Overview
Article Templates allow you to select specially designed template layouts available out of the box for date or period sensitive content such as news articles and blogs. However, the article system can be used for other purposes such as to render a staff list and staff bios and sets of FAQs. Article template layouts are configured just like other page templates in the Customer Self Service eCommerce Platform - using zones and widgets. The flexibility to customise article layouts depends on whether zoned or non-zoned layouts are in use, and on your website version.
Article template customisation
Full access to template customisation requires the following:
- your site is on version 3.87+ for zoned layouts and 4.23+ for complete flexibility to create custom layouts
- the Articles feature in CMS Settings is enabled.
What in-built Article Templates are available?
Three built-in article templates are available for all sites from the Articles tab, under the Content → Pages & Templates menu.
- Article List Item Zoned and Article List Page templates: provide options for arranging the content of an article list
- Article Page Zoned template: used to arrange the content of the zoned article page. If the non-zoned article template option is active for your site, content is arranged using the default article layout:
Article List templates
An article list displays all articles available for an article type and allows the user to click on one to access the full content. In the example, the 'News Articles' list shows all articles available on the website. The standard 'Article List Page' (without zones) can be selected for the layout of article lists. To be able to customise zones, use the 'Article List Item Zoned' template instead.
Article List Page template
The standard non-zoned layout is rendered using the built-in 'Article List Page' template (which defaults to the 'Paged Content List Layout') and either the Article List widget or the Article List All widget.
If you wish to display your articles in a slider format (rather than as a static list), simply replace the Article List All widget with the Article Slider widget on the 'Article List Page' template. Note - the Article Slider will only support the standard list item fields - zoned layout is not available.
Article List Item Zoned Layout template
This template allows you to further customise an article list with more flexibility than the standard Article List Page template. You can rearrange widgets and add extras such as custom fields, a filter to display content by layer and a feature sorting tool. See Article List - Zoned layout help for details.
Article Page Zoned
BPD websites come equipped with a clean, well-organised article layout right out of the box. But what if you've got additional content to display in your articles? Or what if you'd prefer a customised page layout, completely unique to your site? That's where the zoned layout option comes in! By using a zoned article layout, you can present your article in the layout of your choice, with content arranged as you please.
See Article Page - Zoned layout help.
Note - If your site is on 4.23+, you can create and use completely custom layouts for every article. (See help on Custom Templates for Individual Articles.)
Additional Information
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| Ballpark Hours From CV (if opting for CV to complete self config component) |
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