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Database table | Description |
|---|---|
CMS_WidgetCategory | Stores records representing widget categories. |
CMS_Widget | Stores records representing widgets and their configuration. |
CMS_WidgetRole | Stores relationships between widgets and roles. Each entry in this table indicates that a specific widget can be used by users in a given role. |
The system stores the content of widget zones (widget instances) in the database. The location depends on the type of the widget content:
Widget content type | Description | Storage |
|---|---|---|
Default zone content | The default widget content of all zone types, prepared by page developers on the Design tab. | In XML format in the PageTemplateWebParts column of the CMS_PageTemplate table. |
Editor zone content | Widget instances placed onto individual pages by page editors on the Page tab of the Pages application. | In XML format in the DocumentWebParts column of the CMS_Document table. |
Group zone content | Widget instances placed onto pages by group administrators on the live site. | In XML format in the DocumentGroupWebParts column of the CMS_Document table. |
Dashboard and user zone content | Widget instances in personalized user and dashboard widget zones. The content depends on the current context (user and site). | In the CMS_Personalization table. |
Inline widgets | Widgets placed into the text content of:
| As control macro expressions:
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Class | Namespace | Description |
|---|---|---|
CMS_WidgetCategory table API | ||
WidgetCategoryInfo | CMS.PortalEngine | Represents individual widget categories. |
WidgetCategoryInfoProvider | Provides management functionality for widget categories. | |
CMS_Widget table API | ||
WidgetInfo | CMS.PortalEngine | Represents individual widget objects. |
WidgetInfoProvider | Provides management functionality for widgets. | |
CMS_WidgetRole table API | ||
WidgetRoleInfo | CMS.PortalEngine | Represents relationships between widgets and roles (permissions). |
WidgetRoleInfoProvider | Provides management functionality for widget-role relationships. | |
CMS_Personalization table API | ||
PersonalizationInfo | CMS.DocumentEngine | Represents personalized versions of pages (for a specific site and user). |
PersonalizationInfoProvider | Provides management functionality for personalization objects. | |
Other classes | ||
WebPartInstance | CMS.PortalEngine | Allows you to work with widget instances. |
WebPartZoneInstance | Allows you to work with web part (widget) zones. | |