A project is the primary organizational unit of your content. Create multiple projects to structure your content operations better when working with multiple clients.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
To archive a project:
In Kontent.ai, click your initials in the bottom left corner.
Select Projects.
For the project you want to archive, click .
Select Archive.
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.
After restoring, make sure you activate contributors who were invited to the project so they can start working on the content again.
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.
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.
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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.
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
You can delete a project if you don’t need one anymore. It’s useful to clean up the growing list of archived projects if you’re, for example, experimenting with different content models.
When you delete a project, all its content, settings, and languages are deleted, and all users lose access to it. This action is irreversible.
To delete a project, follow the instructions for archiving projects, but click Delete instead of Archive in step 3. Then enter the name of the project you’re about to delete and click Delete project.
Click Next step.
Enter the project name.
Select a subscription for the project.
Click Create project.
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(Optional) If you want to exclude content items and assets, clear the Include content items and assets checkbox.
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.
Assets and content items in archived projects don’t count toward your usage.
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 a new project for independent channels with different models and no shared content. For example, a new standalone mobile app with a different structure and content strategy than your website.
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.
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.
Jan Cerman
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