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When you hit the trial button, you will be forwarded to the account registration. You just need to type in your email, a username and a password to get started.
Click the validation link in the confirmation email to activate your account.
Log into your new account with the email and password you defined.
Now navigate back to the trial system creation by hitting the trial button.
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Your personal system needs a name. Type in a short name for your ContentCrank.
Select your preferred language. If you agree to our terms of service, tick the box and hit the green demo system creation button.
When the setup process finished, use the big green button to go to your ContentCrank system.
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Use the External Concrete5 login option and type in your email address and the password you created earlier. Authorize the use of your ContentCrank Store credentials by confirming the dialog. After a successful login you will be forwarded to the ContentCrank installation options.
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You can choose a longer name for your system to be used in the interface.
Select your preferred language for source content and user interface.
Optional: Select a logo and an icon for the navigation bar to personalize your ContentCrank.
Install sample content to follow the trial use cases. Select the use case you want to try or install everything. Just keep in mind that installing sample content images and editorial pages can take a while and let the installation finish.
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After the installation you will be forwarded to the Welcome page. Navigate to the sitemap and to the file manager in the dashboard panel to the right to check imported sample content.
The dashboard backend holds all system relevant things like files, pages, express objects, users, permissions and services. The frontend page organizes and displays your content.
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Since you already have some editorial pages if you installed all sample content you can export to idml right away.
The installation added idml template files and a fonts zip to your filemanager.
The sample content also contains databases. To follow the use cases, start at the database import page in the dashboard.
Read the article about the trial use cases to decide which prepared database is best for your projects.
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Tutorial Program Tutorialprograms
See tutorial programs below according to your filtering or search.
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| Name | Description | Tutorial |
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| Content Creation | Tutorials about the workflow and best practices to create and edit content and structure. | Express content pages Article Pages |
| Database Import | Tutorials for using the database features. Learn about connected databases, dump imports and updating existing entries and entities. | Import a SQL dump Connect to a remote database Importing tables |
| Express Data Objects | Express entities are data objects which can contain any combination of attributes and associations. Express entities can be created by a database import or from scratch. Some default entities are built in and ready to use as part of your ContentCrank. We prepared tutorials for the most frequently needed tasks. | Express Entries and Entities Entity settings Express content pages Express forms |
| IDML Export | Tutorials for Export features. Learn to create templates from your designs and to export idml documents. | IDML Export |
| Translation | Tutorials about the multilingual features. Learn about translating all your pages and express objects, editing translations and adding more languages. | Prepare Editorial Content for AI translation Prepare Express data for translation AI translation Edit Express translations |
Tutorial Tutorials
See tutorials below according to your filtering or search.
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| Name | Description | Tutorial Program |
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| AI translation | Translate all your content in a few minutes to up to ~70 languages. | Translation |
| Article Pages | Article pages offer an easy way to create editorial content. | Content Creation |
| Connect to a remote database | If you want to pull data from a live database you can connect directly to it and update the objects later. | Database Import |
| Edit Express translations | Learn where to edit and correct Express translations. | Translation |
| Entity settings | Define how units, labels and associated columns are displayed. | Express Data Objects |
| Express content pages | Learn how to create content pages with express entities. Entries can be ordered, sorted and filtered in many ways. | Content Creation Express Data Objects |
| Express Entries and Entities | A quick explanation for express data objects. We use the spaceships example from the database import tutorials as reference. Imported express entities like the spaceships mirror their database table`s structure like columns, column types and column order. Generally put, express data objects create a logic layer between raw values, associations and their form of output. That means you can not only edit any value itself, the global structure and display of each express entry value can be customized. | Express Data Objects |
| Express forms | You can create different forms for different contexts like a full blown product katalogue ouput with all columns and values or a simplified output with only selected attributes like images and headlines. | Express Data Objects |
| IDML Export | Learn to export your content to idml. | IDML Export |
| Import a SQL dump | If you have a SQL file - a dump or database backup, you can import it using the Upload Database Dump feature. | Database Import |
| Importing tables | No matter if you connected directly to a database or uploaded a dump, the importing follows the same rules. | Database Import |
| Prepare Editorial Content for AI translation | Create a new localization for your pages. | Translation |
| Prepare Express data for translation | Create a dictionary for your express content. | Translation |
| Start your ContentCrank trial | Create a personalized demo system to try out our services for a week. Use predefined use cases to see everything in action without creating your own data - which you still can. |
