Web site building blocks
The main building blocks used to create Web sites are Schemas, Components, Component Templates, Pages, and Page Templates.
The following diagram shows the relationship between the main Web site building blocks:
The Content Manager allows you to create content and layout items separately and then to combine these items to create publishable Pages. As a result, teams in your organization can accomplish what they do best. For example, authors can create content, designers can design the look-and-feel of Pages, and editors can determine what content is published where. Depending upon your role in your organization, you may participate in creating or using any of these building blocks.
- Schemas
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Schemas define the structure of content and determine the type of content that authors can create. For example, a Schema called "Press Release" could define the following fields:
- Headline
- Date
- Summary
- Body
- Components
- Components based on this Schema share the structure defined by the Schema. Components are text or multimedia content based on Schemas. In the Content Manager Explorer, Components are often displayed as forms that content authors can fill in.
- Component Templates
- Component Templates display the contents of a Component using scripting and HTML formatting.
- Component Presentations
- Component Presentations combine a Component (content) with a Component Template (design). These Component Presentations are defined on a Page.
- Page Templates
- Page Templates determine which Component Presentations a Page displays and determines the overall layout of the Page. Also, a Page Template often determines the branding (the look-and-feel) of the Page.
- Pages
- Pages combine a Page Template and one or more Component Presentations.
Depending upon your role in your organization, you may participate in creating or using any of these building blocks.