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title: Style in Content Management
description: Content pages can be styled with CSS, just like any HTML website.
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release: australia
product: Content Management System
classification: content-management-system
topic_type: concept
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
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breadcrumb: [Configure Content Management sites, Content Management System, Configure UIs and portals, Configure user experiences]
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# Style in Content Management

Content pages can be styled with CSS, just like any HTML website.

Three elements control CSS styles:

-   [Style Sheets](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-user-interface/content-management-system/c_StyleSheets.md) are records containing CSS declarations.
-   [Themes](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-user-interface/content-management-system/c_DesignThemes.md) are groups of style sheets that can be invoked together.
-   [Frames](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-user-interface/content-management-system/t_Frame.md) are UI macros that define the outer border of individual content blocks as they appear on a content page. Frames work by calling on particular definitions in the style sheets.

-   **[Style sheets](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-user-interface/content-management-system/c_StyleSheets.md)**  
Styles sheets are standard Cascading Style Sheets \(CSS\) that define the look and feel of all elements within the interface.
-   **[Design themes](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-user-interface/content-management-system/c_DesignThemes.md)**  
Design themes are the convergence of structure and styling, making them a critical tool for creating a powerful user interface.
-   **[Doctypes](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-user-interface/content-management-system/c_SetTheDoctype.md)**  
The view\_content html page template on which all CMS is based defaults to `doctype=html`.
-   **[Format a frame](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-user-interface/content-management-system/t_Frame.md)**  
Frames provide a way to manage decorative containers for content blocks and any other elements within the site. For example, one frame can be a container, made of div or span tags, that is styled with rounded corners.

**Parent Topic:**[Configure Content Management sites](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-user-interface/content-management-system/t_CreateASite.md)

**Related topics**  


[Content sites]()

[Content pages in CMS]()

[Content Management templates]()

[Content types]()

[Content blocks]()

[Content Management meta tags]()

[Define a frame in a style sheet](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-user-interface/content-management-system/t_DefineTheFrameInAStyleSheet.md)

[Create a frame UI macro](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-user-interface/content-management-system/t_CreateANewFrameUIMacro.md)