Content Manager implementation
Content Manager features encompass the Content Manager items you need to create and secure so that end-users can create, assemble, and publish content.
- Publications
Publications, the main organizational units in Content Manager, group content and layout items that represent the building blocks of a Web site. A Publication's organizational structure and security model let you create and organize content. You can create a hierarchy of Publications, a BluePrint, in which Publications share content. - Setting up Site Types for the Site Wizard
Set up the Site Wizard to enable users to create a new site quickly without having to run PowerShell scripts. In the Site Wizard, users combine one BluePrint Publication (the Site Type) with another BluePrint Publication (the Content Publication). You need to map each Site Type to a Web application on the delivery side. - BluePrinting
A BluePrint is a hierarchy of Publications in which Parent Publications share content to Child Publications. Child Publications can contain: shared content from a Parent Publication, localized content, and local content. - Schemas
Schemas define the structure of content and metadata. - Metadata
Metadata is data about data. You can use metadata, for example, to enhance Web site indexing or enable Users to change the behavior of templates without having to modify template code. - Categories and Keywords
Categories and Keywords define taxonomies which are used to classify content (list values in Components and metadata): a Category is a general classification defining the root of a taxonomy and a Keyword defines a value within the taxonomy hierarchy. - Virtual Folders
A Virtual Folder is an item that can contain different types of content items located in different locations in Content Manager. - Bundles
Bundles are containers for items in different locations for collective workflow processing or other collective use. End users can work with Bundles in the Content Manager Explorer user interface, but you can also work with Bundles programmatically using the Core Service or the TOM.NET API. - Workflow
Implement Workflow to apply workflow to the creation and use of Components, Templates, and Pages. Workflow is the movement of tasks through a work process. Workflow ensures that specific individuals perform activities in a specific sequence. - Configuring the SDL Tridion Sites user interfaces
You can configured the contents of the Sites slide-out navigation screen, accessible from both Content Manager Explorer and Experience Manager. You can also add Custom Pages to SDL Tridion Sites. Beyond these basic changes, you can also extend the user interfaces. - Purging and reindexing data
SDL Tridion Sites exposes a number of Windows PowerShell commands for purging or reindexing data in the Content Manager database. Use these commands to maintain your search index, and to prevent your Content Manager database from filling up. - Users and Groups
In the Content Manager, you create Users and User Groups. Then you grant them access to the items and actions they need to perform by setting rights and permissions. - Business Process Types
A Business Process Type is a collection of configuration settings describing how your organization works with its content, both before and during publishing. - Content configuration
System administrators can define system fonts, Multimedia Types, and Format Area configurations for use in all Content Manager Publications. - Device Preview
Device Preview allows you to preview and edit content in Experience Manager as it is displayed in a handheld device such as a mobile, smartphone, or tablet. - Content Manager extension points
Content Manager extension points are the APIs you can use to implement Content Manager functionality: you can use the TOM.NET API for developing templating and Event Handler and Workflow, the Content Manager Explorer extension API to add custom controls and behavior to the GUI, and the Core Service API to interact with the Content Manager from a third-party application or third-party GUI.