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This sample custom content type creates a blog that includes dedicated fields for marketing and presentation information.
This sample is for use with Metadata API or Tooling API. To create custom content types with a graphical user interface, use the CMS Content Type Manager app from AppExchange.
Note
Fields in Sample Blog
This custom content type includes these fields with their respective attributes and values.
Blog Title
Data type: Text. The display name for the content type.
Attributes:
- Placeholder text—
Enter an SEO friendly title - Help text—
Title to be shown in the blog post - Required—
true
Primary Image
Data type: Image
Attributes:
- Help text—
Main image that’s shown at the top of the blog post
Main Content
Data type: Rich text
Attributes:
- Help text—
Blog’s main body - Required—
true
Excerpt
Data type: Text
Category
Data type: Text
Attributes:
- Help text—
Shown as tag text when a preview is rendered - Required—
true
Author Name
Data type: Text
Date to Show
Data type: Text
Attributes:
- Placeholder text—
Enter human readable date - Required—
false
Footer Content
Data type: Rich text
Attributes:
- Help text—
Blog’s footer - Required—
true
Content Creation Form
The content creation page for this sample custom content type looks like this after you add it to CMS.
Definition File for Blog Type in XML
You can add this sample ManagedContentType XML component to CMS with Metadata API.
1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
2<ManagedContentType xmlns="http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata">
3 <description>Engineering blogs published on salesforce.com/devblog</description>
4 <developerName>engBlog</developerName>
5 <managedContentNodeTypes>
6 <helpText>Title to be shown in the blog post</helpText>
7 <isLocalizable>true</isLocalizable>
8 <isRequired>true</isRequired>
9 <nodeLabel>Blog Title</nodeLabel>
10 <nodeName>title</nodeName>
11 <nodeType>NAMEFIELD</nodeType>
12 <placeholderText>Enter an SEO friendly title</placeholderText>
13 </managedContentNodeTypes>
14 <managedContentNodeTypes>
15 <helpText>Main image that's shown at the top of the blog post</helpText>
16 <isLocalizable>false</isLocalizable>
17 <isRequired>false</isRequired>
18 <nodeLabel>Primary Image</nodeLabel>
19 <nodeName>primaryImage</nodeName>
20 <nodeType>IMG</nodeType>
21 </managedContentNodeTypes>
22 <managedContentNodeTypes>
23 <helpText>Blog's main body</helpText>
24 <isLocalizable>true</isLocalizable>
25 <isRequired>true</isRequired>
26 <nodeLabel>Main Content</nodeLabel>
27 <nodeName>body</nodeName>
28 <nodeType>RTE</nodeType>
29 </managedContentNodeTypes>
30 <managedContentNodeTypes>
31 <isLocalizable>true</isLocalizable>
32 <isRequired>false</isRequired>
33 <nodeLabel>Excerpt</nodeLabel>
34 <nodeName>excerpt</nodeName>
35 <nodeType>MTEXT</nodeType>
36 </managedContentNodeTypes>
37 <managedContentNodeTypes>
38 <helpText>Shown as a tag text when a preview is rendered</helpText>
39 <isLocalizable>true</isLocalizable>
40 <isRequired>true</isRequired>
41 <nodeLabel>Category</nodeLabel>
42 <nodeName>category</nodeName>
43 <nodeType>TEXT</nodeType>
44 </managedContentNodeTypes>
45 <managedContentNodeTypes>
46 <isLocalizable>true</isLocalizable>
47 <isRequired>false</isRequired>
48 <nodeLabel>Author Name</nodeLabel>
49 <nodeName>authorName</nodeName>
50 <nodeType>TEXT</nodeType>
51 </managedContentNodeTypes>
52 <managedContentNodeTypes>
53 <isLocalizable>true</isLocalizable>
54 <isRequired>false</isRequired>
55 <nodeLabel>Date to Show</nodeLabel>
56 <nodeName>date</nodeName>
57 <nodeType>TEXT</nodeType>
58 <placeholderText>Enter human readable date</placeholderText>
59 </managedContentNodeTypes>
60 <managedContentNodeTypes>
61 <helpText>Blog's footer</helpText>
62 <isLocalizable>true</isLocalizable>
63 <isRequired>true</isRequired>
64 <nodeLabel>Footer content</nodeLabel>
65 <nodeName>footer</nodeName>
66 <nodeType>RTE</nodeType>
67 </managedContentNodeTypes>
68 <masterLabel>Blog</masterLabel>
69</ManagedContentType>Definition File for Blog Type in JSON
You can add this sample ManagedContentType JSON object to CMS with Tooling API.
1{
2 "Metadata" : {
3 "description" : "Engineering blogs published on salesforce.com/devblog",
4 "developerName" : "EngBlog",
5 "managedContentNodeTypes" : [ {
6 "helpText" : "Title to be shown in the blog post",
7 "isLocalizable" : true,
8 "isRequired" : true,
9 "nodeLabel" : "Blog Title",
10 "nodeName" : "title",
11 "nodeType" : "NAMEFIELD",
12 "placeholderText" : "Enter an SEO friendly title"
13 }, {
14 "helpText" : "Main image that's shown at the top of the blog post",
15 "isLocalizable" : false,
16 "isRequired" : false,
17 "nodeLabel" : "Primary Image",
18 "nodeName" : "primaryImage",
19 "nodeType" : "IMG"
20 }, {
21 "helpText" : "Blog's main body",
22 "isLocalizable" : true,
23 "isRequired" : true,
24 "nodeLabel" : "Main Content",
25 "nodeName" : "body",
26 "nodeType" : "RTE"
27 }, {
28 "isLocalizable" : true,
29 "isRequired" : false,
30 "nodeLabel" : "Excerpt",
31 "nodeName" : "excerpt",
32 "nodeType" : "MTEXT"
33 }, {
34 "helpText" : "Shown as a tag text when a preview is rendered",
35 "isLocalizable" : true,
36 "isRequired" : true,
37 "nodeLabel" : "Category",
38 "nodeName" : "category",
39 "nodeType" : "TEXT"
40 }, {
41 "isLocalizable" : true,
42 "isRequired" : false,
43 "nodeLabel" : "Author Name",
44 "nodeName" : "authorName",
45 "nodeType" : "TEXT"
46 }, {
47 "isLocalizable" : true,
48 "isRequired" : false,
49 "nodeLabel" : "Date to Show",
50 "nodeName" : "date",
51 "nodeType" : "TEXT",
52 "placeholderText" : "Enter human readable date"
53 },{
54 "isLocalizable" : true,
55 "isRequired" : true,
56 "nodeLabel" : "Footer content",
57 "nodeName" : "footer",
58 "nodeType" : "RTE",
59 "helpText" : "Blog's footer"
60 } ],
61 "masterLabel" : "Blog"
62 },
63 "FullName" : "Blog"
64}