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CMS 10.6 Generating Component Content Unit View Thumbnails

Prerequisites:
  • See Page Builder Prerequisites for details.
  • The presentation content unit must be a component.
  • The content unit must associate with a view stored in the Assets Manager.
  • A site page must contain the embedded or referenced component.

Use the Generate Thumbnail action to create and save a graphic as the thumbnail icon for individual presentation component content units. The thumbnail represents the content unit across the CMS.

This feature provides a list of pages that contain embedded or referenced component content units. Administrators can choose from the available page preview options to render the content unit view. The system uses the rendered content to a generate thumbnail.

Note
Generating thumbnails is exclusive to CMS 10.6. Administrators can alternatively upload their own custom graphics for content unit thumbnails. See CMS 10.6 Editing Existing Component Content Units for details.

To generate a content unit thumbnail:

  1. Navigate to Administration > Presentation Content Units.
    The Management screen displays.
  2. Select the content unit in the Component Content Units tab.

    Edit via Actions Menu

  3. Select Edit in the Actions menu.
    The Create/Edit screen displays.

    Generate Thumb via Content Unit Actions Menu

  4. Select Generate Thumb in the Content Unit Actions menu.
    The Generate Content Unit Thumbnail from Page Preview dialog displays.

    Generate Content Unit Thumbnail from Page Preview Dialog

  5. Select a page from the list to display the page preview that contains the content unit view.
    The system renders the page preview, and a border (yellow) displays around the rendered content unit in the dialog.

    Generate Thumbnail

  6. Select Generate Thumbnail.
    The system generates a thumbnail screen capture of the content unit.
  7. Review the generated thumbnail. If the thumbnail doesn't render properly or doesn't suit your needs, then choose one of the following steps.
    • Select Generate Thumbnail to regenerate the content unit thumbnail based on the same page preview.
    • Select a different page to generate the content unit thumbnail from a different page preview.
  8. Select Confirm Thumbnail to accept and save the generated thumbnail to the content unit.

    Confirm Thumbnail

    The system saves and displays the new thumbnail to the content unit.
    Note

    Select Clear to remove the thumbnail.

    Clear Thumbnail