I am currently learning Umbraco.I have a few question to cement my basic understanding. Coming from a DNN background the terminology is very different.
1) Am I right in thinking that Document Types are effectively database tables in that you define fields that you want in that type i.e. building blocks for content?
2) Is the content part of the admin web site for data entry i.e. a creating some content creates an instance of a document type in which data can be entered?
3) Are templates the equivalent of DNN Pages i.e. The visual display of one or many content items?
Document Types and Content terminology
Hi,
I am currently learning Umbraco.I have a few question to cement my basic understanding. Coming from a DNN background the terminology is very different.
1) Am I right in thinking that Document Types are effectively database tables in that you define fields that you want in that type i.e. building blocks for content?
2) Is the content part of the admin web site for data entry i.e. a creating some content creates an instance of a document type in which data can be entered?
3) Are templates the equivalent of DNN Pages i.e. The visual display of one or many content items?
Regards
Mike
Hi Mike,
Sounds like you've pretty much got it - Matt Brailsford has a neat diagram in this post that shows how the concepts in Umbraco fit together.
/Chriztian
Excellent.
If I want to completely ignore document types and use .NET controls to load/control my own data, is this possible?
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