Macro Instructions for carrying Article Information through to Feature List
Instructions for carrying Excerpts through from this page to the Feature List Article Page: Add macro / Multiexcerpt (or copy and existing excerpt and edit) or (Copy existing page and place content into existing excerpt macros) On Features List page: Click in the Cell to be populated / add macro / Multiexcerpt Include / Select the Article page and the excerpt (or copy another feature line and edit the 'Article page' source. |
Article Templates allow you to select specially designed template layouts available out of the box for date or period sensitive content such as news articles and blogs. However, the article system can be used for other purposes such as to render a staff list and staff bios and sets of FAQs. Article template layouts are configured just like other page templates in the Customer Self Service eCommerce Platform - using zones and widgets. The flexibility to customise article layouts depends on whether zoned or non-zoned layouts are in use, and on your website version.
Full access to template customisation requires the following:
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Three built-in article templates are available for all sites from the Articles tab, under the Content → Pages & Templates menu.
An article list displays all articles available for an article type and allows the user to click on one to access the full content. In the example, the 'News Articles' list shows all articles available on the website. The standard 'Article List Page' (without zones) can be selected for the layout of article lists. To be able to customise zones, use the 'Article List Item Zoned' template instead.
The standard non-zoned layout is rendered using the built-in 'Article List Page' template (which defaults to the 'Paged Content List Layout') and either the Article List widget or the Article List All widget.
If you wish to display your articles in a slider format (rather than as a static list), simply replace the Article List All widget with the Article Slider widget on the 'Article List Page' template. Note - the Article Slider will only support the standard list item fields - zoned layout is not available. |
This template allows you to further customise an article list with more flexibility than the standard Article List Page template. You can rearrange widgets and add extras such as custom fields, a filter to display content by layer and a feature sorting tool. See Article List - Zoned layout help for details.
BPD websites come equipped with a clean, well-organised article layout right out of the box. But what if you've got additional content to display in your articles? Or what if you'd prefer a customised page layout, completely unique to your site?
That's where the zoned layout option comes in! By using a zoned article layout, you can present your article in the layout of your choice, with content arranged as you please. See Article Page - Zoned layout help.
Note - If your site is on 4.23+, you can create and use completely custom layouts for every article. (See help on Custom Templates for Individual Articles.)
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