Configuration
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A Configuration is a special component that is typically accessed from the context of a page asset. For example, a page might have "HTML," "Text Only," and "XML" configurations. This allows common content (defined in the page itself) to be rendered using different templates and output types. Each page in Cascade must have at least one configuration, and can include as many as you need for your site. For example, a page may have HTML, text only, and XML configurations.
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Using Configurations with Other Assets
To allow for this flexibility, each configuration for a page requires a template assignment from which it will inherit the target in order to determine the output type (HTML, XML, Text, etc). Blocks and stylesheets may also be assigned to page regions at this level. The configuration is able to override block and stylesheet assignments for each page region defined in the associated template.
To make large numbers of configurations manageable, Cascade uses Configuration Sets to group a number of configurations, along with their respective targets, templates, and block and stylesheet assignments.