SharePoint Application and Site Pages

SharePoint Application Pages

Application pages are type of page stored in the path “C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\TEMPLATE\LAYOUTS”.

Application pages are “.aspx” pages and it does not run in _layouts virtual directory, it does not allow customization; application page is very good in performance wise because the pages are being compiled in to “. dll”. Application page allows.

SharePoint Site Pages

Site pages are pages which are provided by SharePoint foundation example default.aspx, home.aspx, library.aspx and WebPart pages. These are the pages gets created when the SharePoint is installed.

Deference between Application pages and Site pages

S.No.	Site Page	Application Page
1	Site pages support page customization.	Does not support customization.
2	Example of site page is “default.aspx”.	Example of site page is “settings.aspx”.
3	Each customization is stored in content database.	Very good in performance wise.
4	It does not allow adding any inline code.	It allows inline code.
5	The customization can be done through SharePoint designer.	It cannot be.