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This page provides an overview of all ways to define custom JCR node types and create new workspaces with Magnolia.

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With content types

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By utilizing the magnolia-content-types module you can define custom JCR content types and workspaces within light modules.

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1. JCR workspace
2. JCR nodetype
   This node type inherits from the Magnolia node type mgnl:content. To define more sophisticated node types, you can create a node type definition file in a light module. 
3. JCR namespace

Example

bitbucket-cmeier-repogitcmsuserscmeier/repos/content-type-examples/raw/contentTypes/tourGuide.yaml?at=master

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language yml sections %%datasource%% - %%shortBio%% url
datasource: workspace: tourguides namespaces: mt: https://	www.magnolia-	travel.com/	jcr/	1.0/mt autoCreate: true model: nodeType: mt:tourGuide properties: - name: birthday type: Date - name: gender - name: shortBio

Bestpractice
If a node type inheriting from mgnl:content complies with your requirements, we recommend defining all of the items – namespace, node type and workspace – in the content type definition, all in one file.

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1. Create an XML-based node type definition file in your light module:

   bitbucket-cmeier-repogitcmsusers/cmeier/repos/content-type-examples/raw/jcr-node-type-files/travellers-node-types.xml?at=master

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   language xml title /content-type-examples/jcr-node-type-files/travellers-node-types.xml url
   <nodeTypes xmlns:mgnl="http://www.magnolia.info/jcr/mgnl" xmlns:mt="https://	www.magnolia-	travel.com/	jcr/1.0/mt"> <nodeType name="mt:traveller" isMixin="false" hasOrderableChildNodes="true" primaryItemName=""> <supertypes> <supertype>mgnl:content</supertype> </supertypes> </nodeType> <nodeType name="mt:tourGuide" isMixin="false" hasOrderableChildNodes="true" primaryItemName=""> <supertypes> <supertype>mt:traveller</supertype> </supertypes> </nodeType> <nodeType name="mt:happyCustomer" isMixin="false" hasOrderableChildNodes="true" primaryItemName=""> <supertypes> <supertype>mt:traveller</supertype> </supertypes> </nodeType> </nodeTypes>

2. Reference the node type definition from a content type definition:
   

   raw/contentTypes/happyCustomer.yaml?at=master

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   https://git.magnolia-cms.com/users/cmeier/repos/ profile bitbucket-cmeier-repo language yml title /content-type-examples/contentTypes/happyCustomer.yaml linenumbers true url
   datasource: workspace: happycustomers autoCreate: true nodeTypeDefinition: /content-type-examples/	jcr-node-type-files/travellers-node-types.xml model: nodeType: mt:happyCustomer properties: - name: country - name: age type: Double

   Line 4: References the node type definition resource via nodeTypeDefinition.

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