Sitecore Cookbook for Developers

Restricting or swapping rendering controls on placeholders

While adding renderings from the Experience Editor, by default, it allows you to add all the renderings from the /sitecore/layout/Renderings folder. However, just imagine how difficult it would be for content owners to choose a logically valid and compatible rendering from the huge list.

In this recipe, you will learn how we can show a template-specific list of the allowed and placeholder-compatible renderings from the Experience Editor.

Getting ready

We have the main-content placeholder placed on all pages of the website. We want to restrict content authors to use Carousel, Highlight Featured Products, and Highlight News renderings only on the Home page. Similarly, for the Products landing ...