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Grasping how SDL Tridion Beatrix organizes websites along with their pages and content will make for a smoother transition into actual site building. This section is not intended to teach you how to build or edit sites just yet, but rather provide an overview of how Tridion Beatrix looks in your browser.

What You Will Learn

  1. How

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  1. Beatrix will look on your screen after signing in

  2. How your website will look and be organized in

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  1. Beatrix CMS

  2. The difference between the

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  1. Content folder and the Root folder

  2. Where

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  1. content items are built and where pages are built

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Summary

Think of pages as blank canvases for content. You will build your site by adding components content items to new or existing pages in the desired section of your site. Understanding the distinction between pages and components content items is essential for using TridionBeatrix CMS.

Publications

Publications, which represent websites, are listed in the left column of SDL Tridion (the Publication list).

For information on where Publications can be found in Tridion and how they work, visit these instructions:Publications

Introduction to Beatrix CMSPublications

Development Pane

The Tridion Development Pane is the main “viewing” window of the Tridion interface.

For information on how Tridion’s Development Pane looks in your browser, visit these instructions:

Development Introduction to Beatrix CMSDevelopment Pane

Folders in Tridion

There are two main Folders in which Tridion work is done: Building Blocks and Root.

For an introduction to the two main Folders of Tridion, their differences, and when to use each of them, visit these instructions:Folders in Tridion

Introduction to Beatrix CMSFolders in Beatrix CMS

Creating a new YSM website publication in Tridion

Publications represent websites in Tridion, so if you want to create an entirely new website, it starts with creating a new Publication in Tridion.

For information on Creating a new YSM website publication in Tridion, visit these instructions:

Creating a new YSM website publication in TridionBeatrix CMS