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Content Types

Go to> Content when you need to add a new content item of these:

  • News
  • Blogs
  • Events
  • Images
  • Documents & Files
  • Jobs
  • People
  • Legislation and Bills
  • Spotlights
  • Carousels (for sponsors)
  • Researches

    These Content types are used on the homepage

    • Homepage Feature Tiles
    • Home Page Heros

     

    Page Templates available

    The template name indicates which components are present:

    • Blank = Full width. No: title, breadcrumbs, preset columns, "In This Section".
    • Interior - Blank = Yes Columns. No: preset title, breadcrumbs, "In This Section".
    • Interior - Navigations = Yes: right column and 'In This Section'. No: Title.
    • Interior - Title = Yes: title, right Column. No: "In This Section"
    • Interior - Title, Navigations = Yes: title, breadcrumbs, right column and 'In This Section'.

      Understanding Widgets

      Sitefinity comes with many widgets. Many are custom styled for your use as part of the content plan. The others would need additional budget/effort to style them. This list will demonstrate which are which.

      Content Widgets

      • Blog
      • Blog posts (to list blog posts)
      • Card- can use 'as is', No additional styling or work is planned.
      • Comments- not being used
      • Reviews- not being used
      • Content Block
      • Events (to list Events)
      • Calendar- can use 'as is', No additional styling or work is planned
      • Form
      • List- not being used
      • Documents List- can use 'as is', Recommend use Content block.
      • Video- not being used. Recommend to embed YouTube or Vimeo code in content blocks.
      • Video Gallery- not being used
      • Document Link
      • Image- can use 'as is', Makes it easy to set an image as a link. No additional styling or work is planned.
      • Image Gallery - not being used
      • News- (to list News items)
      • Feed- not being used

      RD

      • Related Content. This is a custom widget. Additional styling can be achieved in future development cycles.

      Custom Content

      These are list widgets for the custom Content types.

      • Jobs
      • People
      • Legislation and Bills
      • Spotlights
      • Homepage Feature Tiles
      • Carousels
      • Researches
      • Home Page Heros

      Reminder about using List Widgets

      Use edit to adjust all three tabs of settings:

      1. Content - set which items to list (usually based on date or category)
      2. List - set how many items, which list template, and how to Sort (usually by publish date or title)
      3. Single item - set this to the specific Detail page built for your site

       

      Advanced Page Builder

      Use Layout widgets to enhance the layout of the page.

      • Layout is also where you can change the entire Template. Warning! Changing the template may result in needing to do some rebuilding of your page. We recommend choose the template before adding content widgets and other layouts.
      • Layout has the ability to set  1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 columns. Use Edit to change the widths.
      • Layout has RD columns, with the preset narrower side column.
      • Horizontal Vertical Tabs and Accordion allows you to add those features to the page.

      And remember the Style Guide has even more HTML options to make web pages more visually appealing!

      Prerequisite videos

      Video 1: [7:22 minutes] Login, Sitefinity Licenses, and Navigating in the CMS Sitefinity

      Video 2: [5:49 minutes] Content Re-usability.
      See examples of how a content item is entered once, and is displayed on several lists: Events are shown on the homepage, Events list, and on the Volunteer page. News items are shown on separate audience lists. Enter a news story and add categories.
      See the admin area of Sitefinity to create a content item by entering the information to fields and adding a category of 'volunteer'. See how the item now shows on the homepage, events list, and volunteer page.

      Video 3: [9:25 minutes] Pages vs Content items. Pages differ from Content Types in these main ways:
      A. Choosing where information shows: Pages are added to specific areas in the navigation. And although Lists of content items are added to specific pages, the individual content items are listed on pages (not listed in navigation).
      B. How information is entered and how information is displayed. Pages have much flexibility. See the editing of a page and changing the layout to include 3 columns. See the different widgets available for page builds. But Content items are stamped into their templates to give a uniform display. See examples of those different display templates. See the editing of a content item's fields.

      Training Sessions

      Session 1. July 7, 2021: Content Contributor

      Session 2. July 8, 2021: Page Editor, Page Creator

      Session 3. July 12, 2021:  Advanced Page Creator, Administrator

      Training Objectives, per role

      Content Contributor
      • Learn about specific Content Types created
      • Find, Edit, and Create Content items
      • Use the WYSIWYG editor for styles, bullets, links, and files
      • Use the WYSIWYG editor for inserting images
      • Set publish and unpublish dates for items
      • Manage Categories. Tip: Keep Categories 2 levels (Parent with child.)
      • Manage Files and Images
      • Resize Images using the Sitefinity Tools
      Page Editor
      • Introduction to the Pages area and group folders
      • Use search to find a specific page
      • Edit content in content blocks on pages
      • Use the WYSIWYG editor for styles, bullets, links, and files
      • Advanced WYSIWYG: inserting images and HTML view
      • Use page Revision history
      • Edit a content List widget to change the category filter
      • Create new pages using Duplicate
      • Use Title & Properties to change the title, URL, and SEO description
      • Use Title & Properties to add Additional URLS (short URLs)
      Page Creator
      • Manage website navigation
      • Use Content widgets on the pages
      • Manage Content List Settings
      • Create Forms and drag form widgets to pages
      • Create and use Shared content blocks in pages
      • Use Permissions on Content blocks for content restricted to ‘Members’
      Advanced Page Creator
      • Create new pages, choosing a template
      • Use Layout options on the pages
      • Managing the homepage elements
      • Managing security for redirects
      Administrator
      • Manage Users
      • Use the Admin tools for 404 redirects