Content Manager features
Implement Content Manager features so that end-users can create, assemble, and publish content.
The following clickable diagram shows the core features of the Content Manager that you can create using the various Content Manager clients:
The following sections describe Content Manager features:
- Organizational items
- Publications are the main organizational unit in the Content Manager. Publications group content and layout. You organize Publications in a BluePrint hierarchy in which Child Publications share content and organizational items from Parent Publications. In a Publication, Folders organize content (the Building Blocks of a Web site), Structure Groups organize Pages (Web content), and Categories and Keywords define taxonomies.
- Content Manager items
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Implementing the Content Manager requires you to design and create the following Content Manager items so that end-users can create, assemble, and publish content:
- Schemas to define the structure of content
- Metadata Schemas to define content metadata
- Categories and Keywords to create taxonomies (hierarchies of Keywords) which are used to classify content (list values in Components and metadata).
- Page Templates and Component Templates that are used to turn content that is created and managed in the Content Manager into publishable content.
- Publishing
- Implementing Publishing in the Content Manager involves creating Publication Targets which define the information required to publish content using different protocols and Target Types which specify a user-friendly name for one or more Publication Targets.
- Authorizing users
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Use User and Group rights and permissions to give users access to the items and actions they need to perform:
- Adding users—you can add Content Manager users from your existing Windows Domain (Active Directory) and from LDAP directories.
- User Groups—you can use groups to create general categories of users who need to perform similar tasks and then grant users and groups access to specific Publications.
- Rights—you can assign users and groups specific rights, which allow the user to work with specific types of content.
- Permissions—permissions affect the contents of a Folder, Structure Group or Category: you set permissions on these items to allow users to perform specific actions on items contained, provided they have the necessary rights.
- Workflow
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Workflow ensures that tasks on a content item follow a specific flow of activities. Define Workflow Processes in Visio Workflow Designer and apply them to the creation and use of Components, Templates, and Pages.