Content Items
Content items are structured content blocks tied to content types, made of fields, media, and data. Used to build reusable, modular assets across digital experiences.
📁 Content Items: The Building Blocks of Structured Content
Content items are modular pieces of content based on a defined content type. Think of them as reusable templates filled with specific data used across pages, apps, and APIs.
✍️ Example: If you have a content type called “Article,” each article you create is a content item! With its own title, author, body, and image.
What Data Fields make a Content Item?
Every content item inherits its structure from a Content Type (read more…), which defines the fields, validation, and formatting.
Content Lion Properties:
- Text - Supports up to 2000 characters
- Media - Supports videos, images, files (from DAM)
- Datetime - Supports date and time values
- Number - Supports as signed integer value
- Decimal - Supports double or decimal values
- Boolean - Supports Boolean values of TRUE or FALSE
💡 You don’t define content items from scratch, they’re shaped by the structure of their parent content type.
Access & Reuse
Content items can be:
- Delivered via headless REST API
- Embedded across pages, emails, or apps
- Versioned and reused without duplication
Where Content Items Live
All content items live in repositories, which you can find in the Assets UI tab on the Den Menu. Which be mindful every content type you create needs to be added to your Repository. It is so your repository can access your newly created content type.
Ultimately, every content item is also an asset just a structured one. This allows:
- Central management
- API-based delivery
- Reuse across the entire content ecosystem
🔗 Want to learn more about content types? See Content Type →
Real Example
Content Type | Content Item Example |
Article | “5 Tips for Organic Farming” |
Team Bio | “Emma Johnson – Volunteer Manager” |
Testimonial | “Mia: 'The new system is 10x faster!'” |
