NewsRotator widget: Create the NewsRotator as a custom widget

In this section you will build a control for your Sitefinity CMS application as a custom control. You will build the NewsRotator control, which loads a set of news items, display basic details and rotate them in a slideshow manner.

NOTE:  For more information about user and custom controls, see NewsRotator widget: Set up your work environment.

NOTE: This tutorial outlines only the main concepts of creating a control. You can find a full code sample for the NewsRotator control in our Github repository.