls
User Controls
MVC Helpers
MasterPortal Helper Classes
Useful controls which allow rendering of content from the CRM.
Common functionality is encapsulated in the OOB User controls found in Master Portal
Wider range of capabilities than the ASP.NET web controls and easy to use. Can be use on an ASP.NET Template
Allows for easier querying and data manipulation in code behind.

4. Creating a New Page Template
Creating a new page template is as simple as adding a new .aspx page in your web project, then adding the appropriate Page Template record in your CRM organization
Best practice dictates that you inherit from one of the Master Portal master pages – or a page that inherits from one of said master pages (Default.master)
Code-behind class should inherit from PortalPage class
Import the Adxstudio.Xrm.Web.Mvc.Html namespace in the markup

5. CrmEntityDataSource Control
Acts as a data source that allows data-binding to a single record in the CRM

6. Property Control Used to display html data stored in CRM
Allows the text to be modified using front-side editing

7. Property Control Properties PropertyName DataSourceID EditType
html
text
HtmlEncode
Editable
DefaultText
Literal

8. CrmSiteMapChildView Control
Renders links based on navigational hierarchy of the web pages in the site
A ListView, but bound automatically to the child nodes of the current sitemap node

9. CrmMetadataDataSource Control
Supplies data-bound controls with read-only metadata from CRM

10. Comments
Comments can be enabled for Web Pages, Blog Posts, and Ideas (coming soon: Events)
Add the Comments control to your page template and enable comments for the page

11. Ratings
Ratings can be enabled for Web Page, Blog Posts, Page Comments, Blog Post Comments (coming soon: Events and Forum Posts)
Add the MultiRatingControl to the page template and enable ratings on the record to have ratings render

12. MVC Helpers
Useful helpers that fill the same roles as many of the Web Controls, Service Context Extensions, and PortalPage convenience classes
More convenient than the web controls in many cases
Can be used in ASP.NET web forms pages

13. Render attributes as HTML
Attribute Helpers
Displays the Attribute as a front-side editable, non editable, or literal value
Many overloads allow for various options to be set
Front Side-Editable
Has convenience variations:
Attribute
AttributeLiteral
HtmlAttribute
TextAttribute
Render attributes as HTML
Draws from either the current node of the site map or from any specified entity

14. Display and use their attributes in the markup
Portal Helpers
Access key records
MVC equivalent of the PortalPage.cs convenience properties:
Entity
Website
PortalUser
Display and use their attributes in the markup

15. Returns URLs or renders links based on data in CRM
Portal Helpers
Links, or URLS
Allow you to render links to site-mappable entities
EntityLink
EntityUrl
Or links based on a site marker
SiteMarkerLink
SiteMarkerUrl
Returns URLs or renders links based on data in CRM

16. Site Setting Helpers Content based on Site Settings
Often used to make logical decisions (such as in if/else expressions or loops) or to change the style or behavior of a control, action, or markup
Has type-cast variations:
BooleanSetting
DecimalSetting
IntegerSetting
RenderPartialFromSetting
Setting
Get the Values of Site Settings and act upon that information

17. Renders Content Snippets
Snippet Helpers
Renders Content Snippets
Similar to the Attribute Helpers, but for Content Snippets instead
Has convenience variations:
Snippet
SnippetLiteral
HtmlSnippet
TextSnippet
Front-side editable chunks of content drawn from named records in the CRM

18. Web Link Helpers For rendering Web Links from Web Link Sets WebLink
WebLinkListItem
WebLinks
WebLinksNavBar
WebLinksDropdowns