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- When coupled with a modular content type, the modular template's properties become custom properties on the "Basic" tab of the Properties Widget for that content type.
- They can be added to a content item using the Modular Content Element. This makes it possible to reuse the set of properties defined for a template throughout your channel instead of having to create it over and over.
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If a template property is defined as a search facet, it will appear in Advanced Search if/when a value is defined for it. See below.
Image Preview and Metadata
For the Modular Content "Image", an editor can upload an image in a Modular Content content element. Once an image has been uploaded, you will see a thumbnail preview as well as the following metadata for it:
| Metadata | Description |
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| File Name | The (operating system) name of the file containing the image. Click the file name to download the image. |
| File Type | The image type. |
| Source | Specifies the source of the image. |
| Dimensions | The height/width dimensions of the image in pixels. |
| File Size | The size of the image file in kilobytes (KB). |
| Focus Point | Specifies whether a focus point has been defined for this image. To define a focus point, click [Select Focus Point]. If the image already has a focus point defined for it, click [Edit Focus Point]. See Defining the Focus Point for an Image for complete information on defining a focus point for an image. |
To upload a different image from a file on a local disk, click [Browse]. To upload an image from the Content Repository, click [Select from Content Repository]. To delete an uploaded image from a Modular Content content element, select "Delete" and then click [Apply].
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The ability to add modular template properties as facets in Advanced Search was introduced in XperienCentral R30. |
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It is possible to register a modular content template property as a search facet. When you do so, the facet can be searched for in Advanced Search. There are two types of facet definitions:
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- Expand the "Search index" drop-down list under the template property.
Select lect the facet definition for the property. The options are:
Option Description Disabled The property is not used as a search facet and no Solr document field is created. Unique without facet Creates a Solr document field for the property but no facet. Unique with facet Creates an Advanced Search facet and a Solr document field for the property. Values of this property will always be shown as a unique facet in Advanced search Search and it will not contain values of other properties from other templates, Combined without facet Creates a Solr document field for the property but no facet. If another property in another template has the same identifier and its search facet is also set to "Combined without facet". the values of these properties will be shown in a single, combined, facet when the above circumstance is met. Combined with facet Creates an Advanced Search facet and a Solr document field for the property. If another property in another template has the same identifier and its search facet is also set to "Combined with facet", the values of these properties will be searchable as a single, combined term when the above circumstance is met. - Select "Multiple" if you want to allow multiple values for the facet to be searchable.
- Click [Save].
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Exporting Modular Content
See Exporting Modular Content.