Contributor Data Files Native Documents Conversion Definitions Images

10 Working With Content Files 10-1 10 Working With Content Files This section covers the following topics: ■ About Content Files on page 10-1 ■ Creating a New Content File on page 10-2 ■ Copying a Content File on page 10-3 ■ Viewing the Content Information of a Content File on page 10-4 ■ Adding a Content File to a Site on page 10-4 ■ Removing a Content File from a Site on page 10-4 ■ Editing a Contributor Data File on page 10-4 ■ Working With Native Documents on page 10-5 ■ Working With Images on page 10-9

10.1 About Content Files

Content files are the files used to store any of the materials viewed on a Web site. These files contain the site content modified by templates and definitions, and editable through Contributor, such as contributor data files and images. Native documents are also content files. This section is about the types of content files and related files as viewed in the Site Assets pane: ■ Contributor Data Files on page 10-1 ■ Native Documents on page 10-2 ■ Conversion Definitions on page 10-2 ■ Images on page 10-2

10.1.1 Contributor Data Files

A contributor data file is an XML file that is created and maintained by Site Studio. It is used to store the content of a Web site and checked in to the content server. If a site contributor wants to update the content of a web page, its associated contributor data file is retrieved from the server and the data made available in the Contributor editor, where the contributor can modify the content. After the contributor is done making changes to the data file, it is checked back in to the content server and the web page is updated to reflect the new content. 10-2 Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Site Studio Designer See Contributor Data Files and Native Documents on page 3-22 for more information.

10.1.2 Native Documents

A native document is a third-party file that is viewed in Site Studio and edited using the application originally used to create it for example, Microsoft Word is used for Word documents. When the file is checked in, it is converted into HTML using Dynamic Converter and then made available to the web page. See Contributor Data Files and Native Documents on page 3-22 for more information.

10.1.3 Conversion Definitions

A conversion definition is used to transform a native document to display inline on a Web site. The conversion definition is a rule, template, or combination that defines how a native document is converted to HTML and displayed in the page. When you add a native document to a web page, the conversion definitions can specify a Dynamic Converter template or rule that is used to convert the document into HTML.

10.1.4 Images

You can add, copy, and remove images from your site. The supported image formats are GIF and JPG. Images cannot be added to a Web site until they are added to the content server as an asset.

10.2 Creating a New Content File