Recommended content tree structure
In Adobe Experience Manager, the top directory level in the content tree (the root directory) is at /content/<site root>. Here, <site root> represents the name of your site root.
Below this level, the content tree contains different nodes, which have these functions:
Node type (name) | Path | Function |
|---|---|---|
language-masters | /content/<site root>/language-masters | All source and target site files are contained in folders below this level. |
<language-master> | /content/<site root>/language-masters/<language-master> | Create a language master folder for each source language for which site content will be created. Identify it with the appropriate language code. Make changes to the content in the files in this type of folder to create source content for customization or translation in Live Copies. |
<language-master sub-folder> | /content/<site root>/language-masters/<language-master>/<language-master sub-folder> | You can group the individual site files for a source language in sub-folders. When you make changes to the content of these files, these files are synchronized with their Live Copies (in the appropriate <language copy> folders). To send content for translation, copy it from a <language-master> folder, to create a Live Copy: see next line. |
<language copy> | /content/<site root>/<language copy> | <language copy> folders contain Live Copies: the working copies in which content can be customized or translated. Do not change source content in Live Copy files unless you first detach them from their original source files. |
The figure below shows these node types in the content tree structure that Adobe Inc. recommends for large-scale multilingual portals. This is also the structure with which XTM Cloud connector works best.
