Content Comparison

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• There are two categories of components: Standard and Multimedia.

• Depending on the Schema that you select for your component, different fields will populate and dictate what kind of information the component contains.

The following instructions will provide information on adding components to a page.

What You Will Learn

• The relationship between components and pages.

• The difference between standard and multimedia components.

• How to start building components.

Table of Contents

Standard Components

Standard Components generally present you with a set series of text fields and options to be filled out with information to display on your site.

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1. Name: Enter an appropriate name for your component, such as "Home Page Landing" or "About Us Intro" to help identify what the component is for when you build your page.

   • This name will not appear anywhere on your website, so it should be as specific as possible.

2. Schema: Depending on the schema you select from the drop down menu (highlighted in yellow above), fields for information specific to that schema's use will appear.

   • The Content schema is the most widely used schema since it is a text component which you can also add images to.

   • Instructions for specific schemas and their uses can be found in the Tridion Schemas and Templates section.

3. Fill out the fields of the component.

4. When you're done editing, in the Home tab click Save & Close (highlighted in blue above).

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1. Only two fields will appear: Name and Schema.

   • Name: Enter an appropriate name for your document or image, such as "Faculty Guidelines 2012-2013" or "Surgeon OR Photo" to help identify what the component is for.

     • This name will not appear anywhere on your website, so it should be as specific as possible.

   • Schema: Unlike a standard component, which will change the types of fields that are available, the schema for multimedia components just determines the type of file you're uploading.

     • Select Image or Document.

2. Once you select Image or Document, you will see two dropdown menus: Multimedia type and Resource type.

   • You can ignore these fields, Tridion will automatically detect what kind of image or document you're uploading.

3. Click Load from Disk...

4. In the window that opens, find the image or document you'd like to upload.

5. Click Open.

6. Click Save & Close.

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