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Book

A book is a container used to display help content to your site visitors. It is comprised of chapters and topics. Books have a table of contents along the left rail that allows your visitors to navigate through topics. You organize the table of contents as you add content to the book.

For a wire frame example of what this content type can look like on your site, see Book design.

To create a book:

  1. In the header, click .
  2. From the Create list, select Book.
  3. Using the following tables as a reference, complete the fields as needed.
  4. Complete your site's workflow and publish the book.

Book fields

Click each tab below to see a description of the associated fields.

Main tab

FieldDescription
Display NameEnter a display name. This name is visible to the visitors to your site and sits at the top of the table of contents. When visitors click this name, they are taken back to the landing page for your book.
Internal NameEnter an internal name for this asset. Brightspot uses this name internally, such as in the search panel and recent activity widget. This name is not visible to visitors to your site.
DescriptionEnter a description that describes this asset. This description is visible to the visitors to your site.
URL SlugThis field, by default, is auto-populated by a Title, Name, Display Name, or Headline field, and becomes part of the asset's URL.

Auto-populated slugs are lowercase, have diacritics removed, and any symbols or spaces are replaced with -.

You can modify the URL Slug field if necessary.
BodyUse the rich-text editor to include text, lists, images, and links to other assets. Text in this field is visible to visitors to your site.

For information about using the rich-text editor, see Rich-text editor.
ChaptersYou can add chapters to your book. The chapters appear in the table of contents. Chapters can also have sub-chapters that also display in the table of contents.


See Understanding chapters and Adding chapters and sub-chapters to a book for more information.

See also: