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The first step in creating a Content Summary List is creating or editing the Content ComponentsItems you want to link to and making sure they have all the information they need to make Summaries.
For information on creating Content ComponentsItems, visit the Adding Text Content section of instructions.
For information on what you need to include in the Content Components Items to make a Content Summary, visit the Content Summaries instructions.
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Once all of the Content ComponentsItems you want to link to in the List are edited to include the information for the Summaries, make sure you save them and publish the pages they are on before you use the components. |
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Now that you have created or edited your Content Components, you will need to create a List Component.
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Click New Component (blue) to begin creating a List component.
In the Building Blocks folder of your respective website, click New Component (highlighted in blue above) in the Create tab (highlighted in yellow above) of the navigation bar.
You will be taken to a new page for creating the component (shown below):
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Creating a List component for the Content components.
Enter an appropriate Name for your component.
Select
Listfrom the Schema drop down menu (highlighted in yellow above).Display Title: Enter text here if you want to put a Title above the Summary List.
List Element: Click the magnifying glass icon on the right (highlighted in blue above).
You will be taken to your Building Blocks folder.
Select the first Content Component you want to link to and click
Insert.
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Back on the page for creating the List component (shown above), click on the green + icon (highlighted in yellow above) to add the rest of the Content components you want to link to.
Select the other Content components and click Insert to add them to the List component. Click Close to return to the component page.
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- Single Level schema item.
You will create this either from the Page or in the content folder. After specifying the parent content folder and the name of the schema item, you can add your items to the list.
Once you have added multiple Content components items, you can remove them from the List using the trashcan icons (highlighted in red above) or sort them by clicking and dragging the move icons (highlighted in blue above).
Once you are happy with your list, click Save and Close (highlighted in yellow above) Update and you are ready to add the component to a page.
If you are in Pages, you may now Publish. If you are in the Content Folder, navigate to Pages and browse for the content to add it to the page. Then Publish.
Inserting the Summary List on to a Page
Once If you’ve created the List component -single level that houses contains the Content components you want to link to in your Summary List, you can items in the Content Folder, you will then add it to a page.
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At this point, make sure the target pages that include the Content components items you are linking to are If you edited an existing component to include the information for a summary, make sure it has been Published since you made the changes. Summary Lists will not work unless the component is published in full elsewhere! |
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Navigate in the Root Folder to the page you want the link list displayed on, and open it.
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Click on the Component Presentations tab.
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In the window that opens, navigate to the location of the List component you just created and click on the component.
Select one of the following
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layout views from the dropdown menu:
Content Summary ListContent Summary List with Overlay
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The difference between these two templates is shown in the example screenshots in the next section of these instructions.
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Click Insert to add the component to your page, then click Close to return to the page.
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Content Summary MulticolumnCarousel of Linked Content
Updatethe list, and you are ready toPublish.
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As long as you've correctly published the components content items onto their own pages (the same component item must be used on the separate page and within the summary list), Tridion Beatrix CMS will automatically link the boxes to their corresponding pages. You do not need to do any "linking." |
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