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In this topic we are going to show how to find one or more templates inside of Sitefinity.

 

There are several methods to find templates:

Find all templates:

GetTemplates() Copy Code
// create a new instance of CmsManager
Telerik.Cms.CmsManager cmsManager = new Telerik.Cms.CmsManager();
// get all templates
IList allTemplates = cmsManager.GetTemplates();
// for each template write out its name and number of pages using it
foreach(Telerik.Cms.IPageTemplate template in allTemplates)
 Response.Write(template.Name + " - used by " + template.Pages.Count + " pages.");

 

Find a specific template by its ID:

GetTemplate(Guid id) Copy Code
// create a new instance of CmsManager
Telerik.Cms.CmsManager cmsManager = new Telerik.Cms.CmsManager();
// for demonstration purpose we are first going to obtain an id of a first
// template and then we are going to retrieve a template by using that id
// get all templates
IList allTemplates = cmsManager.GetTemplates();
Telerik.Cms.IPageTemplate firstTemplate = (Telerik.Cms.IPageTemplate)allTemplates[0];
Guid firstTemplateId = firstTemplate.ID;
// get template by id
Telerik.Cms.IPageTemplate template = cmsManager.GetTemplate(firstTemplateId);
// write out the name of master page used by template
Response.Write(template.MasterPage);

 

Find a specific template by its ID and pass additional argument to specify whether you want to edit the template or not:

GetTemplate(Guid id, bool forEdit) Copy Code
// create a new instance of CmsManager
Telerik.Cms.CmsManager cmsManager = new Telerik.Cms.CmsManager();
// for demonstration purpose we are first going to obtain an id of a first
// template and then we are going to retrieve a template by using that id
// get all templates
IList allTemplates = cmsManager.GetTemplates();
Telerik.Cms.IPageTemplate firstTemplate = (Telerik.Cms.IPageTemplate)allTemplates[0];
Guid firstTemplateId = firstTemplate.ID;
// get template by id and specify the second, "forEdit" argument, to false since we do not want
// to edit the template
Telerik.Cms.IPageTemplate template = cmsManager.GetTemplate(firstTemplateId, false);
// write out the name of default theme used by template
Response.Write(template.Theme);

 

Find a template by its name:

GetTemplate(string name) Copy Code
// create a new instance of CmsManager
Telerik.Cms.CmsManager cmsManager = new Telerik.Cms.CmsManager();
// let's find the template with name "Default"
Telerik.Cms.IPageTemplate defaultTemplate = cmsManager.GetTemplate("Default");
// if template exists, write out how many pages uses it
if (defaultTemplate != null)
 Response.Write(defaultTemplate.Pages.Count.ToString());
else
 Response.Write("Template with such name could not be found!");

 

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