SDL Tridion Basics

Grasping how SDL Tridion 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 looks in your browser.

What You Will Learn

1. How SDL Tridion will look on your screen after signing in

2. How your website will look and be organized in SDL Tridion

3. The difference between the Building Blocks folder and the Root folder

4. Where components are built and where pages are built

Table of Contents

Summary

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

Publications

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

Development Pane

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

Folders in Tridion

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

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.