At this point, you may be asking, "How can a template represent multiple pages?" or "How does a template know what editorial copy or feature to use?" The answer to both questions is Dispatch tags. Dispatch tags are special HTML-like tags that represent dynamic elements within your templates. The following diagram shows the source code of a template that consists of HTML and Dispatch tags. The Dispatch tags are in red.
By using Dispatch tags, a single template can dynamically produce multiple pages. Each page uses the layout defined within the template and Dispatch replaces the Dispatch tags with the appropriate content.
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