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Creating a Structure Group

You create a Structure Group to organize Pages in a Publication and create a URL structure used in a website. You can add metadata to a Structure Group and create Workflow associations so that Pages created in the Structure Group follow the specified Workflow Process

Before you begin

  • To create a Structure Group, you must have Structure Group Management rights and Write Permissions for the containing Structure Group.
  • To add a Workflow association to the Structure Group, you must also have Workflow Management rights.

About this task

A Structure Group may use the following items:

  • A metadata Schema, to add metadata values to the Structure Group
  • A Workflow Process Definition, to create a Workflow Association to add to the Structure Group.

Procedure

  1. To create a Structure Group, navigate to the Structure Group in which you want to create a new Structure Group.
  2. In the Create tab of the Ribbon, click the New Structure Group button.

    A New Structure Group window appears.

  3. On the General tab, fill in the following fields:
    • Name — type the Name of the Structure Group as it will appear in Content Manager Explorer
    • Directory — type the name of the website URL to which Pages created in this Structure Group will be published. If this is a root Structure Group, this field is optional.
    • Publishable — uncheck this option if you do not want the Content Manager to publish this Structure Group or nested Structure Groups
    • Default Page Template — select a default Page Template or select Inherit from Parent
  4. (Optional) To add metadata to this Structure Group, select a Metadata schema and fill in metadata fields are required.
  5. If you want to specify that a Page in this Structure Group must enter a Workflow Process whenever a user creates such a Page, in the Workflow tab, select a value for Associated Page Process.
  6. If you want to specify that all Pages in this Structure Group must be part of a Bundle, in the Workflow tab, select When a user creates or modifies a Page in this Structure Group, the Page must be in a Bundle. By selecting a value for Preferred Workflow Process for this Bundle, you can make Bundles with that Workflow Process more prominent for the user.
  7. Click the Save and close button on the Home tab of the Ribbon.

Results

The Content Manager creates a Structure Group.

You can create Pages and other Structure Groups within this Structure Group. If you set the Structure Group to Publishable, the Content Manager publishes Pages in this Structure Group to the Structure Group Directory specified.