Content Blocks are pieces of information, such as text, links, media, or widgets that are displayed on a page.
Depending on the TemplateSchema that you select for your component, different fields will populate and dictate what kind of information the content item contains.
The following instructions will provide information on adding content items to a page.
What You Will Learn
The relationship between content and pages.
The difference between standard and multimedia components.
How to start building components.
Instructions for how to create specific content types can be found in these instructions:
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Standard Components
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Creating Content Blocks
Content blocks generally present you with a set series of text fields and options to be filled out with information to display on your site.
To create a standard componentcontent block:
Open the Building BlocksContent folder of your publication, and navigate to an appropriate folder to create the new componentitem.
Usually, this will be a folder with the same name as the section of the site you are adding it to.
In the Create tab (highlighted in yellow below), click the top portion of the New Component button (highlighted in blue below).
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Adding a new Component.
A new tab in your browser will automatically appear so you can enter information about the Component (shown below):
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After selecting new component, a new tab/window will appear. In the schema menu, you select the type of component you want to create (highlighted in yellow). The fields will populate automatically.
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Click either on “Create New Content” which will prompt you to select a parent folder or “Create Content in Folder” (see red below).
You will be prompted to name the content item and select a Schema type:
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.
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 Schemas and Templates section.
Fill out the fields of the component.
When you're done editing,
Save & Close(highlighted in blue above)click
Update.
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Multimedia Components
In Tridion, Multimedia Components refer to image and document files.
Multimedia components are in a different category than standard components because they are used to upload a file to Tridion, rather than just fill out information fields.
To create a multimedia component:
Find an appropriate folder in Building Blocks to create the component.
Most publications contain "Image" and "Document" folders which hold all of the images or documents for the site in one place.
In the Create tab (highlighted in yellow below), click the bottom portion of the New Component button (highlighted in blue below).
Select New Multimedia Component from the drop down menu (highlighted in green below).
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A new tab in your browser will automatically appear so you can enter information about the Multimedia Component (shown below):
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When selecting New Multimedia Component a new tab/window will appear. In the schema drop down menu, you will select the type of file you're uploading into Tridion (yellow).
Only two fields will appear: Name and Schema.
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This name will not appear anywhere on your website, so it should be as specific as possible.
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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.
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ImageorDocument.
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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.
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Click Load from Disk...
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In the window that opens, find the image or document you'd like to upload.
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Click Open.
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Click Save & Close.
Instructional Video
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