As a senior website operation personnel of AnQiCMS, I am well aware of the core position of content in digital marketing.In daily work, we must not only ensure the quality and attractiveness of the content, but also flexibly organize and present information according to different business needs and user groups.AnQiCMS in supporting content personalization, through its powerful custom content model function, provides us with great convenience and endless possibilities.
Flexible and versatile, adapting to various content structures
When operating a website, we often face various types of content: there are news articles, product details, event announcements, and even team member introductions, customer cases, etc.This content has unique properties and display requirements.If all content is fitted into a fixed 'article' template, not only will the content input become awkward, but the front-end display will also seem rigid and lack professionalism.AnQiCMS exactly pinpoints this pain point and introduces a flexible content model mechanism, allowing us to define the most suitable content structure according to the actual business scenario.
One of the core advantages of Anqi CMS is that it allows operation personnel to easily create and manage their own content models according to business characteristics.This is not just a simple modification of field names, but an implementation of content customization at the underlying data structure level.For example, an e-commerce website may need a "productThrough the CMS, we can intuitively create these models in the background and assign unique properties to each model.
Refined field definition, build a dedicated content skeleton
The key to creating a custom content model lies in the fine-grained definition of fields.Auto CMS provides a variety of field type options to meet the storage needs of different data formats.
Firstly, we will set a modelModel nameThis is the Chinese identifier for the model recognized during backend management and frontend invocation. Next,Model table nameThen specified the storage location of these custom content in the database, usually using English lowercase letters.URL aliasandTitle nameThe content URL structure and prompt information on the publish interface have been further optimized, making it more targeted.
On this basis, we can add exclusive models.Custom fieldsThese fields can include:
- Single Line Text: Suitable for storing titles, short descriptions, author names, and other brief information.
- Number: Designed specifically for numerical data such as prices, quantities, and reading counts.
- Multi-line text：Used for storing detailed descriptions, product features, user reviews, etc., with the powerful features of a rich text editor.
- 单项选择、多项选择、下拉选择These field types greatly enhance the standardization and efficiency of content input, avoiding manual input errors.For example, define the 'Color' field for the product model, with optional values of 'Red, Blue, Green'. Operation personnel only need to tick or select from the dropdown, without the need to memorize or manually input, ensuring data consistency.
In defining these custom fields, we can also set whether the field isMandatory itemand set it up forDefault value.This can not only improve the standardization of content input, but also reduce the repetitive workload of operation personnel to a certain extent.For example, setting a dropdown selection field for 'Is Available' in the product model and setting its default value to 'Yes' can simplify the process of new product listing.
significant improvement in content management and publishing efficiency
The custom content model has brought a qualitative leap in content management and publishing efficiency.When the operations personnel need to publish different types of content, they no longer need to fill in irrelevant fields in the same general form, but face a form tailored to a specific content type.For example, when we choose to publish content under the 'Product' model, the system will automatically display fields such as 'Product Name', 'Price', 'Inventory', etc.; while publishing an 'Article', it will show fields such as 'Article Title', 'Keywords', 'Article Content', etc.This highly compatible input interface significantly reduces the complexity of operations, lowers the error rate, and greatly improves the efficiency of content production.
Moreover, the classification management of the content model also makes the content organization clearer.Each category belongs to only one content model, which ensures the logic and consistency of the content.The document tags, recommendation attributes, and other functions can also play a role in custom content models, allowing content to be marked more flexibly, facilitating classification retrieval and thematic presentation.
flexible template rendering to achieve personalized display
The custom content model not only optimizes backend management, but more importantly, it lays a foundation for personalized front-end content display.Through the powerful Django template engine syntax of AnQiCMS, we can easily call the data of these custom fields in the front-end template.
For example, on the product detail page, we can usearchiveDetailLabel retrieves various attributes of the current product, including custom prices, inventory, and other fields.If the custom field contains a set of images, the template creator can use a loop to display multiple product images.archiveParamstags to render all custom parameter names and values in a loop, perfectly adapting to the display of the product parameter list.
This flexible template calling capability means that designers and front-end developers can create completely different visual styles and interactive experiences according to the characteristics of each content model.News articles may require concise titles and text formatting, while product details need to highlight images, specifications, and purchase buttons.AnQiCMS's template mechanism can accurately match the data structure of the content model, ensuring that content is presented to the user in an **manner**.
Concluding remarks
The AnQiCMS's custom content model feature is undoubtedly a reflection of its efficient, customizable characteristics.It grants website operators great freedom, allowing them to quickly adjust and optimize the content structure according to ever-changing business needs, and say goodbye to the traditional 'one-size-fits-all' CMS model.This not only improves the efficiency of content management, but more importantly, it enables the website to present itself to users in a more professional and personalized manner, thereby better attracting and retaining users, and helping enterprises achieve the goals of content marketing and brand promotion.
Common Questions (FAQ)
问：What is the difference between AnQiCMS's custom content model and the content type of traditional CMS? Answer:The content types of traditional CMS may only preset a few types (such as articles, pages), and their fields are usually fixed.The custom content model of AnQiCMS allows users to define new content types from scratch, including their unique field names, field types (such as single-line text, numbers, options, etc.), whether they are required, and default values.This means you can build a fully matched content structure for any unique business needs, not just modify the tags of existing types.
问：After creating a custom content model, how should I display these new fields on the front end? Answer:In AnQiCMS, you can use template tags (such as
archiveDetailandarchiveParamsThe tag can directly obtain the value of a single field (such asarchiveDetailTag can directly get the value of a single field (like{% archiveDetail with name="自定义字段名" %}), whilearchiveParamsLabels can be iterated over and display all custom fields and their values under a content model.This makes the front-end display highly flexible, allowing customization according to your design requirements.问：If I delete a custom content model, what will happen? Answer:Deleting a custom content model is an operation that requires careful handling.According to AnQiCMS instructions, when you delete a content model, all documents under the model and the associated categories will also be deleted.Therefore, make sure that you no longer need this data before performing such operations, and consider making a data backup.