CDS Manual - Section III

NOTE: You can follow along with this documentation at our online DEMO of Content Director

3.1 Overview of Catalog side presentation elements

1. Category Display elements:
   
   
   1. Pages Infobox Menu
   2. Nested Sub-Items in Menu
   3. Category Header Title
   4. Category Body Text
   5. Listing Section
   6. Parent Category Header Banner Image
   7. Page Title Text
   8. Page Body
   9. Navigation Bar
   
   
2. Admin Side Elements:
   
   

1. Parent Category Name
2. Item Names (menu name)
3. Search Box (enter a value and press Enter key to submit)
4. Status Value (green is active, red is inactive)
5. Menu Listing Value (green is on, gray is off)
6. In Listing listing value (green is on, gray is off)
7. Product Attached Value (will display the model number of the attached product)
8. Sort Value
9. Action Icons: Edit and Select
10. URL Override Indicator appears in place of the Folder Icon when a URL override is present
11. Goto Jump Tool allows you to select any category in the system and go there directly

3.2 Creating Page Categories

You can create Page Categories to organize your pages. Page Categories may contain pages as well as other page categories.

1. To create a Page Category, go to Admin -> Content Director -> Page Manager -> click New Category.
   
   
2. Once inside the New Category Page, fill out the form fields.
   
   
   
   1. Description of fields:
      

      Title	This appears on the top of the Category Page.
      Menu Name	This appears in the Menu and on other pages that link to this category.
      Listing Blurb	This text appears on parent categories and certain lists, and allows you to describe the category briefly.
      Body	This appears on the category either above the items list or to the left of them. This is full HTML capable text.
      Meta Tag Title	This appears in the HTML tag for this category. Enter a few words, similar to your Title.
      Meta Tag Description	This appears in the HTML tag for this category. It is not visible in the browser; search engines read this value. Enter a few sentences, similar to your Listing Blurb.
      Meta Tag Keywords	This appears in the HTML tag for this category. It is not visible in the browser; search engines read this value. Enter a series of words relevant to the content on this page, separated by commas.
      Thumbnail Image	This image appears on the Listing Page for the category.
      Heading Title Image	This image replaces the Title text on the Category page. It is highly recommended that this image include the name of the category in its artwork.
      Header Banner Image	This image will appear above all items in this category and all the sub-category items.
      Status	When set to Active, allows the category to be viewed. When set to inactive, prevents the category from displaying or being viewed directly.
      Sort Order	Controls the order in which a category will appear in a list or in the Infobox Menu.
      Sub-Category View	Changes the way we see subcategories. Nested View is the traditional view. Flat View flattens the data, so that you see into the sub-categories from the parent level.
      Page Listing Columns	Controls the number of columns of items to display. Included is the option to set the category description to the left of the items listed.
      Show Links In	Controls where you want to display the links for this item. We recommend that categories be displayed in both Infobox Menu and In Listing.
      URL Override	Allows you to set a different URL as the target for the links presented. Append CD Path: This additional option for Url Override allows you to take an internal link and treat it like it is part of CDS Content. Checking this option is recommended for all internal links that are specific to the category, such as a product URL or specific F.A.Q. URL. When CD Path is enabled it will have the following effects: CDS Information menu will show the location of the item of the current CDS category. Header Banner Image from parent category will be displayed. Navigation bar will be displayed at the bottom of the page.
      Url Override Target	Allows you to set the tag target value. This is useful for outbound links that you want to open in a new window.
      Attach Product	Allows you to select a product from the catalog to appear in the upper right of a page. The product is presented on the page with Buy links for immediate add-to-cart functionality.

      
      
   2. Example of category placement
      1. When you create a new category it appears in the Aadmin in the category in which you created it.
         Take the sub category Small Widgets; it was created in the Product category and you see it listed under Products in the Aadmin.
         
         
      2. It can also appear in the Infobox mMenu and on the listing of the parent category.
         Here you see Small Widgets under Products in the catalog infobox menu and also in the main Listing area for Products category.
         
         

3.3 Creating Pages

You can create pages the same way you create categories.

1. To create a new page, go to Admin -> Content Director -> Page Manager -> click on the category that you want to make a page in, and then click New Page.
   
   
2. Explanation of New Page Edit Fields
   
   

   Title	This appears on the top of the page.
   Menu Name	This appears in the Menu and other pages that link to this page.
   Listing Blurb	This text appears on parent categories and certain lists and allows you to describe the page briefly.
   Body	This appears on category, either above the items listed, or to the left of them. This is full HTML capable text.
   Meta Tag Title	This appears in the HTML tag for this category. It is not visible in the browser; search engines read this value. Enter a few words, similar to your Title value.
   Meta Tag Description	This appears in the HTML tag for this category. It is not visible in the browser; search engines read this value. Enter a few sentences, similar to your Listing Blurb.
   Meta Tag Keywords	This appears in the HTML tag for this category. It is not visible in the browser; search engines read this value. Enter a series of words relevant to the content on this page, separated by a comma.
   Thumbnail Image	This image appears on Listing page for the page.
   Status	When set to Active, allows the category to be viewed. When set to inactive, prevents the category from displaying or being viewed directly.
   Sort Order	Controls the order in which a page will appear in a list or in the Infobox menu.
   Show Links In	Controls where you want to display the links for this item. We recommend that pages be displayed in Listings with Menu as an option.
   Attach Product	Allows you to select a product from the catalog to appear in the upper right of a page. The product is presented on the page with Buy links for immediate add-to-cart functionality.

   
   
3. Editing a Page
   One new field is available when editing a page that is not present when making a new page: the Auxiliary Content File (ACF) filename.
   
   
   1. This field is informational only. You cannot change the value there. In the next chapter we will discuss how to use the ACF in your web publishing.