To start creating content in your project, you need what we call a content item. In this lesson, you’ll discover the nature, structure, and life cycle of content items.
What is a content item?
Content items represent individual pieces of content such as a blog post, product update, or case study. For example, if you have a blog section on your product website, each post would be one content item.Aside from text, content items can contain images, PDFs, or even other content items. You’ll learn about your creative options in the learning paths further down the lane.
Structure of content items
Every content item has a predefined structure. Various content items can have different structures.Depending on your goal with the content you’re about to create, you choose an appropriate template to give the new content item the proper structure.In Kontent.ai, these templates are called content types, and they specify the structure of content items based on the content model your managers have created.For example, a blog post would have an introduction, a main body with some images, related posts, and an author. Authors would be represented by other content items of the Authorcontent type, including a name, the person’s bio, and a photo.
Life of a content item
Every content item has a lifecycle defined by what we call a workflow. Workflows consist of multiple steps, and content items transition from one step to another. Some common workflow steps could be Draft, Review, and Published.Your managers can set up workflows to make them suit your team’s way of working with content – add as many steps as needed, name them, and define who can work with what steps.The only steps always present in every workflow are Scheduled, Published, and Archived.
A peek inside a content item
In this video, you’ll get a quick high-level overview of the different sections available when editing a content item.
Status bar
The Status bar is a handy place to find your way around, to quickly navigate to a different content item, project, or content item variant.
Sidebar
The sidebar contains valuable information about the content item:
Information on collaboration, such as tasks, contributors, notes, or last change date
The content item’s current version and workflow information
The content type and collection of the content item
Other content items that link to the item you’re viewing
Quick actions toolbar
The following is an overview of the Quick actions toolbar used to quickly access frequently used content actions, such as changing the item’s workflow step, notes, or displaying content preview.
Editing area
This video covers the main editing area of a content item with a focus on common functionality available in any content model.
What's next?
How to find your content
Find your content quickly by using the Kontent.ai search and filtering options. Learn about the different ways of navigating your content even when you have lots of it.
Depending on the content requirements of your organization, there may be multiple different workflows in your project for various types of content, such as legal, marketing, or technical.
