# Creating Your First Template
Umbraco creates a corresponding template when you select the **Document Type with Template** option when creating a Document Type.
To edit the template:
1. Go to **Settings**.
2. Expand the **Templates** folder in the **Templating** section of the tree. You should see a template titled **HomePage**.
{% hint style="info" %} If you do not see the template, try refreshing the page. {% endhint %}
3. Open the template. It contains a little bit of Razor code.
**Code Breakdown:**
* `@using Umbraco.Cms.Web.Common.PublishedModels;` - Imports the namespace for Umbraco's strongly-typed content models.
* `@inherits Umbraco.Cms.Web.Common.Views.UmbracoViewPage` - Sets the view to inherit from Umbraco's base view class for accessing Umbraco-specific features and helpers.
* `Layout = "null";` - The view will not use a layout page unless explicitly specified. For more information on [Razor Pages Layout](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/mvc/views/layout), see the Microsoft Documentation.
Use the files from the [Custom Umbraco Template](/umbraco-cms/tutorials/creating-a-basic-website/getting-started.md#what-you-need) folder:
1. Open the **Custom Umbraco Template** folder and copy the contents of **index.html**.
2. Paste the content into the *HomePage* template below the closing curly brace "}".
* Umbraco ***Templates*** uses ***Razor*** that allows you to add code in your ***Template*** files. ***Razor*** reacts to `@` signs.
3. Click **Save**.
We now have a *Template*. That's two out of the three stages complete for our first page.
## Creating Your First content node
Our third and final stage to creating our first page in Umbraco, is to create a ***content node***. The content node uses our ***Document Type*** and ***Template*** to serve up an HTML page to web visitors.
To add a content node:
1. Go to **Content**.
2. Select **...** next to **Content** in the tree.
3. Click **Create**.
4. Select **HomePage**. The Home Page opens in the content editor.
* If you cannot see the content node, check that **Settings** > **Document Types** > **HomePage** > **Structure** > **Allow at root** is enabled.
5. Enter the **Name** for the content node. We are going to call this *Homepage*.
* The name will show up in the node list and will be used to create a URL for the page. Try to keep it short but descriptive.
6. Enter the following details:
| Name | Description |
| ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Page Title | Welcome to Widgets Ltd |
| Body Text | Lorem ipsum
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nam et aliquet ante, ut eleifend libero.
- Proin eleifend consequat nunc id vulputate.
- Ut eget lobortis metus, non congue lorem.
- Orci varius natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus.
- Maecenas tempus non lectus rhoncus efficitur.
Sed est ligula, maximus in dolor sed, lacinia egestas ligula. Donec eu nisi lectus.
Morbi pharetra pulvinar arcu non gravida.
|
| Footer Text | Copyright Widgets Ltd 2024 |
7. Click **Save and Publish**. The content tree will reload with the homepage node.
## Accessing the Frontend
To view your content on the frontend:
1. Go to the **Info** tab in the **Homepage** content node.
2. Click on the link under the **Links** section.
The default Umbraco page is gone and we can see a basic unstyled page. We are getting there.
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If you see a blank page, check if the template is entered and remember to save it.
{% endhint %}
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