Page
Pages can be used to deliver assets organized around a single idea, product, or campaign. Good examples of pages are error pages, a privacy policy, a glossary, and an “About Us” page.
For a wire frame example of what this content type can look like on your site, see Page design.
Creating pages
To create a page:
- In the header, click .
- From the Create list, select Page.
- Using the following table as a reference, complete the fields as needed.
- Complete your site's workflow and publish the page.
- As necessary, add associated content to this asset. For details, see Creating associated content.
- Main
- SEO
- Overrides
- Advanced
- Styles
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Display Name | Enter a display name. This name is visible to the visitors to your site. |
| Internal Name | Enter 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. |
| Description | Enter a description that describes this asset. This description is visible to the visitors to your site. |
| Lead | Select or configure a lead, typically a page heading. This selection is visible to your visitors. For more information, see Page heading. |
| Section | Select the sections associated with this asset. This selection is not visible to your visitors. For information about creating a section, see Section. |
| Content | Enter the asset's content by selecting and configuring a module. The module is visible to the visitors to your site. For more information, see Modules. |
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Title | Text appearing in the asset's <title> tag. Brightspot automatically populates this field from data on the Main tab, and you can override this as needed by entering a new title. |
| Suppress SEO Display Name | If toggled on, your site's name will not appear in the <title> tag and subsequently in search results. |
| Description | Text appearing in the asset's <meta name="description"> tag. Brightspot automatically populates this field from data on the Main tab, and you can override this as needed by entering a new description. |
| Robots | Text appearing in the item's <meta name="robots"> tag. For an explanation of the available options, see Robots Meta Directives. |
| AMP Disabled | Toggle on to disable generation of an AMP version of this asset. For details, see AMP. |
Media
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Primary Media Type | Select the primary media type of this article, either None, Audio, Gallery, Text, Video. This selection determines how the asset is treated when used as a promo. For example, if you select Video, the promo image will have a play arrow overlaid on top of it. |
Logos & Icons Overrides
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Logo | Select a new image to serve as the logo that displays on this asset. For information about creating a logo, see Image Logo. |
| News Publisher Logo | Select a new image to serve as the news publisher logo that displays on this asset. |
Layout Overrides
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Hat | Select one of the options to override the inherited hat. For details, see Creating a hat. |
| Navigation | Select one of the options to override the inherited navigation. For details, see Creating a navigation. |
| Banner | Select one of the options to override the inherited banner. For details, see Applying a breaking news banner. |
| Footer | Select one of the options to override the inherited footer. For details, see Creating a footer. |
| Above | Select one of the options to override the inherited Above layout block. For details, see Above, Aside, and Below layout blocks. |
| Aside | Select one of the options to override the inherited Aside layout block. For details, see Above, Aside, and Below layout blocks. |
| Below | Select one of the options to override the inherited Below layout block. For details, see Above, Aside, and Below layout blocks. |
| Secondary Navigation | Select one of the options to override the inherited secondary navigation. For details, see Creating a navigation. |
Advanced
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Exclude from Dynamic Results | Toggle on to prevent this asset from showing up in dynamic list modules. For details, see List module. |
| Exclude from Search Results | Toggle on to prevent this asset from showing up in search results on your site. |
Promo Overrides
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Promo Title | Enter text to override this asset's title when used in a promo. Brightspot automatically populates this field from data on the Main tab, and you can override this as needed by entering a new title. |
| Promo Description | Enter text to override this asset's description when used in a promo. Brightspot automatically populates this field from data on the Main tab, and you can override this as needed by entering a new description. |
| Promo Image | Image appearing in the asset's image when the asset is used as a promo. Brightspot automatically populates this field from data on the Main tab, and you can override this as needed by selecting a new image. |
| Promo Category | Text appearing in the asset's category when the asset is used as a promo. Brightspot automatically populates this field from data on the Main tab, and you can override this as needed by entering a new category. |
| Promo Category Link | Link associated with the promo category. This field inherits from the selected promo category, and you can override this as needed. |
Share Overrides
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Share Title | Text appearing in the asset's title when a visitor shares the asset. Brightspot automatically populates this field from data on the Main tab, and you can override this as needed by entering a new title. |
| Share Description | Text appearing in the asset's description when a visitor shares the asset. Brightspot automatically populates this field from data on the Main tab, and you can override this as needed by entering a new description. |
| Share Image | Image appearing in the asset's image when a visitor shares the asset. Brightspot automatically populates this field from data on the Main tab, and you can override this as needed by selecting a new image. |
Site Map
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Change Frequency | Select an option from the list to denote how frequently the page is likely to change. This value provides general information to search engines and may not correlate exactly to how often search engines crawl this asset. See the <changefreq> tag definition in Sitemaps XML format. |
| Priority | Enter a value to designate this asset's priority over other URLs on your site. Valid values are 0.0 to 1.0. This allows you to relay to search engines which pages you deem most important for crawlers. For more information, see the <priority> tag definition in Sitemaps XML format. |
RSS Settings
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Disable Feed | Toggle on to remove this asset's RSS feed. (A visitor's RSS reader may retain a previously retrieved feed.) |
| Render Full Content | Toggle on to deliver an asset's entire text—not just the title or headline—to the RSS feed as plain text. |
| Enabled Feed Item Types | Select the content types to which these settings apply, or leave blank to apply the settings to all content types. For example, if you are publishing a section, you can select Article in this field so that these settings apply only to articles with a section. |
Page Heading Styles
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Template | Select the template of this module from the list of options. Templates are visual presentation presets that differ depending on the type of module. |
| Preset | Select one of the following: • None—Applies styling from the site's theme. • Custom—Opens a form to customize the site's theme for this asset. • (Various)—Aside from None or Custom, there may be additional options in this list depending on the value selected in the Template field. If the selected template has presets, then those presets are able to be selected in this list and applied. For information about configuring template presets, see Creating a template preset. |
| Page Heading Size | Select the size of the page heading's text. |
| Page Sub Heading Size | Select the size of the page sub-heading's text. |
Page headings
Page headings appear below the header and above the main content of a page.
To create a page heading:
- Search for and open the asset for which you want to create a page heading.
- In the Lead field, select Page Heading.
- Using the following table as a reference, complete the fields as needed.
- Complete your site's workflow and publish the asset.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Hide Title | Toggle on to hide the containing asset's Display Name field from the visitors to your site. |
| Hide Description | Toggle on to hide the containing asset's Description field from the visitors to your site. |
| Eyebrow | Enter the text to display above the Display Name on your site. This text can be made clickable by your selection in the Eyebrow Link field, below. |
| Eyebrow Link | Under Eyebrow Link, select one of the following: • None—The eyebrow does not contain a link. • External—The eyebrow links to an external asset or page. • Internal—The eyebrow links to an internal asset in Brightspot. For Internal and External selections, you can set whether the URL opens in the same window or in a new window. |
| Image | Click and select an image. This image is visible to visitors to your site. Leave this field blank to not have any background image. |
| Logo | Click and select a logo. The logo is visible to visitors to your site, and appears above the eyebrow. |
| Call To Action | Select None, Internal or External. • None—No call to action button is displayed. • Internal—A call to action button is displayed that links to an internal asset. • External—A call to action button is displayed that links to an external URL. When setting up an internal or external call to action, you have the option to set how the link will behave. Select either Internal or External, then specify a target or, for internal links only, an anchor to which you link visitors. Each option also allows you to define Name and Value attributes, the latter of which appends an additional parameter to the URL (for example, if you input Brightspot Home Page. into the Value field, appends Title="Brightspot Home Page" to the URL of the external link specified in the call to action). |
| Call To Action Button Text | Enter text appearing on the call-to-action button. This text is visible to the visitors to your site. |