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Grasping how 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 Beatrix looks in your browser.

What You Will Learn

  1. How Beatrix will look on your screen after signing in

  2. How your website will look and be organized in Beatrix CMS

  3. The difference between the Content folder and the Root folder

  4. Where 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 content items to new or existing pages in the desired section of your site. Understanding the distinction between pages and content items is essential for using Beatrix 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:

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:

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:

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 Beatrix CMS

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