Content spots

A content spot is a placeholder or slot for a rule on a Web page or a rule in the body of an e-mail message. When the page is viewed, the content spot uses its spot mapping to determine which rule to execute. When the rule is executed, any actions defined within the rule take place.

Each content spot has a unique name within a project. A content spot's content type must be defined when it is created and cannot be changed.

Content spots are created by developers using the Content Spot wizard in Rational Application Developer. After creating the spot, the developer can place it on a JSP, or invoke it programmatically from any Java class. The developer then publishes the JSP with its content spot to the WebSphere Portal content publishing workspace and the run-time environment.

Users of the Personalization workspace specify which rule to place in a content spot. This is also known as mapping the rule to the content spot, or creating a spot mapping. When finished, a workspace user with authority to publish rules and spot mappings publishes them from the workspace server to the run-time environment. Spot mappings can be changed at any time and are effective immediately upon publication, or upon the spot mapping start date, whichever comes later. Spot mappings expire on the spot mapping end date.

Content spots can be accessed in the workspace through the Personalization Authoring portlets. You can see a list of all the content spots in the project, along with their content type and the name of their mapped rules, by navigating the browser view.

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