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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
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
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

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.