SDL Tridion Basics
- Zachary Restifo
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
How SDL Tridion will look on your screen after signing in
How your website will look and be organized in SDL Tridion
The difference between the Building Blocks folder and the Root folder
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).
For information on where Publications can be found in Tridion and how they work, visit these instructions:
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:
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:
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.