Getting Started with BPD

Here are a few articles to get you familiar with the various components of our Best Practice Design websites. 

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  What is a Template? —

  Overview

  Each page of your BPD website is based on a template, and each template is broken up into sections called 'zones'.  This design gives the site its structure AND allows page content to be shrunk, expanded and customised depending on the look and feel desired and device used. 
  
  There are 5 template types:

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  About Widgets —

  Overview of what widgets are and do.

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  Getting Started with the CMS —

  Contents

  Overview

  Structure

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  Layers —

  Layers are used by all widgets and various functions to filter or restrict the content or access to a particular audience. A layer can be based on conditions such as the user's authentication status (logged in vs. public), their role, and/or their customer code, just to name a few.

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  What is the Theme Layout? —

  Overview

  As you browse your BPD website, you'll notice that it has a consistent look and feel across all the various page types. Whether it's a product page, a news article, or the home page, there are familiar elements common to all of them.

  This is thanks to the site's Theme.