Adding Components to a Page and to its Regions
You can add content to a Page or to its Regions based on what is allowed by the Region Schema or Page Schema. The type of content that is allowed can include Components, Multimedia Components or external content. You can also change the order of the Regions on the Page, although this order may be ignored on the website.
Procedure
- In Content Manager Explorer, navigate to a Publication and a Structure Group that contains a Page to which you want to add content.
- Open the Page you want to modify.
The dialog for the Page opens.
- Select the Design tab.
The left half of the content area shows the tree structure of the Page and its Regions, if it has any. The ribbon toolbar switches to the Content tab.
- If you know that your Page results in a different webpage depending on how the Regions are ordered, reorder the Regions to your preference. You do so by selecting each Region you want to reposition and selecting Move Up or Move Down in the ribbon toolbar to move it to its intended position.
- In the structure, select the level at which you want to insert content.
The right half of the content area lists which, and how many, content items can (still) be added to the Page or Region you have selected. It is possible that the level you selected does not allow you to add any (more) items.
- Select Add in the ribbon toolbar.
The Add Component Presentation dialog opens.Note: Although the dialog title indicates you will be adding Component Presentations, if your organization is using a data publishing model, you will actually be adding only the Components (or Multimedia Components). You do not need to also select a Component Template, which template-based publishing requires to turn a Component into a Component Presentation. In a templateless, data-only publishing model, no Component Template is required and there is no concept of a Component Presentation.
- To add content to the Page, first find the content that you want to add. You can do this in the following ways:
- In your Favorites in the tree area, navigate to a Folder or Category and select it. If you selected a Category, select a Keyword in the tree or content area to see Components that have been classified with this Keyword or a child Keyword.
- In your Building Blocks Folder structure, navigate to the location of the Component you want to add.
- In your Categories and Keywords, select a Keyword. The List View displays Components that have been classified with this Keyword or a child Keyword.
Any Component that is based on a Schema that is not allowed in this Page or Region is automatically greyed out and cannot be selected.
Note: If the External Content Library (ECL) feature has been set up by your organization, you may also be able to add ECL items from an external content library's folder structure, select an ECL item. Typically, however, it is best to add ECL items to regular Components (not Multimedia Components) as linked items, and then add the Component to the Page like you normally would. - When you have located the Component(s) you want to add, do the following:
- In the list view, select one or more Components and click Add.
Tridion Sites adds the Component(s) to the Page or Region, but leaves the dialog open. If the maximum allowed number is reached, a message informs you of this fact, and you are disabled from adding any more Components.
- Optional: If your organization uses a template-based publishing model, select a Component Template for each Component. In a template-based publishing model, the combination of the Component Template with the Component creates a publishable piece of content called a Component Presentation.
Note the following:
- With the templateless, data-only publishing model, skip this step. In a templateless, data-only publishing model, no Component Template is required and there is no concept of a Component Presentation.
- You can only select a Component Template that is allowed for this Schema in this Page or Region.
- If you selected more than one Component, the Component Template is applied to all of the selected Components.
- Repeat these steps to add additional Components, as needed.
- After you finish adding Components (or Component Presentations), click Close to close the Add Component Presentation dialog.
You see the added Component(s) in the Page Structure.
- In the list view, select one or more Components and click Add.
- Select another level in the hierarchy to which you want to add one or more Components, and repeat steps 6 through 8 above.
- For any Component you select in the tree structure, you can do one or more of the following:
- Adjust the order of the Component within the Page or Region by selecting Move up and Move down in the ribbon toolbar.
- Copy or move a Component from one Region to another by using the Cut, Copy and Paste buttons in the ribbon toolbar.
- Go to the location of the Component, or edit it in a dialog, using the buttons at the far right of the content area.
- Restrict which Target Group(s) see this Component by selecting the Target Groups subtab on the right, and selecting exactly the desired Target Group(s).
- If you selected a Component Template, change the Component Template used by selecting it from the dropdown list on the right.
- If you selected a Component Template, preview how the Component Presentation will look by selecting Preview in the ribbon toolbar.
- When you are finished adding all the Components you wanted to add to (the Regions of) this Page, select Save and Close.