Kentico Page Builder structure: sections and page templates
This skill points you to what you need to build the structural layers of Page Builder in an Xperience by Kentico project: sections (arrange widget zones inside an editable area) and page templates (define a page's full layout). Study the project's existing sections and templates first, verify APIs against the docs below, then implement and test.
Pieces of Page Builder structure
- Sections – layout of widget zones within an editable area; basic (partial view) or view-component-based. Registered with
RegisterSection, optionalISectionProperties. - Widget zones – the slots inside a section that hold widgets; identifiers matter when editors switch section type.
- Default section – the section applied to new/unstyled areas.
- Page templates – full-page MVC layouts editors assign to a page. Registered with
RegisterPageTemplate, scoped by content type. - Editable areas – the Page Builder regions of a template; identifiers matter when editors switch template.
How to use
- Read
references/docs.md— the documentation map. Fetch the relevant pages via the Kentico Docs MCP.