Content Catalog
In the last unit, we covered the Product Catalog. For website content, we use the Content Catalog, whose components are managed by SmartEdit, which is our web content management tool.
The Content Catalog is another catalog that typically also supports synchronization between its staged and online versions.
Let’s compare:
| Content Catalog | Product Catalog |
|---|---|
| Structure and information related to the website’s visual elements (pages, templates, components) | Structures products and categories in a hierarchy |
| Component is the basic entity | Product is the basic entity |
| Managed with SmartEdit | Managed with the Product Cockpit in Backoffice |
Web Content Management
Before you can sell anything using SAP Commerce Cloud, you need to do the following:
- Build the website
- Feed it with products from your Product Catalogs
- Design the customer journey
SmartEdit supports business users managing the web content.
This involves the creation, management, and synchronization of pages.
Out-of-the-Box Page Types
SAP Commerce provides several out-of-the-box page types to provide a simple starting point for page creation:
- Category Page: Displays the contents of a product category. Example: Product List page, Product Grid page
- Content Page: Standard content page. Example: Home page, Help pages, Press ?Releases and Policies
- Product Page: Displays a single product and all product-related information. Example: Product Details page.
The Simplified Web Content Management System (WCMS) Page Model
Web Pages contain components, from simple ones like a Paragraph to more complex components like a Responsive Banner or Product Carousel. To drag-and-drop a component to the correct position inside a page, we leverage content slots:
- Content slots are associated with locations on a page.
- Each content slot can be populated by simple or complex components.
Components can be restricted under given circumstances to be visible only to a specific user group or for a specified amount of time.
Note
Fortunately, SmartEdit and Backoffice provide you with many components and intuitive editing and restriction support OOTB! You do not need to become a web technology specialist to get started.SmartEdit – provides a What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) overlay for storefront websites
It provides you with the tools to create, edit, move and delete website content:
- Inflection Point Preview (1) (Desktop, Tablet, Mobile)
- Component Management
- Basic and Advanced Edit Modes (2)
- Catalog Preview (2)
- Personalization (2)
- Versioning of pages (2)
- Synchronization from Staged to Online catalog version
