---
title:        "Tips and Tricks: 3. Page template reduction - Multiple placeholders"
description:  "This tip is a must have when developing websites in Kentico's portal engine."
url:          https://www.jeroenfurst.nl/blog/Tips-and-Tricks-3-Page-template-reduction-Mult
date:         2011-09-21
category:     Web parts and page templates
tags:         [Web parts and page templates]
reading_time: 1
---

# Tips and Tricks: 3. Page template reduction - Multiple placeholders

> This tip is a must have when developing websites in Kentico's portal engine.

This tip is a must have when developing websites in Kentico's portal engine.
 
 Since version 5.5 it is possible to setup multiple placeholders in your page templates. Simply follow the two steps below:
 
 **1. On the parent page template (i.e. Master template) add a "Page placeholder" web part**
 
 ![placeholder.png](~/getContentAsset/f37a7133-a2b4-4b80-b222-9e98ec57e8e3/310c1ea5-13ca-4d75-95a0-620f51989b44/4b49f516_placeholder.png.png)
 
 **2. Add the following code in the child page template (i.e. Default template). Make sure the PagePlaceholderID matches with the Web part control ID of the Page placeholder from step 1.**

```
<cms:CMSContent runat="server" id="cntContent" PagePlaceholderID="plcContent">
<cc1:CMSWebPartZone ID="zoneContent" runat="server" />
</cms:CMSContent>
```

For more information on this tip check out the excellent post by Kentico's CTO Martin Hejtmanek: [Using multiple page placeholders in Portal engine](http://devnet.kentico.com/Blogs/Martin-Hejtmanek/July-2010/Using-multiple-page-placeholders-in-Portal-engine.aspx)