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bmw0128
bmw0128

Reputation: 13708

SharePoint site pages vs application pages

I'm learning the difference between these to concepts. I want to build a public Sharepoint site, and is one better than the other for this use, or is it too general of a question?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 6451

Answers (3)

ketan italiya
ketan italiya

Reputation: 256

Site Pages:- Site Pages are Site or Web Scoped, User can customize Site Pages, Site Pages are stored in Content Database,
You cannot have custom code in Site Pages, Site Pages are Un-ghosted Pages.

Application Page:-
Application Pages are farm scoped, No customization can be done by the user, Application Pages are stored in WFE(Web Front End) in _layouts folder, You can have custom code in your Application Pages, Application Pages are Ghosted Pages.

Upvotes: -1

Prasanth KRN
Prasanth KRN

Reputation: 93

Site Pages can contain one or more webpart zones each zone may contain one or more webpart zones. Site pages can customized Site Pages not supprot code behind file.

Application pages such as Create.aspx,Themeweb.aspx. Application pages Can't customized Application pages support code behind file.

Upvotes: 1

gn22
gn22

Reputation: 2086

At a very general level; application pages are stored on the web server's file system (also known as the "12 hive") and run in a more priviledged security context. You tend to use these to create administrative interfaces.

Site pages (such as default.aspx) are user-targeted, and available for customization via SharePoint designer.

Upvotes: 3

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