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# Create a Manual CMS Collection for Your Aura Site

Create hand-picked static collections of Salesforce CMS content. Select and add specific content in a few clicks, and edit the collection at any time from the Content Management workspace. Create manual collections to gather CMS content items of a single content type.

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, <strong>Unlimited</strong>, and <strong>Developer</strong> Editions</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Applies to: <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=experience.exp_cloud_basics_glossary.htm&amp;type=5&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank">Aura sites</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

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              Needed</th>
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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d9839e79 ">To access Experience Workspaces or Experience Builder:</td>

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              <p>Create and Set Up Experiences</p>
              <p>AND</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Is a member of the community, portal,
                or site</p>
            </td>

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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d9839e79 ">To customize an Experience Builder site:</td>

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              <ul>
                <li>Create and Set Up Experiences OR assigned an experience admin, publisher, or
                  builder role in that site</li>

                <li>AND is a member of the site</li>

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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d9839e79 ">To create collections using CMS content:</td>

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                <li>Assigned a content admin or content manager role in that CMS workspace</li>

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1. In Content Management, select **Collections**, and click **New**.
2. In the New Collection window, enter a descriptive name for the collection, select **CMS Content**, and click **Next**.
    
    ![Tip](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-experience-communities-264-0-0-production-enus/bf7df212-91a1-4fa3-a007-4d6f3e3b470b/images/icon_tip.png)
    
    Tip To make your collection easy to locate, give it a descriptive name.
3. From the dropdown menu, choose the content type that you want to include, and select **Manually**.
4. To add content to the collection, click ![Selection icon](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-experience-communities-264-0-0-production-enus/bf7df212-91a1-4fa3-a007-4d6f3e3b470b/communities/images/community_cms_crm_plusmark.png) beside each content item.
    
    ![New CMS ontent collection - content selection dialog](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-experience-communities-264-0-0-production-enus/bf7df212-91a1-4fa3-a007-4d6f3e3b470b/communities/images/community_workspaces_cms_collections-mancond-select.png)
5. Click **Finish**.

#### See Also

- [Create and Manage CMS Content](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.cms_content_create_manage.htm&language=en_US)
- [Edit a Manual CMS Collection in Your Aura Site](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=experience.edit_a_manual_collection_aura.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Edit manual CMS Collections in Content Management to keep the content in your Aura site up to date.")