Create and delete content items

Create a content item

Before you start creating new content, ask yourself if you need a completely new item, or if you'd rather copy something you already have in your project.

1. In Content & assets, click Create new in the upper right corner.
2. If collections are available to you, select one for the new content item.
3. Select a content type.
4. If multiple workflows are available, select one for the new item.
5. Click Create.
6. Type a name for the new content item.

And that’s it! Your new content item is now created. Each change you make is saved automatically. The name you’ve given to your item serves as the item's identifier in Kontent.ai. And because the content item name is shared across all your item's variants, you can find your item in any language.

Create localized content

If you’re part of an international team and you’re creating content in different languages, you might want to look into language variants. Language variants represent different versions of your content for different languages and regions. For example, you might have a single blog post translated into English, Spanish, and French.

Duplicate content items

Sometimes, you might find yourself in a situation where you need a slightly different version of the same content item. Maybe you’re A/B testing your landing page and want to change a thing or two to see which version is more appealing to your visitors. Or, you’re putting together a new job advertisement for the same job position but in a different local branch.

1. In Content & assets, open the item you want to duplicate.
2. Click More actions in the upper-right corner.
3. Choose Duplicate.
4. Choose Including content.

A duplicate of your content item named “Item_name (copy)” is automatically created in the project. Your new duplicate contains elements, components, and linked content of the original content item. The version history, contributors, comments, and due date don't get copied. If you have several language variants of the content item, all of them get duplicated as well.

Duplicate empty content items

If instead of Including content you choose Empty, you create a blank copy. This is the same as creating a new content item of the same type.  Make sure to name your new item so you can easily find it in your project. 

Create content for your website

When using Web Spotlight, your website’s content is organized in the page tree for easy navigation.

1. In Web Spotlight, select a page for which you want to create content.
2. Switch to the Editor tab.
3. In Content, specify a content item that should be displayed on this page.
   • If there’s no Content, you might need to look for a different name, depending on how your project admins set it up.

In the following sections, you’ll get more familiar with what content items have to offer and how to use them to your benefit. To manage your website using Web Spotlight, learn how to add web pages and manage your content.

Delete content and set content expiration

You can delete content items individually while you are in the process of editing a content item, or you can delete content items in bulk from the content list. If a content item has variants created for multiple languages, you can only delete the variant for one given language at a time, and the item will return to a Not translated status. To delete a specific content item from your project, open the item for editing and click More actions > Delete. Deleted content items can be immediately restored by clicking the Undo button. Content items that have been deleted for a longer period of time cannot be restored. To delete more content items from your project:

1. In  Content & assets, select content items using the checkboxes next to their names.
2. Click .
3. Choose Delete.

The selected content items are now deleted.