Manage content types in Watson Content Hub

Watson Content Hub contains default content types which determine the types of WebSphere Commerce content that can be managed. The following content types are available by default...

• CatalogEntryImages

• CatalogEntryImagesWithProfiles

• CatalogGroupImages

• CatalogGroupImagesWithProfiles

• Attachments

• swatchColor

• swatchSize

A Watson Content Hub Manager or Administrator can create content types, if the catalog or business needs require additional content types to work with. Ensure that the catalog or marketing manager conforms to the following guide:

• We can create custom content types for product images, category images or attachments. They are then recognized in the Management Center and the storefront.

• Product and category images types can be customized to add more images, change descriptive labels or additional files with unique keys.

• The following ContentType tags are recognized by WebSphere Commerce:

  Type:CatEntryExternalContent

  Content set with this tag is included in Management Center search for Catalog Entry Content.

  Type:CatGroupExternalContent

  Content set with this tag is included in Management Center search for Catalog Group Content.

  Usage:images

  Content set with this tag is used as images in the storefront. Only one content of type Usage:images is assignable to a catalog group or catalog entry. Content is indexed into the attachment search index and each asset is accessible by its rule name. The rule name is in the form of usage_name_field_identifier. For example, a custom field name could have a rule name of images_rearimage.

  Usage:attachments

  Content set with this tag is used as attachments to one or more catalog objects. A catalog group or catalog entry can have multiple attachment types. Content is indexed into the attachment search index and each asset is accessible by its rule name. The rule name is in the form of usage_name_field_identifier.

  Custom tag names or usages

  Custom tag names or usages created, depending on your requirements. For example, Usage:userManual or Usage:instructionVideo.

• The storefront recognizes two size profiles for catalog entries and catalog groups, which can scale to other sizes: fullimage and thumbnail. If you require additional profiles, ask the store developer to make the changes to your widgets and store JSP files.

• The following naming convention must be used for image field key identifiers for full and thumbnail images to be recognized by WebSphere Commerce and the Aurora sample store:Explicitly managed images:

  • main_fullimage, main_thumbnail

  • angleN_fullimage, angleN_thumbnail, where N is the ascending digit associated with the image.

  Type using image profiles:

  • main

  • angleN

• Adding the default content types to Watson Content Hub
  We must add the default WebSphere Commerce content types to our hub before we can manage content in Watson Content Hub and Management Center.

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