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All content of the website will be stored and maintained in a Headless Content Management System (HCMS), in our case in Contentstack.
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A relation between two datasets is called Reference. Based on the settings of the customized UI, you can reference datasets from one or multiple specific Content Types.
A Content Type is like a table in Contentstack, coming with a customized edit form.
With the edit form of . a Content Type, you can create or edit an Entry, which is a dataset.
An Asset in Contentstack is a file you upload to Contentstack, like images, PDFs etc.
Please find more terms in the Glossary.
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Be careful with deleting entries in Contentstack. Many Content Types allow relations to others. This means that if you delete an entry, you might break web pages! If you do not need an entry any longer at a specific point, you should always just change the referenced entry. Before you delete an entry, you should safeguard, if the entry is in use somewhere.
If you see any referenced entry here, you should better avoid deleting an entry. |
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Please refer to the Contentstack User Manual for more detailed information about Contentstack.
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References in Contentstack
In Contentstack, a reference is a relation from one entry (dataset) to another in Contentstack. Even if two entries are referenced, both are independent in regards to editing, versioning etc.
Example: A simple webpage needs at least an entry of the type “Web Page” and one of the type “Content Block”.
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If you create a new entry and you want to create a referenced entry in the same step, you will mostly miss the “Create a new entry” option. → Save you just created entry and try again.
Contentstack needs the unique ID of the entry to be able to store the reference. This unique ID will be created by saving the entry for the first time.
If you want to re-use a referenced entry, but change some parts of it, please take care to copy it before you make any changes! → Copy with a new name and proceed as “normal”
If you want to publish an entry with references, Contentstack will probably ask you, if you want to publish the entry with or without references. → Normally, you want to publish with references.
As already said, the referenced entries stay independent in regards to their edit and publish status. Technically, if you publish with references, Contentstack publishes multiple entries in one process.
The same applies to assets.
References
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Please refer to “Organize Content in Contenstack” to learn more about the handling of referenced entries.
Reference a new entry in a new entry
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If you change the reference entry, this does not impact the referenced entry. So, if you are not sure if you break something by changing the referenced entry, it might be better to create a new instead. Instead of starting from scratch, you can also copy an entry and adapt the copy to your needs. Just search for the entry in Contentstack and open the context menu at the right (three dots) and click copy. |
Where am I when editing content?
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