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Items affected by BluePrinting

Performing actions on a BluePrint item may affect other Publications in the BluePrint due the relationship between BluePrint Publications.

Items shared in a BluePrint
The following Content Manager items are shared from Parent Publications to Child Publications.
  • Folders and Structure Groups that define how content is organized
  • Schemas, Components and Pages that define content
  • Component Templates, Page Templates and Template Building Blocks that define the look-and-feel and behavior of content (when using template-based publishing)
  • Target Groups that define types of users (for personalization)
  • Process Definitions that define Workflow
  • Categories and Keywords used for classification and metadata
  • Search Folders that contain search results
Actions affecting items in a BluePrint
The following table describes the general rules that apply when performing certain actions on an item in a BluePrint:
ActionGeneral rule
createAn item created in a Publication is a local item. If the Publication is a Parent Publication, this item is shared to any Child Publications. You can create a local item in a Parent or in a Child.
editYou can edit local items or local copies. Any changes made to these items are shared to Child Publications unless the Child Publication contains local copies of these items.
cut/pasteYou can cut and paste any local item within a Publication. You cannot cut and paste between Publications. You must have write and delete permissions to cut and paste an item.
copy/pasteYou can copy and paste any local item within a Publication.
deleteYou can only delete unused local items.
localizeYou can create a local copy (localize) any shared item in a Publication. This permits you to edit the item.
unlocalizeYou can unlocalize a local copy to use the original shared item.
publishYou can publish a Component, Page, Structure Group, Folder or Publication.
unpublishYou can unpublish a Component, Page, Structure Group, Folder or Publication to remove the item from the published website.