Introduction
When you navigate to your project dashboard inside ContentPlanner, you will see a screen similar to:
Notice that:
- You can always go to your dashboard by clicking on the colored bar on top.
- The main color (purple in this case) is a color you can set yourself in the project settings.
On the left side of your dashboard you have the content area with the different views on your content:
- Calendar view
- Workflow view
- Cluster view
- Table view
Let’s have a closer look to each of the views.
Calendar view
In the calendar layout you see your content in a chronological order. In the view below you see the content per week (weeks on the left side):
There are also separate columns per channel. And an extra column on the right side for content:
- that is not allocated to a channel
- without a publishing date
You can use drag & drop to move your content to the correct place on your planning board.
Workflow view
In the workflow layout, you see your content organized according to the different steps in your workflow:
ContentPlanner comes with a default workflow with the following steps:
- Idea
- Draft
- Scheduled
- Published
But you can fully customize the workflow to your own needs: add, change, or remove steps. You can assign tasks to each of the individual steps.
You can also create multiple workflows for different content types that you need to produce: creating a YouTube video requires a different workflow than writing a blog post.
In the content workflow view (screenshot above) you can change the workflow and you can select the steps that are visible.
Cluster view
A cluster is like a chapter in a book: it groups related content in logical groups, thereby causing better search engine results.
The concept of clusters is mainly focused towards website & blog content.
Table view
In the table layout, you see all your content topics as rows in a grid view, similar to an excel sheet:
You can size & sort the columns as needed.
Summary
ContentPlanner provides different views on your content. This allows you to look at your content from different perspectives.