Updated: July 11, 2020 (February 26, 2007)
Charts & IllustrationsMigrating CMS Terminology to SharePoint
A new vocabulary for Microsoft’s Web content management technology reflects significant architectural and feature changes between the latest solution, SharePoint Server 2007, and its predecessor, Content Management Server 2002. The following table shows some of the differences in terminology between the two products.
| CMS 2002 Term | SharePoint Server 2007 Term |
| Channel | Site (SPWeb object) |
| Page/Posting | Page |
| Template object | Site content type |
| Template file | Page layout |
| Placeholder definition | Column template |
| Placeholder control
HtmlPlaceholderControl SingleImagePlaceholderControl SingleAttachmentPlaceholderControl |
Field control
HtmlContentControl ImageContentControl LinkControl |
| Resource library | Image library |
| Template gallery | Master Page and Page Layout gallery |
| Web Author | Web Author |
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