Content Types in Plone

Contact: Information about a person. This can include name, address, phone number, a portrait and a short biography.
Contacts Folder: A folder that contains contacts.
Event: Anything that is added to a calendar is considered an event. A published event is displayed in the calendar view.
File: Any content that isn't a Web page document and that is in file format is a file. MS Word documents and Adobe PDF documents are examples of files.
Folder: Although it is not content in the strictest sense of the word, a folder is a container for content.
Form Folder: A folder that contains the elements of form. Elements are the action adapters, the questions and a thank you page.
Image: An image file - JPEG, GIF, PNG, and so on, is added as the image content type.
Link: This content type holds local URLs or URLs to external Web sites.
News Item: A news item is used to call attention to something. This item is then added to the news slot and under the News tab.
Page: Although anything with text in it is usually generically referred to as a page, within Plone, a page is a Web page.