Configuring Preview Settings
Prerequisites:
- See Publishing Prerequisites for details.
- Root page, home page, and publishing folder must be identified. See Configuring Publishing Target Info for details.
To accommodate .NET technology, the Publishing System features a Preview Provider drop-down menu where administrators can select the preview rendering method.
To set a preview provider:
- Navigate to Administration > Publishing System > Publishing Targets.
- Select the appropriate publishing target from the Managing Publishing Targets list. The Info tab displays.
- Select one of the following preview options from the Preview Provider drop-down list.
- Select Dynamic Site Server to use, for example, the sample MVC solution included with the CMS. The Preview Virtual Directory Path field displays.
- Complete the following field:
Field Description Preview Virtual Directory Path Enter the path to the preview virtual directory. To prevent cross-site scripting, the virtual directory must be within the CMS installation or under the parent site of the CMS. The path starts with a slash (/) and may be several levels deep (e.g., /preview/dsspreview). Note: To use the sample MVC solution as the preview provider, leave the default value, DssPreview, as the value of the Preview Virtual Directory Path field.
- Complete the following field:
- Select External to enable the external preview system. Use this option to edit Multi-Format Output (MFO) content via the ICE (In-Context Editing) system. The External Preview Provider URL and The URL to provide updated field markup for In-Context Edit system fields display.
- Complete the following fields:
Note: After entering the correct URLs for the External provider, users with permissions can preview MFO content in the Edit tab's In-Context Edit View mode and the Preview windows.
Provider Description External Preview Provider URL Enter the preview URL, which is a child of the CMS site. The external preview feature supports URLs starting with a slash (/), meaning the preview URL can use the path relative to the default site root. It's usually a good idea to use a relative path in this field. The URL to provide updated field markup for In-Context Edit system Enter the URL that replaces the built-in previewpage.asp file. The URL that you provide for the ICE system will receive updated element values and will return rendered markup.
- Complete the following fields:
- Select Dynamic Site Server to use, for example, the sample MVC solution included with the CMS. The Preview Virtual Directory Path field displays.
- Click Save in the top right corner of the publishing target view.
Next Steps: Choose one of the following steps.
- Configure Transform Options to transform XML to HTML.
- Configure Analytics Settings to enable publishing target analytics.
- Configure Page Builder Settings to use page builder for publishing target content.