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CMS 10.6 Adding Content Units

Prerequisites:

Content units serve as instances of structured content (i.e., building blocks) that users can only add to page layouts. Use field or component content units to add content to your presentation. By default, Page Builder displays pre-made form field and component units and displays custom content units created by administrators.

Content units come in two varieties:

Field content unit

A wrapper around a basic field (i.e., element) type. These can be text, images, links—any kind of element type. Each field content unit has a unique name, default values, and a layout associated with it. In this way, content units of the same element type can have different layouts.

See Field Content Units for details.

Component content unit

A wrapper around a complete, component-based schema that can contain multiple field content units.

See Component Content Units for details.

To add a content unit to a column in the Page Builder presentation:
  1. Expand the Design accordion menu option in the Design tab.
    The Row Layouts section displays.
  2. Select the Content section in the Design accordion pane.
    A list of field and component content units displays.

    Content Units List

  3. Choose the content unit to add to the column in the Page Builder presentation. You can use the following options to filter and search for content units.
    Additional Information

    If individual content units display the strikethrough recycle icon One-Time Use Icon in the list, then you can only add one instance of the content unit to the presentation. If content units don't display the strikethrough recycle icon, then you can reuse those content items without limits in the Page Builder presentation. See Creating Field Units and Creating Component Units for details about setting reusable content units.

    OptionsDescription

    View mode buttons

    Show List ViewShow List View Button

    Show Trays ViewShow Trays View Button

    Choose a view mode:

    Show List View Show List View Button
    Select this button to display the content units in a list.
    Show Trays View Show Trays View Button
    Select this button to display a preview thumbnail of each content unit.

    Tip

    When you display content units in either view mode, select the View Thumbnail icon View Thumbnail Icon associated each individual content unit to display its respective preview thumbnail in a pop-up dialog.

    See CMS 10.6 Previewing Content Units in the Design Tab for details.

    Field and Component filter checkboxes

    Select or clear the checkboxes to filter available content unit types:

    Fields
    If selected, displays available field content units.
    Components
    If selected, displays available component content units.
    Search field

    Enter a keyword in the Search field.

    Available content units display based on the entered keyword and selected filter option.

  4. Press and drag the content unit from the Content section to the presentation canvas grid within the Design tab workspace.

    Bars (blue) display to indicate where you can move the content unit in the canvas grid.

    Note
    Bars display directly in columns of row layouts. You can add content units to any column, including columns that hold existing content units and columns nested within child layouts. See CMS 10.6 Adding Child Layouts to Forms for details.
  5. Drag and hover the content unit over the bar in the canvas grid, and drop the content unit when the bar displays the following text.
    Drop content unit here

    Drag Content Unit

    The content unit displays in the column.
  6. If you dropped a field content unit, then see CMS 10.6 Editing Field Units for details to edit the content.
  7. If you dropped a component content unit, then complete the following substeps. If you dropped a field content unit, then skip them.
    1. Select Add Content.

      Add Content

      The Add Content to Component dialog displays.

      See CMS 10.6 Add Tray Dialog for details about tools to search for and filter existing component items and component content units in the dialog.

    2. Choose the content to add, and select OK.
      Note
      You can choose to embed content by selecting a component content unit with a unit ID (e.g., ComponentContentUnits/5, or you can choose to reference existing content by selecting a component content unit with an existing xID.
      If you added existing, referenced content, then the content displays within the Page Builder presentation content unit block.

      Referenced Component Unit Content

      If you added embedded content, then the Enter name for embed component dialog displays.

    3. If you added existing, referenced content, select Save in the Edit tab toolbar. If you added embedded content, proceed to the next step.
  8. If you added embedded content, then complete the following substeps. If you added existing, referenced content, then skip them.
    1. Complete the following fields in the Enter name for embed component dialog that displays.
      FieldDescription
      Component NameEnter a name for the embedded component content.
      Note (optional)Enter notes about the embedded component content.
    2. Select Continue.
      The component name displays in the component content unit block header.
    3. Select Save in the Design tab toolbar to save your Page Builder changes before editing the embedded content.
    4. Select the Edit in field icon Edit in Field Icon in the header of the embedded content unit.
      Tip
      If header toolbar icons don't initially display, then select the Show Actions vertical ellipses (...) icon to access the toolbar options.

      The Edit this field In-Context dialog displays.

      Edit This Field In-Context

    5. Provide values for the field elements, and select Apply changes.
      Note
      After you edit a field element, a pencil icon displays to indicate the edited value. See Completing Page and Component Elements for details about completing element fields.
      The new content displays in the Page Builder presentation content unit block.
  9. Select Save in the Design tab toolbar to save your content unit additions in the Page Builder presentation.
    Warning
    Always save after making Page Builder presentation changes. Otherwise, the system will not preserve your new changes.
 

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