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title: "[Get Started with CS] - Create and Publish Content"
description: Learn how as content managers, you manage your content within Contentstack by creating entries, searching content, publishing content, deploying releases, using workflows, and managing obsolete content.
url: https://www.contentstack.com/docs/get-started/create-and-publish-content
product: Contentstack
doc_type: get-started
audience:
  - content-managers
version: v1
last_updated: 2026-03-25
---

# [Get Started with CS] - Create and Publish Content

This page introduces content managers to the core Contentstack tasks for creating, organizing, publishing, searching, and deploying content (including workflows, releases, and trash management) and should be used when setting up or standardizing day-to-day content operations.

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Learn how as content managers, you manage your content within Contentstack by creating entries, searching content, publishing content, deploying releases, using workflows, and managing obsolete content.

## Create Content
As content managers, you can do a lot with entries and assets – Create and collaborate with team members, start a discussion within an entry, manage version control, organize assets within folders, secure your assets, perform bulk operations, restore content, and more importantly get real time results with live preview.
- [Create an Entry](/docs/content-managers/author-content/create-an-entry/)
- [Add an Entry Comment](/docs/content-managers/author-content/add-a-comment/)
- [Understand Entry Versions](/docs/content-managers/author-content/understanding-entry-versions/)
- [Upload Assets](/docs/content-managers/author-content/create-upload-assets/)
- [Create Asset Folder](/docs/content-managers/author-content/create-a-folder/)
- [Manage Asset Security](/docs/content-managers/author-content/secure-public-urls-of-assets/)

Learn more about [Author Content](/docs/content-managers/author-content/).

## Publish Content
Make your content live by publishing entries and assets to the available publishing environments. You can publish individual content or bulk publish multiple contents in one or more locales instantly or by scheduling it quickly.
- [Publish Entries](/docs/content-managers/working-with-entries/publish-an-entry)
- [Publish Assets](/docs/content-managers/working-with-assets/publish-an-asset)
- [Bulk Publish Entries](/docs/content-managers/author-content/bulk-publish-entries)
- [Bulk Publish Assets](/docs/content-managers/bulk-operations-on-entries-and-assets/bulk-publish-assets)
- [View Publish Status in Publish Queue](/docs/content-managers/publish-content/view-publish-status-of-entries-assets-in-publish-queue)

Learn more about [Publish Content](/docs/content-managers/publish-content/).

## Search Content
You can search for any assets or entries contained within a specific stack using the search capability. Depending on your needs, you can perform two different forms of searches: Basic and Advanced.
- [How Search Works](/docs/content-managers/search-content/how-search-works)
- [Save Your Searches](/docs/content-managers/search-content/save-your-searches)
- [Bulk Operations on Search Results](/docs/content-managers/search-content/about-bulk-operations-on-search-results)

Learn more about [Search Content](/docs/content-managers/search-content/).

## Streamline your Content Development
A workflow is a series of stages that establishes the process's road map and enables users to review and approve content systematically. With clearly defined stages, you can control the content flow across the whole lifecycle of your project.
- [Entry Default Workflow Stage](/docs/content-managers/use-workflows/entry-default-workflow-stage)
- [Change Entry Workflow Stage](/docs/content-managers/use-workflows/change-entry-workflow-stage)
- [Send an Entry for Publish or Unpublish Approval](/docs/content-managers/use-workflows/send-an-entry-for-publish-or-unpublish-approval)

Learn more about [Workflows](/docs/content-managers/use-workflows/).

## Deploy Grouped Content
Large-scale, time-sensitive content management and publication is a challenging task. By pinning all the necessary entries and assets within a "Release," you can help streamline this task. All the pinned items are simultaneously published / unpublished to the environment of your choice when you deploy the Release.
- [Create a New Release](/docs/content-managers/create-and-manage-releases/create-a-new-release)
- [Add Entry/Asset to a Release](/docs/content-managers/create-and-manage-releases/add-entry-asset-to-a-release)
- [Deploy a Release](/docs/content-managers/create-and-manage-releases/deploy-a-release)

Learn more about [Releases](/docs/content-managers/create-and-manage-releases/).

## Managing Trash
For up to 14 days following the date of deletion, trash keeps a backup of all objects that have been deleted. Before they are completely deleted, you can return removed objects to their original state.

Learn more about [Managing Trash](/docs/developers/manage-trash/).

## Common questions

### Who should use this page?
Content managers who need an overview of how to create, search, publish, and deploy content in Contentstack.

### Where do I go to learn how to create entries and manage assets?
Use the links under **Create Content**, and see **Learn more about Author Content**.

### How can I publish multiple items at once?
Use **Bulk Publish Entries** or **Bulk Publish Assets** under **Publish Content**.

### How long does Contentstack keep deleted items in Trash?
Trash keeps a backup of deleted objects for up to 14 days following the date of deletion.