3.3 Concepts: Developer

Concepts

Project

A Project is a single repository of content and its associated administratitive information.

Task

A Task is a draft working space within a Project.

Page

A Page is made up of Components and Content Items.

Component

Components are the reusable blocks used to build Pages. Components may have placeholders known as Variables that content editors can use to insert Content Items when the Component is added to a Page.

Component Template

Component Templates are just like Components except other Components can be inserted into them.

Variants

Variants are variations of a Page with different Content Items.

Locales

Locales are variations of a Page with different Content Items, where those variations are based on locale.

Picklist

A Picklist is a Variable Type that corresponds to a list of values that can be used in a Content Item.

Data Feed

A Data Feed is series of data in which each item has the same defined structure.

As a developer you define this structure so that content editors can create items of custom content that can be used directly in Consumer Applications.

Release

A Release is a snapshot of a Project’s content at a point in time that can be used in Consumer Applications.

Routing Manager

The Routing Manager allows you to centrally view and configure routings that can be used in Consumer Applications.

Consumer Application

A Consumer Application is an application that consumes Forrit One content using the SDK.