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Developer Tools and Display Libraries

This chapter contains step-by-step instructions on how to manage Display Libraries.

Content Manager works by keeping your content separately from the way it displays. The content (content text, images and files) are stored separately from the items that control the way that content displays (templates, style sheets, and scripts). You manage the Display Libraries separately from the Data or Asset Libraries.

Generally only administrators and developers will be managing the Display Libraries.

Managing the Directories for the Display Libraries is largely the same. You can also manage aspects of the following libraries:

• Styles Library
• Page Templates Library
• Content Definitions Library
• Scripts Library

Organizing Folders

Typically developers may also be involved in setting up Content, Image and File Libraries for the site. Keep these tips in mind.

• The Content library should mirror menus and pages.  Usually, the file library and images will also mirror menus and pages.
• Add content placement and organization to author training.

• Where possible, define standard naming conventions for folders and files.

• Avoid special characters for folder and file names when possible.  They are not well supported in URLs.

• Avoid creating one large folder, and have a limit of 1000 - 5000 items in a folder. Higher numbers than this can slow the admin UI..