Within Sitefinity, you have the ability to duplicate an existing content item as a starting point to creating new content instead of using the Create function.  This is handy, as duplicating an item creates a new version of the past item with the same content and relations to other content already filled in.  You then edit fields as necessary to make it new.  The great part is you will see exactly what information you filled in for the previous content item of the same type.  This is especially handy if you select a previous content item to duplicate that is very similar to the new content you wish to post - similar news topic, blog topic, expertise, same job position, etc.

For the following demonstration we will use a Blog post as an example, but this can be done with any type of content.

Step 1: From the top navigation, click on the Content tab and then Blog Groups from the drop down menu. This will bring up a list of all blog groups.  Now browse into the blog group to see a list of blog post.

Step 2: Open a Blog Post (Content Item) in Duplicate mode.

If you know the title/name of the item you are going to duplicate you can use the search bar to enter part of the post title to filter the list of blog posts to display only matching results.  Then either click the checkbox next to the post Title to make the Actions drop down menu visible under the Blog Group name/headline, or use the Actions (3 dots) menu on the far right of the item row.  Click on the 'Duplicate' hyperlink in the drop down menu.

This will open a new blog post in EDIT mode - that appears the same as the post you selected to duplicate.

Step 3: Edit the Main Content.

Start by renaming the page/giving the content a new Title.  Then edit the Main Content and Summary as necessary.  Also check or uncheck the Featured Item box as you deem appropriate for your new content.

Step 4: Edit/Check Related Content.

Check to see if the duplicated Related Content are still relevant for your new content. If necessary edit these relationships.  For more information and how to interlink or relate a blog post to other content click here.  Similar tutorials exist for interlinking other content types (they work the same way).

Step 5: Edit/Check Related Media.

Check to see if the duplicated Related Media are still relevant for your new content. If necessary edit these.  For more information and how to interlink or relate an image to a content item click here.  Interlinking or a relating a document to the content would work the same way.

Step 6: Status the content.

Using the status bar make the page/content live on your website by clicking the Publish button. Click here for a further explanation of statuses.

Note: To view the page/content prior to publishing, you can use the preview feature. This will show exactly how the page/content will look once published. To preview, click the Preview button (Page/Content must be statused as draft prior to previewing).