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Components

You define all content in the Content Manager in Components. To ensure that content is consistent, the Content Manager bases all content on Schemas. Schemas define fields and field types for specific types of content.

For example, you may need to create a press release. Your SDL Web system administrator created a Schema that defines what types of content the press release can contain. This example Schema may contain the following fields:

Field nameDescription
Titlea text field in which you type text
Summarya text field in which you type text
Datea date selection field
Bodya text field in which you can type and format text
Company Informationa Component Link field in which you select an existing Component that contains company information
Logoa multimedia link field in which you can link to an existing Multimedia Component that contains an image

You enter content into these predefined fields, and thereby ensure that all press releases have consistent structure and content types. This section describes how to create and use Components in the Content Manager Explorer. Multimedia content is saved in multimedia Components. For information about multimedia Components, see Multimedia Components.