Webcontent Types and Subtypes

eXo WCM defines exo:webcontent as an abstract JCR (Java Content Repository) content type for webcontent. This definition helps us manage all webcontents in eXo WCM in a simple way. You can extend this type to create your own webcontent type that is suitable to your needs. Some built-in webcontent subtypes defined in our WCM are:

• exo:pictureOnHeadWebcontent: a webcontent type with an image on top-left corner(like newspaper articles)
• exo:twoCollumnWebcontnent: a webcontent type with two columns layout
• exo:siteNavigationWebcontent: a webcontent type is to display navigation menu
• exo:siteBreadcrumbsWebcontent: a webcontent type is to display breadcrumb
• exo:siteSearchBoxWebcontent: a webcontent type is to display search box in the site

You can extend this set to provide your own webcontents types. The advantage is that, as you define a rendering template for those subtypes, it is easy to apply the same change to the presentation of all webcontents implementing them. You just need to change the template !