August 2013

Content Types

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CONTENTS

I. Concepts & Terminology

II. Step by Step

III. Roadmap

CONCEPTS & TERMINOLOGY

� A web site displays basic pieces of information :

– text

– office documents : pdf, office, open-office, …

– digital assets: images, videos, audios, animations, …

� Theses pieces of information are grouped into structured contents :

– Article: Title, abstract, body, image, ...

– News: Title, abstract, body, date, document ...

– Event: Title, abstract, body, start date, end date, video, ...

But also: Recipe, Job, Classified Ad, ...

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CONCEPTS & TERMINOLOGY

� This structure makes it possible to implement a fundamental concept of content management: the division between substance (ie. the datas) and format (ie. their display in pages).

� The same content, for example a recipe (see next page), can be displayed in several templates, such as a summary mode in a search result or a more detailed mode with the full recipe.It also makes it possible to get different layouts on a PC screen, a tablet or a smartphone.

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CONCEPTS & TERMINOLOGY

� Different templates for the same content:

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CONCEPTS & TERMINOLOGY

� In Rubedo, each data structure is a called a “Content Type”

� Content Types are built on typed fields: Text, Rich Text, Rating, Slider, Number, Media, External Media, Date, Time, Color, Link on page ...

� A type of field is:

– An input field:

– A default graphic layout, which can be overwritten

� For each field in a content type, many parameters can be set: label, default, tooltip to help users, controls, indexed for search ...

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CONCEPTS & TERMINOLOGY

� Once the content type has been set, it is important to define how to distinguish the contents from each other within the same content type.

� In Rubedo, taxonomy is used to make multi-dimensional content classification using vocabularies. The concept of taxonomy is described in another tutorial, so it won’t be explained here, but illustrated with an example.

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CONCEPTS & TERMINOLOGY

� Content types can be tagged with terms form vocabularies to make multi-dimensional content classification

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Recipe Type- Dessert- Soup- Main Dish Difficulty

- Very easy- Easy- Difficult

Price- Very cheap- Cheap- Priceless

CONCEPTS & TERMINOLOGY

� As far as our content type Recipe is concerned, recipes may be classified on three axes, so three different vocabularies :

– the type of recipe,

– the difficulty of preparation,

– the price

� Each entry is a vocabulary term. The content “Spinach Tomato Tortellini” will be characterized by three terms : “Main Dish”, “easy” and “cheap”. Vocabularies can be arborescent (this concept is explained in the tutorial dedicated to taxonomy).

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CONCEPTS & TERMINOLOGY

� Content types can be associated to workspaces, to determine :

– who has read access (for example, for the content type “Recipe” : “everyone”) and / or writing (for example, only “chefs”)

– or where they can be displayed (on which website and in which sections)

� Content types can implement workflows if contribution and validation are dissociated

– Ex: recipes submitted by users are checked before publication

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CONCEPTS & TERMINOLOGY : SUMMARY

� Each Content belongs to a Content Type

� Content Types determine:

– structure of contents and their decomposition into fields

– controls and tooltips for help,

– vocabularies used to classify content

– its publishing workflow

– create / modify / write access

– graphics layout

� In the Content Types application in Rubedo, webmaster profiles can model and manage an unlimited number of Content Types.

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CONTENT TYPES : STEP BY STEP

� Open the menu and launch the « Content types » application

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� Create a new Content type

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CONTENT TYPES : STEP BY STEP

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� Add new fields

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Add fields one by one or by multiple adding

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� Add properties on each field

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1 -Select a field

2 – Change properties

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� Select vocabularies, applied for this content type

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CONTENT TYPES : STEP BY STEP

� The ‘Recipe’ Content type is now available for contributors.

� Webmasters can add a new ‘Content detail’ or ‘Content list’ block to a page to display the recipes.

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