Projects
A project is the primary organizational unit of your content. Create multiple projects to structure your content operations better when working with multiple clients.
Explore your path to mastery- Get to know the basics of creating and setting up your first project.
- Once you have your project ready, you can migrate your project to use Web Spotlight.
Create projects
To create a blank project:- In Kontent.ai, click your initials in the bottom left corner.
- Select Projects.
- Click Create new project in the top right corner.
- In the project wizard, select Blank project.
- Enter the project name.
- Select a subscription for the project.
- Select a data center to store your data in.
- Requires a paid plan. When using the free trial plan, this option is disabled, and your data will be automatically stored in the default East US data center.
- (Optional) In the Create a clone from dropdown, select an existing project to be used as a project template.
- The list contains active projects under the Scale plan or higher
in which you’re the subscription admin.
- The list contains active projects under the Scale plan or higher
- Click Create project.
Moving a project under a different subscriptionSubscription admins of both the original and the target subscriptions can move a project between subscriptions using project cloning.Create a sample project
- In Kontent.ai, click your initials in the bottom left corner.
- Select Projects.
- Click Create new project.
- Choose which sample project you want.
- With the Kickstart sample project, you will learn to create a healthcare landing page through practical exercises and video instructions.
- With the Multi-site sample project, you get a preconfigured multi-brand sample project showcasing complex content structures and advanced functionality.
- Click Next step.
- Enter the project name.
- Select a subscription for the project.
- Click Create project.
Rename projects
Need to change a project name? If you’re a subscription admin, you can rename the project by going to
Project settings > General > Project name.
The changes are saved automatically.
Archive projects
Only subscription admins can archive projects. When you archive a project, its content cannot be accessed anymore, and all APIs for that project are disabled. Here’s a list of the most important things that are disabled after archiving:- Delivery API – This may break live applications that retrieve content from the project.
- Active users – All project contributors will be deactivated and lose access to the project content. They won’t count as active users unless they are active in other projects.
Assets and content items in archived projects don’t count toward your usage.- In Kontent.ai, click your initials in the bottom left corner.
- Select Projects.
- For the project you want to archive, click
. - Select Archive.
Restore projects
- In Kontent.ai, click your initials in the bottom left corner.
- Select Projects.
- Select the Archived tab.
- For the project you want to restore, click Restore project.
Clone projects
Cloning a project will create a new project that is a copy of the source project. You can choose whether to clone the project with its content or without it.Should you clone your project or create environments?Although project cloning and environments work similarly, they serve different purposes.
- Use environments to prepare changes in a safe space before going into production. Your developers then take care of propagating those changes to production.
- Use project cloning to create new standalone projects for content creation. For example, if you want to run projects based on a similar content model but with slightly different content.
- In Kontent.ai, click your initials in the bottom left corner.
- Select Projects.
- For the project you want to duplicate, click .
- Click Clone project.
- Enter the project name.
- Select a subscription for the project.
- Consider your subscription limitations for the maximum number of roles and languages that can be included in the plan.
- Select a data center for your data.
- (Optional) If you want to exclude content items and assets, clear the Include content items and assets checkbox.
- Click Clone project.
Avoid changes during copyingMaking changes to the source project while it is being copied could negatively impact the clone. Please wait to make changes until the cloning is completed.
Considerations
There are a few things to keep in mind when creating a project copy:- The time to clone your project mainly depends on the number of content item variants and their version history. For example, 40,000 item variants might take about an hour.
- Once the project content is cloned, you can work with the project in Kontent.ai while the Delivery API data is being set up.
- We recommend not using the Delivery API on the cloned project while its content is being prepared because you might get incomplete data.
What gets copied
- Always included:
- Content types
- Content type snippets
- Spaces
- Preview URLs
- Taxonomy
- Languages
- Roles
- Workflow
- Users (only subscription admins)
- Collections
- Optionally included when you select Include content items and assets:
- Content items (including localized variants)
- Assets
- Contributor assignments (only subscription admins)
- Due dates
- Comments (author names and mentions of users who aren't subscription admins will change to Unknown user)
- Notes
- Never included:
- Revisions of content items (only the published and latest versions are cloned)
- Tasks
- Environments
Create projects based on a templateAnother way to clone a project is to use it as a template when you’re creating a new project. This may come in handy if you’re an agency and create projects for your clients based on one prepared content model, for instance.
In Projects, click Create new project and select an existing project as a template. The rest is the same as with cloning a project.Moving a project under a different subscriptionSubscription admins of both the original and the target subscriptions can move a project between subscriptions using project cloning.