# Step 2 — Create the content model

> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://doc.ibexa.co/en/6.0/llms.txt).

Learn how to create a content model consisting of content types and a few sample content items.

How your content is structured is an important part of a Cohesivo project. Think of it as the database design of your application.

To get full information, read the [content model](https://doc.ibexa.co/en/6.0/content_management/content_model/index.md) documentation page. Below is a short introduction that only covers points needed for this tutorial.

## Content model overview

The Cohesivo content repository is centered around **content items**. A content item is a single piece of content, for example an article, a product review, a place, and more.

Every content item is an instance of a content type. Content types define what **Fields** are included in each content item. For example, an article could include fields such as *title*, *image*, *abstract*, *article's body*, *publication date* and *list of authors*.

Fields can belong to one of the installed **field types**, about 30 in the default distribution. Each field type is built to represent a specific type of data: a text line, a block of rich text, an image, a collection of relations to content items, and more. You can find a complete list in the [field types reference](https://doc.ibexa.co/en/6.0/content_management/field_types/field_type_reference/field_type_reference/index.md) section. Every field type may have its own options, and comes with its own editing and viewing interfaces.

## Add a content type

The site use two content types: **Ride** and **Landmark**. A Ride is a route of a bike trip. It can include one or more Landmarks - interesting places you can see along the way. More than one Ride can visit the same Landmark, so it's similar to an N-N relationship model in a database.

In this step you add the first content type, Ride.

Go to the admin interface (`<yourdomain>/admin`) and log in with the default username: `admin` using the password specified during installation.

In the upper-right corner, click the avatar icon to unfold the drop-down menu and disable the [Focus mode](https://doc.ibexa.co/projects/userguide/en/6.0/getting_started/discover_ui/#focus-mode).

In the main menu, go to **Content** -> **Content types**.

You can see a list of **Content type groups**. They're used to group content types in a logical way.

Select **Content** and then click the **Create** button.

![Add a content type button](https://doc.ibexa.co/en/6.0/tutorials/beginner_tutorial/img/bike_tutorial_create_content_type.png)

Fill the form with this basic info:

- **Name**: Ride
- **Identifier**: `ride`

Then create all fields with the following information:

| Field type   | Name           | Identifier       | Required | Searchable | Translatable |
| ------------ | -------------- | ---------------- | -------- | ---------- | ------------ |
| Text line    | Name           | `name`           | yes      | yes        | yes          |
| Image Asset  | Photo          | `photo`          | no       | no         | no           |
| Rich text    | Description    | `description`    | yes      | yes        | yes          |
| Map location | Starting point | `starting_point` | yes      | yes        | no           |
| Map location | Ending point   | `ending_point`   | yes      | yes        | no           |
| Integer      | Length         | `length`         | yes      | yes        | no           |

Confirm the creation of the content type by clicking **Save and close**.

## Create Rides

> **Note: Note**
>
> If you're using Ibexa Experience, the root content item in your installation is a Page called "Ibexa Digital Experience Platform".
>
> For this tutorial, swap it with its child, a Folder called "Ibexa Platform".
>
> To do this, in the main menu go to **Content** -> **Content structure** -> **Ibexa Digital Experience Platform**, select the **Locations** tab and in the **Swap Locations** section navigate to "Ibexa Platform".
>
> You can learn how to work with Pages in [another tutorial](https://doc.ibexa.co/en/6.0/tutorials/page_and_form_tutorial/page_and_form_tutorial/index.md).

Go back to the content by selecting **Content structure** in the main menu. Then browse the content tree and create a Folder named *All Rides* by clicking the **Create content** button on the top right of the screen. Publish the Folder.

While in the folder, create a few of Rides using the **Create content** button, add photos and publish them.

![Ready for Step 3](https://doc.ibexa.co/en/6.0/tutorials/beginner_tutorial/img/bike_tutorial_all_rides_admin.png)

Once you have two or more Rides in the Folder, you're ready to customize the homepage of the website.