Summary

In this chapter, we learned all the information needed for creating a custom CMS page. We gained an understanding of the MVC model, and we had a deep dive into the templating engine of Pimcore, discovering all the helpers and how to create our own. We also learned how to write backend code in the controller and make it work by defining routing rules. We saw that there are many ways to manage URLs in Pimcore (Hardcoded, Static Route, and Redirect) and they cover all the use cases for a website. Then we had a complete overview of editables, which left us able to master any custom web page just by templating it. Finally, we discovered the block system that allows the iteration of pieces of a template by giving the user the opportunity to manage repetitive patterns in web pages.

This was an intense chapter that provided us with full knowledge of custom CMS pages. What we learned here will be very useful in the next chapter, Chapter 9, Configuring Entities and Rendering Data...