1. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR MINNESOTA GOVERNMENT Steve Klaus steve.klaus@state.mn.us Tridion Content Management System Quick Start

2. 2 The Content Manager runs in a familiar web browser. You will use the Content Manager to:  create  edit  organize  publish content

3. 3  Content is created separately from design elements, then combined to create publishable Pages  Teams in your organization can concentrate on appropriate roles (Content creators, designers, developers)

4. 4  Content is reusable, yet maintained in one place  All versions of content components and pages are saved

5. 5  Authors create and edit content  cannot publish  Editors create and edit content and pages  can publish only to the Staging Server  Approvers create, edit, and delete content and pages  can publish to both the Staging & the Live Server  first point of contact for all local Authors and Editors

6. 6 Component Page Template Page CREATE SELECT Site Template Component Component Template Schema ContentWeb Pages

7. 7 Defines structure of your content This one is a News Article Enter your content into a component Based on the schema you choose FAQ, Image Rotator, Blog, etc. Title: Summary: Body: Image: Author: Date: Title: Summary: Body: Image: Author: Date: Daffy Voted Top Duck! Donald fumes Millions of votes … daffy.jpg Elmer Fudd 12/12/13 Component Schema CREATE SELECT Page When you create pages, you will add one or more components to each page

8. 8 Title Author PageLayout Header Daffy Voted Top Duck! Donald fumes Millions of votes have been counted and Daffy comes out on top. Donald demands a recount. by Elmer Fudd Component Template Page Template Page CREATE SELECT Site Template Header Footer Branding & Navigation Footer Left Nav Component Title: Summary: Body: Image: Author: Date: Title: Summary: Body: Image: Author: Date: Daffy Voted Top Duck! Donald fumes Millions of votes … daffy.jpg Elmer Fudd 12/12/13

9. 9 Content Management  Create folders  Create a new General Content Component  Create a new Multimedia Component  Edit content – add image  Edit content – add hyperlink to work document

10. 10  Folders in Tridion are much like folders in Windows  A way to organize your content in the Tridion CMS  Folders contain  Content components  Multimedia components  Content folders will typically mirror your structure groups

11. 11 Website Management  Create structure groups  Assemble a page  Metadata  Adding components  Publish the page to stage  Updating the navigation

12. 12  Structure Groups  organize pages  provide a URL structure for pages  Each Structure Group represents a separate (sub)section of the resulting web site  Pages can be added to each level of a Structure Group and then publish either the entire Structure Group or parts of the Structure Group