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# Create a Custom Row View
The true power of `cs_dynamicpages` is its extensibility. As a developer, if the built-in row types (Text, Slider, Features, etc.) do not meet your design requirements, you can easily create and register your own custom view.
This guide will walk you through creating a "Video Embed" row type.
## 1. Create the Page Template
First, we need a standard Plone browser view template to render the row.
In your add-on (e.g., `my.addon`), create a new template `video_embed_view.pt` inside your `browser` or `views` directory.
```html
Video Title
Description
[Video iframe goes here]
```
## 2. Register the View in ZCML
Next, register the view in your `configure.zcml` so Plone knows it exists. It is important to bind it specifically to the `IDynamicPageRow` interface.
```xml
```
## 3. Register the View in the Control Panel
Currently, Plone knows the view exists, but `cs_dynamicpages` doesn't know it should be available as a "Row Type" in the edit form dropdown, nor does it know which fields it requires.
You must register it in the {term}`Dynamic Pages Registry` (`IDynamicPagesControlPanel`). The best way to do this is via a `registry.xml` file in your GenericSetup profile (e.g., `profiles/default/registry.xml`).
```xml
cs_dynamicpages-myaddon-video-embed-view
play-btn
False
IBasic.title
IBasic.description
IRichTextBehavior-text
IRowWidth.width
IExtraClass.extra_class
IRowVerticalSpacing.padding_top
IRowVerticalSpacing.padding_bottom
IRowVerticalSpacing.margin_top
IRowVerticalSpacing.margin_bottom
```
### Understanding the Registration
* `purge="False"`: This is critical. It ensures your new row type is *added* to the list, rather than overwriting all the default `cs_dynamicpages` row types.
* `each_row_type_fields`: This array dictates exactly which fields are visible. Notice how we use `IRichTextBehavior-text` to capture the video iframe embed code, but we omitted `IRelatedImage.related_image` because a video row doesn't need an image upload.
## 4. Apply the Profile
Restart your Plone instance and re-install your add-on (or import the Registry step via the ZMI/portal_setup).
When you add or edit a {term}`DynamicPageRow `, you will now see **myaddon-video-embed-view** in the "Row type" dropdown, and selecting it will instantly filter the form to show only the Title, Description, Text, and Spacing fields!