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Web content pages and templates

Web content pages are portal pages that are associated with content that is managed in IBM Web Content Manager. Similar to web content pages, web content templates are page templates that are associated with content in Web Content Manager.

Pages and page templates are tied to web content by content associations. These associations are defined in the page properties and can be specified with the Associations window when editing page properties. We can associate a page with one or more site areas in one or more web content libraries.

If managed pages are enabled, all managed pages are automatically associated with a corresponding page site area in the Portal Site library. This type of association is called a system content association and enables changes to the page to be managed by Web Content Manager. System content associations are managed by the portal and cannot be deleted or changed manually.

When there are multiple content associations for a page, one of the associations is designated as the default association. Typically, the default association is the system content association for the page. However, we can use the Associations window to specify a different content association as the default association.


Web content pages

With web content pages, we can take advantage of the following benefits when rendering web content:

We can create a web content page in two ways:


Web content page templates

To create a web content page template, create a page under the Page Templates label. This label is the root label for all page templates in the portal. We can access the Page Templates label in the administration interface in either of the following locations:

When creating a web content page template, we define the layout, style, and contents of any web content page created from the template. Web content page templates have all the same flexibility and customization features as a standard portal page or portal page template. We can perform common tasks like adding content with portlets, changing the style of the page, or changing the layout of objects on the page. By using viewers with other portlets in a web content page template, we can create pages that support a wide range of user goals. Likewise, we can rely on only viewers and create a website that is primarily composed of information in the web content system.

As with standard page templates, we can create web content pages from a web content page template:

When users create a web content page from a template, content associated with the page template is copied with the page itself. If you create multiple pages from the same page template, each page results in a separate copy of that content.

When creating a page from a template, page titles in any language are not copied. The following elements are copied to the new page:

In addition, the following changes take place automatically, depending on the individual web content associations that exist on the page.

Web content viewers on the page template can be configured to reference content that is copied when a page is created from the template. When the page is created, the viewer configuration is automatically adjusted to point to the new content created during page instantiation.

Managed pages must be enabled to support page templates that store their associated web content in the Portal Site library. If you disable managed pages, the content associated with a template is no longer copied during page instantiation. In addition, the corresponding preferences of any web content viewers that are on the page are not adjusted.


Hierarchical page templates

We create hierarchical page templates by creating child pages under the page templates.

When creating a page from a child page template, the following conditions apply:


Parent: Get started with delivering web content on a portal page

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Create a web content page