How Content Template Catalog is built

Content Template Catalog is a model of how a website can be built using WebSphere Portal and Web Content Manager. We can reuse different parts of CTC to build our own website, or use CTC as the basis of our own model.

Content Template Catalog is built using the following parts:

Page Templates

Range of page types and typical content often used in real sites.

Portlets

Pre-configured portlets can be dropped on pages to immediately display content.

Components

Common page functions are stored as Web Content Manager components, ranging from slideshows to navigation, social plug-ins, and lists of content

Authoring Tools

The authoring toolbar and built-in inline editing tools simplify the authoring experience.

Pages and content

• Pages are used for navigation.

• Pages map to WCM folders containing the content items used to configure the portlets displayed on each page.

• Hidden detail pages are used to display content.

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