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# Content Lists and Categories Overview

Content lists let you create and store content items to use in your site, such as press releases, blog posts, and news articles. Categories let you create groups of terms to classify the items in your content lists.

### Required Editions

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          <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: Salesforce Classic</td>

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            <p>Available for purchase in: <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, and
              <strong>Unlimited</strong> Editions
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            <p style="margin-bottom:0;">Available (with limitations) in:
              <strong>Developer</strong> Edition
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![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-extend_click-264-0-0-production-enus/5f7d9219-b7b1-4552-8891-f1aba9b289fc/images/icon_note.png)

Note Content lists and categories are currently available through a pilot program. For information on enabling content lists and categories for your organization, contact Salesforce.

Content lists and categories form part of your site’s content. Combined, they integrate with [data-bound page elements](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_data_overview.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Site.com data services combine many features that let you connect to standard and custom Salesforce objects. Retrieve data from your organization's objects and dynamically display it on your site pages, or alternatively, gather and submit data from your customers. And when you update data in your Salesforce object, the changes are reflected automatically on the live site—no site updates required!") to let you create pages such as blogs and event lists for your site, and dynamically filter content by category or any other field.

![All Site Content menu, with Content Lists and Categories highlighted](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-extend_click-264-0-0-production-enus/5f7d9219-b7b1-4552-8891-f1aba9b289fc/extend_click/images/siteforce_content_overview.png)

With content lists:

- You can create custom content lists by adding the field types and field properties you need.
- You get in-context editing. There’s no need to leave Site.com Studio to add or update content.
- Contributors can easily create and edit content items in the Content Lists view.
- You explicitly publish updated content lists to the live site, so changes only go live when you want them to.
- You don’t need to [set access permissions](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_data_access_perms.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Sites built with Site.com are publicly available, so visitors access the site via the Guest User license that's associated with the site.") to allow site visitors to view content, because the content lists are part of the site.
- You don’t have to [store relative URLs](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_data_assets_storage.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Because websites built with Site.com are publicly available, site visitors don't have the security privileges required to view images and documents stored in your Salesforce objects, which are available to authenticated users only."). Simply access the site’s images and assets directly using [rich text fields](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_content_fields.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "These field types are available to you when you create or edit a content list. You can add any combination of fields to a content list.").

- **[Creating Content Lists](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_content_create.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Create content lists to store site content such as blogs or articles that you can display dynamically on your site pages.
- **[Understanding the Content List's Editing View](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_content_edit.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    When editing a content list, you can add and edit fields, and create and manage records all in one place.
- **[Editing, Deleting, and Duplicating Content Lists](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_content_manage.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    In the Content Lists view on the Overview tab, you can manage your site's content lists.
- **[Adding and Editing Content List Fields](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_content_fields_edit.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    As a site administrator or designer, you can add fields to a content list and edit field properties to suit your needs.
- **[Content List Field Types](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_content_fields.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    These field types are available to you when you create or edit a content list. You can add any combination of fields to a content list.
- **[Content List Field Properties](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_content_field_props.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    When adding or editing fields in a content list, use the options in the Properties pane to control how the selected field functions.
- **[Add Records to a Content List](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_content_add_records.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    After you've created a content list and added fields to it, you're ready to add content items.
- **[Editing, Deleting, and Duplicating Content List Records](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_content_manage_records.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Each content item in a content list is stored as a record that you can edit, delete, and duplicate.
- **[Importing Records into Content Lists](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_content_xml_import.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Import records from existing press releases, articles, or blogs into your site’s content lists. For example, if you have a blog that’s hosted elsewhere, you can export the blog’s posts and then import the contents to use in your site.
- **[Content List XML Format](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_content_xml_format.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    To import records into a content list in Site.com Studio, you must create an XML file that consists of these elements.
- **[Sample Content List XML File](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_content_xml_sample.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    This XML code makes up a sample XML file for importing records into a content list. In this case, the content list has two text fields called Title and Author, and a number field called Rank.
- **[Create Categories and Terms](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_category_create.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Categories let you create groups of terms that you can use to classify the items in your site's content lists.
- **[Editing and Deleting Categories and Terms](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_category_manage.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    In the Categories view on the Overview tab, you can update and delete your site’s categories and the terms they contain.

#### See Also

- [Creating Content Lists](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_content_create.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Create content lists to store site content such as blogs or articles that you can display dynamically on your site pages.")
- [Understanding the Content List's Editing View](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.siteforce_content_edit.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "When editing a content list, you can add and edit fields, and create and manage records all in one place.")