Creating Assets

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• Files
• Folders
• CSS
• Stylesheets (XSL)
• Pages

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Creating Assets

Assets are the elements that make up the pages to your site. They are stored in the Home area, and created by selecting New from the top navigation menu.

1. Templates »
   All pages are based on templates, which provide the HTML structure for the page.
   1. System Regions
      In order to insert content into a template, you must add System Regions. These regions are written into the template to indicate to the system where to place various content blocks.
    
2. Blocks »
   A Block is a "pluggable " piece of content that can be easily substituted with or without styling into any page region.
   1. Index Blocks
      Index Blocks are typically used for creating dynamic navigation menus, site maps, indices, etc.
   2. XML Blocks
      An XML block is a reusable piece of content stored as well-formed XML.
   3. XML Feed Blocks
      An XML Feed Block is a block whose XML content is pulled from a web location.
   4. XHTML Blocks
      An XHTML Block is a great way to reuse content across multiple pages.
   5. Text Block
      Text Blocks are used when there is a need to reuse plain text content.
    
3. Files
   A File is considered any sequence of bits stored on the server's database as a single unit.
4. Folders
   A folder within the CMS is a way to group related assets.
5. CSS
   There are several ways to use CSS in the CMS.
6. Stylesheets (XSL)
   Stylesheets are used to format reusable content blocks.
7. Pages
   Most often, pages are created using custom asset factories, however, pages can be created entirely from scratch.

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