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Concept - CMS - Overview

Introduction

On this page, you can find an overview with links to all sub-concepts of the CMS concept. A much more detailed introduction gives an idea of the CMS structure and basic concepts.

Glossary

Commerce Management application (Back Office)

Intershop Studio

Meta Model Class

Model Element (in *.pagelet2 files)

Comments

Context Object Relations are only indirectly visible when one creates product or category pages/includes. Their display name goes in front of the display name of the respective page/include types, i.e. the page/include types extending the content object relation. A direct runtime equivalent of content object relations does not exist.

Content Object Relation

c.i.c.pmc.capi.definition.pagelet.ContextObjectRelation

contextObjectRelations

 

Page Type

Page Entry Point

c.i.c.pmc.capi.definition.pagelet.PageEntryPointDefinition

pageEntryPointDefinitions

 

Include Type

Component Entry Point

c.i.c.pmc.capi.definition.pagelet.ComponentEntryPointDefinition

componentEntryPointDefinitions

 

Page Variant Type

Pagelet (pagelets with their page flag set to true)

c.i.c.pmc.capi.definition.pagelet.PageletDefinition

pagelets

 

Component Type

Pagelet (pagelet with their page flag set to false)

c.i.c.pmc.capi.definition.pagelet.PageletDefinition

pagelets

 

Slot Type

Slot

c.i.c.pmc.capi.definition.pagelet.SlotDefinition

slots

 

Page Template Type

Pagelet (pagelets with their page flag set to true)

c.i.c.pmc.capi.definition.pagelet.PageletDefinition

pagelet

There is no distinction between page and component templates at the content model layer; it is determined at PO layer by a flag 'template' at PageletPO

Component Template Type

Pagelet (pagelet with their page flag set to false)

c.i.c.pmc.capi.definition.pagelet.PageletDefinition

pagelets

 

Configuration Parameter

Configuration Parameter

c.i.c.pmc.capi.definition.pagelet.ConfigurationParameterDefinition

configurationParameterDefinitions

 

There is no equivalent in the back office; configuration parameters are implicitly visible by configuration parameters derived from them.

Configuration Parameter Type

c.i.c.pmc.capi.definition.pagelet.ConfigurationParameterType

configurationParameterTypes

 

 

Call Parameter Interfaces

 

 

 

References

For questions and typical problems related to the CMS concept please refer to the Cookbook - CMS (7.8 - 7.9).

Configuration Parameters

A configuration parameter represents a leaf in the content composition tree. For more details refer to the sub-concept Configuration Parameters.

Call Parameters

A lot of content instances cannot be executed independently. The content model that the instance is based on determines the parameters this parameter set contains. It does so by providing further elements called Call Parameter Definitions. The sub-concept of call parameters is described here: Concept - CMS - Call Parameters.

Pagelets

The structure and properties of pagelets, i.e., page variations and components, are described here: Concept - CMS - Pagelets.

Content Entry Points

Content entry points are described in the sub-concept Concept - CMS - Content Entry Points.
To achieve the composition of pagelets a data structure must be present to connect a content entry point (on one side) with a pagelet (on the other side).

View Contexts

View contexts are meant to associate arbitrary business objects with content in the form of pages or includes to supply them with individual visual representations in the storefront. For more information see here: Concept - CMS - View Context.

Content Templating

The main idea behind content templating is to have a means to define new content by re-using already existing content. In this way, the content manager does not have to deal with complex content structures. For more information see: Concept - CMS - Content Templating.

Content Completeness Check

The basic idea behind completeness checks of CMS objects is to deliver a control tool to measure possible pain points. For more information see Concept - CMS - Completeness Checks.

Content Sharing

This concept provides an overview of content sharing as it has evolved with the introduction of application awareness of the CMS framework. Business users gain an understanding about the general content sharing principles whereas developers additionally get an overview of how content sharing is applied technically and how they can detect and handle content sharing using an API for it.

For more information see Concept - CMS - Content Sharing.


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