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Sitebuilding 101 - Sector content types and displays

The Sector Starter Kit includes four content types to get you started - Page, News, Resource, and Promotion. You can also extend your site with Sector add-ons, which give you additional content types and displays.

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  • Sector Media Gallery

    Sector Media Gallery offers a simple and easy way to add a media gallery to your site. Included is everything you'll need to get going - a media gallery content type, categories, and a media gallery landing page via a Drupal view.

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  • Sector URL pattern configuration

    The pathauto module (a Sector default) generates human-readable URLs for nodes, taxonomy terms and other entities based on a configurable pattern.

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  • Sector promo magnets (Sector 10)

    Sector promo magnets offer a flexible block type to create and place ad-style lead magnets throughout your site. Promotions can link to both internal and external content.

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  • Sector Back to Top (Sector 10)

    Sector Back to Top allows users to scroll back to the top of on longer page. 

    See Sector Back to Top block in action!

    Coming soon!  

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  • Preconfigured content types and displays - overview

    Drupal allows sitebuilders to create structured content types for a wide variety of use cases - without code. The Sector Starter Kit includes four base content types, with additional content types available as Sector add-ons.
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  • The anatomy of a Sector add-on

    Each element in the Sector Ecosystem follows the same principle - once installed, your editorial team is ready to go. To make this happen, each Sector add-on comes with a set of tools. Some are as you would expect, while some go further.

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  • Page content type (Sector 9)

    Sector Page is based on the Drupal default Page content type. Sector Page provides an easy starting point for hierarchical content in menus and includes three sample layouts and additional sample content settings to get you started.  

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  • Sector News content type

    Sector News is based on the Drupal default Article content type. It provides an easy starting point for news content and includes automated lists along with blocks on the homepage and in the sidebar.
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  • Sector Promotion content type (Sector 9)

    Sector Promotion offers a flexible content type to create and place ad-style promotions throughout your site. Promotions can link to both internal and external content.

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  • Sector Resource content type

    Sector Resource offers a base content type for informational material and documents. Included is everything you'll need to start a resource library on your site - a structured content type, automated lists, and blocks for the homepage and sidebar.
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  • Sector Blog

    Sector Blog offers a simple and easy to use blog to publish updates, engage with your audience, or collaborate across teams and locations. Included is everything you'll need to get going - a Blog post content type, automated lists and filtered archives,

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  • Sector Events

    Sector Events offers a simple and easy to use events section for your Sector site. Included is everything you'll need to get going - an Event content type, automated lists of upcoming events and filtered archives, as well as maps and promotional or cont

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  • Sector Portfolio

    Sector Portfolio offers a simple and easy way to add a promotional portfolio or showcase to your site. Included is everything you'll need to get going - a Portfolio content type, categories, and a Portfolio landing page via a Drupal view.

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  • Sector Contact

    Sector Contact offers a simple and easy way to add a person or team profile to your site. Included is everything you'll need to add a staff or team directory - a Contact content type, categories, and a Contact landing page via a Drupal view.

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  • Sector Index A-Z

    Sector Index A-Z offers a simple and easy way to list content in an A-Z index. You can start from the included Index content type or re-use the included Index A-Z views to list any existing content alphabetically by title or by topic. 

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