BluePrint design
The design of a BluePrint incorporates different levels of Publications in order to clearly separate, organize, and layer your Publications according to their content, functionality, or use.
The more generic the content, the higher up in the BluePrint you need to add it so that it is shared to child Publications; the more specific the content, the lower down you need add it. In the following BluePrint, different sorts of content are created at different Publication levels and shared down the BluePrint hierarchy where that are combined into web content which you published in your websites:
The BluePrint contains the following layers:
- Layer 0
- The scalability layer contains one Publication to allow the possibility of extending your BluePrint at a high-level if needed (future-proofing).
- Layer 1
- The functionality layer contains a single Publication where you define your Schemas, Categories and Keywords.
- Layer 2
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The global content and design master layer contains:
- a Publication where you create your global content (Components) organized into Folders.
- a Publication where you create your templates used to visualize website content and add functionality.
- Layer 3
- The translation layer contains the translated Folders and Components.
- Layer 4
- The Web site master layer contains your website Structure Groups and Pages in the master language. The Publication inherits global content and layout from Publications in layer 2.
- Layer 5
- The Web site translation layer combines all the translated content contained in Components and Folders inherited from Layer 3, with Structure Groups and Pages inherited and translated from Layer 4.
- Layer 6
- The Country and .COM Web site layer contains country websites in the primary language and the .COM website. Here you add local content specific to each country.
- Layer 7
- The Country Web site layer contains country websites in the secondary language. It inherits global content from Level 5, and local content from Level 6.