Creating content

Creating content for the site is quite easy. Once that the "Content Type" you want to add is selected, you'll be carried to a data-entry form, where you'll have to fill some fields. Some of the tasks to fulfill are common, and other are quite specific for every content type.

Just to explain some concepts on what really is "Creating content". What you're are creating is a node. And every node has a workflow. This didn't help much, but we are entering into it right now. The workflow is the different stages that a node can have. To set things more clear. When you create a node, the last part of the creating form is always the same:

If a node is submitted but not published, the node is not public, and the information shall be available only for the user that has created the node. This is useful when you haven't finished it or when you want somebody else to revise it before going public. What's more, all of the nodes created but not published are listed here.

Set clear that if a node is not published, it shall not be found and therefore listed by any of the tools in the site. Once the content has been published, it's available in the site for the different tools, as listings, filters, etc.

The other three options are easier, and with almost no use for us.

  • "Promoted to front page" means that the node shall be listed in the "Home" page.
  • "Sticky..." shall make it appear in the top of the listings that it's included.
  • And "Create new revision" allows to modify a published node and let the system to keep track of all the versions of the node, showing differences among nodes if requested.