By using a Content Summary Template, you can include a brief introductory paragraph from one component/page and feature the same component in full on a separate page.
These templates layouts are particularly useful when trying to direct visitors to specific sections of your site.
The following instructions will provide information on how to use Tridion create and insert a summary view of one page onto another page and how to link this summary view to the page that contains the full view.
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Editing an existing Content component item or
Creating a new Content component item.
To learn how to create a new content component block that features text, visit the Adding Text Content section of instructions.
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Important fields for Content Summaries inside a regular Content component.
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Inside the Content component schema you want to link to with the Summary, the relevant fields are:
Introduction text for summaries (Not shown in full view)
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If you do not have SEO verbiage, copy text from one of the paragraphs that
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is be suitable for
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an introduction and paste this into this field.
If none of your paragraphs have text that work as an introduction,
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write text that briefly summarizes the point of your content that or would be optimal for search engines.
Image displays in summary views: Summary Views give you the option to also include an image.
Click on the magnifying glass icon to the right of this field (highlighted in green above), and find the image you want to be displayed with the summary in the Building Blocks folder.
Selectan image from the Media Library orUploadan image.
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This image will only be featured when the component is used as a Content Summary. |
For more information on using Images on web pages, visit this section of instructions:
Once you are happy with the summary content in the component, click Save and Close in the Home tab of the toolbar (highlighted in blue above) Update.
Adding the Content Summary to a Page
Once you have created or edited the content that you want to link to with a Summary, determine where in your site you want to feature a brief review of this content.
Navigate to the page in your
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Publication folder and open it.
Click the
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Browse for contentlink and navigate to the item in the Content Folder.Select the
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item you've just created or edited.
In the
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Layoutview drop down menu, select one of the
Content Summary
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Content Summary with Overlay, orContent Summary Small Imagetemplates.To add more than one Content Summary, repeat these steps 5
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for each Content
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itme that you want to link to.
Once you are satisfied with the content on you page, hit
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Updatein the Home tab, and you are ready to Publish.
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To Publish:
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Examples of a Content Summary on a Page
The below screenshot is an example of the Content Summary template layout view, as it appears on a page:
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The Content Summary template layout view on a page (yellow).
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You can see the Title of the Content component items (highlighted above in blue) you are linking to, the image uploaded in the Image displays in summary views field, the Introduction text for summaries (highlighted in green above), and the actual link (highlighted in red above).
The below screenshot is an example of the Content Summary with Overlay template layout, as it appears on a page:
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The Content Summary with Overlay template layout on a page (yellow).
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You can see the Title of the Content component layout (highlighted above in red) you are linking to over the image uploaded in the Image displays in summary views field, and the Introduction text for summaries (highlighted in green above).
In this templatelayout view, if the component you are linking to has a Subtitle, it will appear in the same place as the Title in the Content Summary template layout (highlighted in blue above).
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Another display option for the Content Summary is the Content Summary Small Image layout view, shown below:
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The Content Summary Small Image template on a page (yellow).
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