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Adding a Basic Web Content Article

When you have a lot of content to publish on your site, Liferay’s content management system helps you with practical and essential ways to manage it. Web content articles can be displayed through widgets, fragments, or display pages.

Each web content article is based on a structure that defines its available fields. Liferay includes the Basic Web Content structure out-of-the-box, but you can create your own. See Understanding Web Content Structures for more information.

Creating a Basic Web Content Article

  1. Open the Site Menu (Site Menu) and navigate to Content & DataWeb Content.

  2. Under the Web Content tab, click Add (Add icon) and select Basic Web Content.

    The web content administration page..

  3. Enter a title (required) for the new article and add the desired content to their respective fields.

    The edit screen for a new web content article.

  4. Click Publish.

Now your new article is created! If it’s inside a folder, an interactive path appears for easier navigation.

An interactive path enables easy file navigation.

You can now display your web content article on a page using the Web Content Display widget, for example.

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The user who creates the first version of a web content article becomes its owner. If another user edits the content (which creates a new version), ownership isn’t transferred.

Previewing Web Content Articles

You can preview your content using the selected default template or display page template before publishing, so you can make adjustments to ensure your content appears as intended to users.

Previewing a Web Content Article Using a Template

  1. In the properties tab, select a template to preview the web content article.

  2. Click Preview ( Preview ).

    The default template has a preview button that looks like an eye.

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Only web content articles that have been published or saved as a draft can be previewed.

Previewing a Web Content Articles Using a Display Page

You can preview web content using a display page template from any site or asset library.

  1. In the properties tab, select a site and display page to preview the web content article.

  2. ClickPreview ( Preview ).

    When you've selected a display page template, use the preview button in the properties tab.

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Selecting the Preview button saves a draft of the web content article before displaying the preview.

Properties Tab

When creating or editing a Basic Web Content article, the following options appear in the sidebar menu’s Properties tab:

Property Purpose Additional Notes
Basic Information See basic information about the article including the web content structure it is based on, version and status, ID, and a short editable description. The structure cannot be edited once the article is created. See Web Content Structures for more information.
Default Template Select a default template to display this web content. See Creating Web Content Templates for more information.
Display Page Template Select a Display Page Template for this article, if one is desired. See Creating and Managing Display Page Templates for more information.
Featured Image Select a small image to use as the article’s thumbnail. The image can come from a URL, uploaded from your system, or from files located in Documents and Media.
Categorization Set any public or private categories, tags, or priority for the article. See Tagging Content and Organizing Content with Categories and Tags for more information.
Friendly URL Set a custom friendly URL for this article.
Schedule Schedule a date to display or expire the article, if desired. See Scheduling Web Content for more information.
Search Set whether this article will be indexed for search.
Related Assets Select any related assets, if desired.

Creating and Managing Display Page Templates

Introduction to Web Content Structures

Filtering and Sorting Web Content Articles