Creating content items

This topic describes how to create content items in the Back Office.

Prerequisites

To start working with content items, go to Content > Content Items.

Each section contains reference information. Make sure to review it before you start, or look up the necessary information as you go through the process.

Select a content item

Follow the steps below to select a content item you want to create:

1. On the Overview of Content Items page, click Add Content Item in the top right corner of the page.
2. Select a content item type you want to create and follow the steps from the corresponding section:
   • Create a banner
   • Create an abstract product list
   • Create a product set
   • Create a file list
   • Create a navigation

To learn about the content item types, see Content item types: Module relations.

Reference information: Select a content item

On the Overview of Content Items page, you see the following:

By default, the latest created content item is displayed and sorted by the Name column on the grid of content items.

On the Overview of Content Items page, you can:

• Create a new content item.
• Sort content items by Content Item Key, Name, Content type, Created, and Updated dates.
• Filter content items using the search by Content Item Key, Name, Description, Content type, Created, and Updated dates.
• Edit a content item.

Create a banner content item

Follow the steps to create a banner:

1. On the Create Content Item: Banner page, enter Name and Description. The fields are mandatory.

2. In the Default tab, fill out the following mandatory fields:

   • Title
   • Subtitle
   • Image URL
   • Click URL
   • Alt-text

3. If needed, repeat the previous step in one or more locale-specific tabs.

4. Click Save. This takes you to the Overview of Content Items page.

Tips and tricks
On the Create Content Item: Banner page, you can do the following:

• Clear all the fields in a tab by clicking Clear locale.
• Go back to the Overview of Content Items page by clicking Back to Content Items in the top right corner.

Reference information: Create a banner content item

The following table describes the attributes on the Create Content Item: Banner page.

Create an abstract product list content item

Follow the steps to create an abstract product list:

1. On the Create Content Item: Abstract Product List page, enter Name and Description. The fields are mandatory.

2. In the Defualt tab, add products to the abstract product list as follows:

   1. In the Add more products table, click +Add to list next to the desired products.
   Verification

   The added products should appear in the table above the Add more products table.

   2. In the table above the Add more products table, sort the added products by clicking Move Down or Move Up.

3. If needed, repeat the previous step in one or more locale-specific tabs.

4. Click Save. This takes you to the Overview of Content Items page.

Tips and tricks
On the Create Content Item: Abstract Product List page, you can do the following:

• Filter the products in the Add more products table by entering a product name or SKU in the Search field.
• Clear all the fields in a tab by clicking Clear locale.
• Go back to the Overview of Content Items page by clicking Back to Content Items in the top right corner.

Reference information: Create an abstract product list content item

The following table describes the attributes on the Create Content Item: Abstract Product List page.

Create a product set content item

Follow the steps to create a product set:

1. On the Create Content Item: Product Set page, enter Name and Description. The fields are mandatory.

2. In the Defualt tab, add a product set by clicking +Add to list next to it.

   Verification

   The added product set should appear in the table above the Available Product Sets table.

3. If needed, repeat the previous step in one or more locale-specific tabs.

4. Click Save. This takes you to the Overview of Content Items page.

Tips and tricks
On the Create Content Item: Product Set page, you can do the following:

• Filter the product sets in the Available Product Sets table by entering a product set name in the Search field.
• Clear all the fields in a tab by clicking Clear locale.
• Go back to the Overview of Content Items page by clicking Back to Content Items in the top right corner.

Reference information: Create a product set content item

The following table describes the attributes on the CreateContent Item: Product Set page.

Create a file list content item

Follow the steps to create a file list:

1. On the Create Content Item: File List page, enter Name and Description. The fields are mandatory.

2. In the Default tab, add files to the file list as follows:

   1. In the Available Files table, click +Add to list next to the desired files.
   Verification

   The added files should appear in the Selected Files table.

   2. In the Selected Files table, sort the added files by clicking Move Down or Move Up.

See Content items: reference information to learn about the attributes on this page.

3. If needed, repeat the previous step in one or more locale-specific tabs.

4. Click Save. This takes you to the Overview of Content Items page.

Tips and tricks
On the Create Content Item: File List page, you can do the following:

• Filter the files in the Available Files table by entering a file name in the Search field.
• Clear all the fields in a tab by clicking Clear locale.
• Go back to the Overview of Content Items page by clicking Back to Content Items in the top right corner.

Reference information: Create a file list content item

The following table describes the attributes on the Create Content Item: File List page.

Create a navigation content item

To create a navigation content item:

1. On the Create Content Item: Navigation page, enter Name and Description.

2. In the Default tab, select a navigation from the Navigation drop-down list. See Creating navigation elements to learn about creating navigation elements.

3. If needed, repeat the previous step in one or more locale-specific tabs.

4. Click Save. This takes you to the Overview of Content Items page. You can see the message about successful content item creation. The created content item is displayed in the List of Content Items.

Reference information: Create a navigation content item

The following table describes the attributes on the Create Content Item: Navigation page.

What’s next?
The content item is created. Now, you can add it to a CMS block.

• To learn about adding content item to CMS blocks or a pages, see Adding content items to CMS pages and blocks.
• To learn about editing content items, see Editing content items.