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Building Websites with Microsoft Content Management Server
In order for content to be managed effectively by the system, it has to be broken down into chunks. For example, the Plant page could have sections for:
A picture of the plant
A description of the plant
A research paper about the plant
The template captures these chunks of content using embedded placeholders, which are part of the content collection mechanism.
In essence, there are three parts to a placeholder:
The Placeholder Control
The Placeholder Definition
The Placeholder Object
The term "placeholder" is often used loosely to describe how the page is divided into slices of information. Developers often get confused about its meaning. They start creating a placeholder but are not sure if that means building a control, creating a definition or working with the object through code. The following section aims to clear up some common misconceptions developers have about the meaning of the word "placeholder" with regards to MCMS.
The visible part of the placeholder...
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