Adding Component Presentations to a Page and to its Regions

If your Page has a Page Schema that allows it, or if your Page has no Page Schema at all, you can add Component Presentations to the Page or to its Regions. You can also change the order of the Regions on the Page; the Page Template ultimately determines whether such reordering has any effect.

Procedure

  1. In Content Manager Explorer, navigate to a Publication and a Structure Group that contains a Page you want to add Component Presentations to.
  2. Open the Page you want to modify.
    The dialog for the Page opens.
  3. 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.
  4. If you know that the Page Template you selected for your Page produces 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.
  5. In the structure, select the level at which you want to insert a Component Presentation.
    The right half of the content area lists which, and how many, Component Presentations can (still) be added to the Page or Region you selected. It is possible that the level you selected does not allow you to add any (more) Component Presentations.
  6. Select Add in the ribbon toolbar.
    The Add Component Presentation dialog opens.
  7. To add a Component Presentation to the Page, first find the Component 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.

    When you have located the Component(s) you want to add, do the following:

    1. In the list view, select one or more Components to add. If the number of Components you select would exceed the allowed maximum if added, a message informs you of this fact, and you are disabled from adding the Components.
    2. If you want to edit a Component on the spot, double-click the Component to open it for editing.
    3. Select a Component Template. You can only select a Component Template that is allowed for this Schema in this Page or Region. If you select more than one Component, the Component Template is applied to all of the selected Components.
    4. If you want to preview a Component using the selected Component Template, select the Component and Component Template and click Preview on the right.
    5. When you are satisifed with your selection, click Add. Tridion Sites adds the Component Presentation(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.
    6. Repeat these steps to add additional Components as needed, if possible.
    7. After you finish adding Component Presentations, click Close to close the Add Component Presentation dialog.
      You see the added Component Presentation(s) in the tree structure.
  8. Select another level in the hierarchy to which you want to add one or more Component Presentations, and repeat steps 5 and 6 above.
  9. For any Component Presentation you select in the tree structure, you can do one or more of the following:
    • You can adjust the order of the Component Presentations within the Page or Region as needed by selecting Move up and Move down in the ribbon toolbar.
    • You can copy or move a Component Presentation from one Region to another by using the Cut, Copy and Paste buttons in the ribbon toolbar.
    • You can preview how the Component Presentation will look by selecting Preview in the ribbon toolbar.
    • You can go to the location of the Component, or edit it in a dialog, using the buttons at the far right of the content area.
    • You can change the Component Template used (if allowed) by selecting it from the dropdown list on the right.
    • You can restrict which Target Group(s) see this Component Presentation by selecting the Target Groups subtab on the right, and selecting exactly the desired Target Group(s).
  10. When you are finished adding all the Component Presentations you wanted to add to (the Regions of) this Page, select Save and Close.