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- 1 Content Model Overview =20
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- 2.1 Create the Ride Content Type =20
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How your content is structured is a very important part of an eZ Platfor= m project. Think of it as the database design of your application. We recom= mend that you read the = Fundamental concepts documentation page, but you can also read the para= graph below for a short, straight-to-the-point introduction.
=20Content Model = Overview
The eZ Platform content repository is centered around Content it= ems, pieces of content: an article, a product review, a place...
Every Content item is built based on blueprints, called
The available Types for Field Definitions can = be any of the installed Field Types, about 30 in the defau= lt distribution. Each is built to represent a specific type of content fiel= d: a text, a block of rich text, an image, a collection of relations to Con= tent items, etc. You can find a complete list in the Field Types reference section. Ever= y Field Type may have its own options, and comes with its own editing and v= iewing interfaces.
According to what you want to store, and what you want to do with it, yo= u will create a set of Content Types and populate the Content Tree<= /strong> with them.
Create your Content Types
The site will use two Content Type= s: Ride&= nbsp;and Point of interest
This is an overvie= w of the content model we will implement an N-N relationship model:
Go to the admin interface ("<yourdomain>/ez"), and authenticate wi=
th the default username: admin and the default password :
Click on Admin Panel in= the Navigation hub, and choose Con= tent types in the sub menu:
You will see a list of Content Type Groups. They a= re used to group content types in a logical way.
Click on Content and then click on Create = a content type.
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We will create the Ride Content Type first:
Create the Ride Content Type
A bike ride, with a description and some extra info, like who took this = ride for the first time, or points of interest it goes through.
Fill the form with this basic info:
Name: Ride
Id=
entifier: ride
Co=
ntent name pattern: <name>
Then create all fields with the fol= lowing information:
| Name | Identifier | Field Type | Required | Searchable | Translatable | Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | name | Text line | yes | yes | yes | |
| Photo | photo | Image | no | no | no | |
| Description | description | Rich text | yes | yes | yes | |
| Difficulty level | level | Selection | yes | yes | no | Add a couple of Levels, such as "b= eginner, intermediate, advanced" |
| Starting point | starting_point | Map location | yes | yes | no | |
| Ending point | ending_point | Map location | yes | yes | no | |
| Length | length | Integer | yes | yes | no | |
| Author | author | Authors | no | yes | yes |
Populate yo= ur Content tree
Go back to the Content tree and create a Folder named All Rides= using the Create button in the Action bar on the rig= ht of the screen.
In the folder, create a couple of Rides, using the Create button, being = on the Content "All Rides" so the new Content will be created as a child di= rectly. Don't worry, if you created the Content elsewhere, you can move it = later.
Ready for Step 3
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You have now : 2 Rides (or more) in a Folder and are ready to customize = the Homepage of your Go Bike website !
=E2=AC=85 Previous: Step 1 - Setting up eZ Platform
Next: Step 3 - Customizing the gener= al layout =E2=9E=A1
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