Tutorial : In Rubedo, each data structure is a called a “Content Type” Content Types are built on typed fields: Text, Rich Text, Rating, Slider, Number, Media, External Media, Date, Time, Color, Link on page ...

1. August 2013
Content Types
Version 1,2,2

2. Rubedo Content types
CONTENTS
I. Concepts & Terminology
II. Step by Step
III. Roadmap

3. CONCEPTS & TERMINOLOGY
A web site displays basic pieces of information :
– text
– office documents : pdf, office, open-office, …
– digital assets: images, videos, audios, animations, …
Theses pieces of information are grouped into structured
contents :
– Article: Title, abstract, body, image, ...
– News: Title, abstract, body, date, document ...
– Event: Title, abstract, body, start date, end date, video, ...
But also: Recipe, Job, Classified Ad, ...
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4. CONCEPTS & TERMINOLOGY
This structure makes it possible to implement a fundamental
concept of content management: the division between
substance (ie. the datas) and format (ie. their display in pages).
The same content, for example a recipe (see next page), can
be displayed in several templates, such as a summary mode in
a search result or a more detailed mode with the full recipe.
It also makes it possible to get different layouts on a PC
screen, a tablet or a smartphone.
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5. CONCEPTS & TERMINOLOGY
Different templates for the same content:
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6. CONCEPTS & TERMINOLOGY
In Rubedo, each data structure is a called a “Content Type”
Content Types are built on typed fields: Text, Rich Text,
Rating, Slider, Number, Media, External Media, Date, Time,
Color, Link on page ...
A type of field is:
– An input field:
– A default graphic layout, which can be overwritten
For each field in a content type, many parameters can be set:
label, default, tooltip to help users, controls, indexed for
search ...
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7. CONCEPTS & TERMINOLOGY
Once the content type has been set, it is important to define
how to distinguish the contents from each other within the
same content type.
In Rubedo, taxonomy is used to make multi-dimensional
content classification using vocabularies. The concept of
taxonomy is described in another tutorial, so it won’t be
explained here, but illustrated with an example.
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8. CONCEPTS & TERMINOLOGY
Content types can be tagged with terms form vocabularies
to make multi-dimensional content classification
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Recipe Type
- Dessert
- Soup
- Main Dish Difficulty
- Very easy
- Easy
- Difficult
Price
- Very cheap
- Cheap
- Priceless

9. CONCEPTS & TERMINOLOGY
As far as our content type Recipe is concerned, recipes may
be classified on three axes, so three different vocabularies :
– the type of recipe,
– the difficulty of preparation,
– the price
Each entry is a vocabulary term.
The content “Spinach Tomato Tortellini” will be
characterized by three terms : “Main Dish”, “easy” and
“cheap”.
Vocabularies can be arborescent (this concept is explained in
the tutorial dedicated to taxonomy).
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10. CONCEPTS & TERMINOLOGY
Content types can be associated to workspaces, to determine :
– who has read access (for example, for the content type “Recipe” :
“everyone”) and / or writing (for example, only “chefs”)
– or where they can be displayed (on which website and in which sections)
Content types can implement workflows if contribution and
validation are dissociated
– Ex: recipes submitted by users are checked before publication
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11. CONCEPTS & TERMINOLOGY : SUMMARY
Each Content belongs to a Content Type
Content Types determine:
– structure of contents and their decomposition into fields
– controls and tooltips for help,
– vocabularies used to classify content
– its publishing workflow
– create / modify / write access
– graphics layout
In the Content Types application in Rubedo, webmaster
profiles can model and manage an unlimited number of
Content Types.
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12. CONTENT TYPES : STEP BY STEP
Open the menu and launch the « Content types » application
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13. Create a new Content type
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CONTENT TYPES : STEP BY STEP

14. CONTENT TYPES : STEP BY STEP
Add new fields
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Add fields one by one or by multiple adding

15. CONTENT TYPES : STEP BY STEP
Add properties on each field
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1 -Select a field
2 – Change properties

16. CONTENT TYPES : STEP BY STEP
Select vocabularies, applied for this content type
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17. CONTENT TYPES : STEP BY STEP
The ‘Recipe’ Content type is now available for contributors.
Webmasters can add a new ‘Content detail’ or ‘Content list’
block to a page to display the recipes.
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18. http://www.rubedo-project.org
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