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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 Web sites:

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
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 Web site content and add functionality
Layer 3
The translation layer which contains the translated Folders and Components
Layer 4
The Web site master layer in which you define your Web site Structure 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 which 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 which contains country Web sites in the primary language and the .COM Web site. Here you add local content specific to each country
Layer 7
The Country Web site layer which contains country Web sites in the secondary language. It inherits global content from Level 5, and local content from Level 6