Creating Web Content Structures
Create web content structures to serve as building blocks for web content articles and determine the information you can include when writing them.
To create a web content structure,
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Open the Site Menu (
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Select the Structures tab.
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Click New to create a new structure.
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Enter the title of your new structure.
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Drag and drop the available fields onto the structure and configure their settings to create the structure.
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Optionally, add a Description for your structure.
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Click Save.
Due to import/export operations, it’s possible to have both a global and a site-scoped structure with the same structureKey. If this happens, the site-scoped structure takes precedence, and you can’t access the global structure from that site.
To discover additional configuration options for web content and structures (e.g., enable setting a custom structure key), look in System Settings → Content and Data → Web Content → Administration.
Structure Fields
You can place these fields on a structure:
Boolean: A checkbox that stores either true (checked) or false (unchecked). For example, you can use this field to set a display rule for the structure’s content.
Color: A color picker.
Date: A pre-formatted text field that displays a date picker. The date format depends on the current locale.
Date and Time: A pre-formatted text field that displays a date and time picker. The date and time format depend on the current locale.
Geolocation: A map that displays a configured location. Geolocation provides both the current location and directions to another place.
Grid: A customized matrix with values that can be personalized for the rows and columns. The user can only select one option for each row.
Image: An image selector to include an image from the Documents and Media library or your computer.
If you upload an image from your computer, the image is only available for that particular article.
Link to Page: A selector to include a link to another page in the same site.
Multiple Selection: A list of options to choose from using a checkbox list. This field allows multiple selections.
Numeric: A field that accepts integer or decimal numbers based on the selected numeric type. Non-numeric input is not accepted.
Rich Text: A WYSIWYG editor to offer more formatting options for writing content.
Select from List: A selection of options to choose from using a drop-down list. This field optionally allows multiple selections.
Separator: A horizontal line to separate fields.
Single Selection: A list of options to choose from using radio buttons. This field allows one selection only.
Text: A text field for short entries, such as titles or headings.
Setting the Field Type to Multiple Lines enables multiline input in the web content editor, but line breaks (\n) are not rendered automatically. So, when you map the Text field from an article using that structure to a Paragraph fragment, it appears as a single line. To preserve formatting and maintain line breaks, use a Rich Text field.
Upload: A file selector to include a file from the documents and media library or your computer.
Web Content: A selector to include an existing web content article.
See Configuring Web Content Structure Fields for more information on configuring and editing Structure fields.
Translating a Structure
You can add a translation for the structure, either while creating it or later.
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From the Add or Edit Structure screen, open the language selector by clicking the locale (e.g.,
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Click Add (
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Click Done.
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Click the default locale again and select the new locale to begin translating.
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Translate as much of the Structure’s text as you’d like, then click Save.
To delete a translation, go back to the Manage Translations modal and click Trash (
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To edit a translation, select the translation using the language selector, make any changes, and click Save.