Reference a Federated content element

 

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The federated content element tag is used to reference a federated content element within a presentation template or element design.

<FederatedCmpnt type=" " 
                context=" " 
                name=" " 
                key=" " 
                scope=" " 
                attributename=" " 
                format=" " 
                start=" " 
                end=" " />

<FederatedCmpnt	Opens the tag.
type=" "	This determines where the element is being referenced from. Either "content", "sitearea" or "site".
context=" "	This determines which item is being referenced. Selected Refers to a particular item as specified in the name attribute below. Current This will reference the element from the current site, site area or content file that is being browsed by the user. AutoFill The element being referenced will be determined by the search parameters of a menu, navigator or taxonomy component.
name=" "	Enter the name and library of the item the element is being referenced from. For example,... name="library/item" To use the library specified in the URL of the current page, use... name="./item" The "name" parameter is not used if context=current or context=autofill.
key=" "	This is the name of the element being referenced.
scope=" "	The scope specifies what will be returned from the selected federated content: content Display the content of the federated content. contenturl Display the URL to the federated content. attribute Display a particular attribute of the federated content.
attributename=" "	If scope="attribute", use this parameter to specify the attribute to display.
format=" "	Used to specify the display format of dates and numbers.
start=" " end=" "	The start and end attributes are used to wrap the data returned by an IWWCM ™ tag within other tags, such as HTML. These attributes are not mandatory.
/>	Closes a Web Content Management tag.

When using this tag, only required parameters should be used. Do not include parameters that are not required, or that contain no settings.

 

Examples:

 

Display the attributes of federated content:

To display the "title" of federated content, the following tag could be used:

<FederatedCmpnt type="content" 
                context="current" 
                key="elementname" 
                scope="Attribute" 
                attributeName="title" />

To display the "last modified" date of federated content...

<FederatedCmpnt type="content" 
                context="current" 
                key="elementname" 
                scope="Attribute" 
                attributeName="lastModified" 
                format="dd/MM/yyyy" />

 

Display the content of federated content:

Only federated content of the type "text/*" can be rendered as content. To display the content of federated content...

<FederatedCmpnt type="content" 
                context="current" 
                key="elementname" 
                scope="content" />

 

Display the URL of federated content:

To display the URL of federated content...

<FederatedCmpnt type="content" 
                context="current" 
                key="elementname" 
                scope="contenturl" />

 

Display the URL of federated content as a link:

To display the URL of federated content as a link in a Web page...

<a href="
<FederatedCmpnt type="content" 
                context="current" 
                key="elementname" 
                scope="contenturl" />
">
<FederatedCmpnt type="content" 
                context="current" 
                key="elementname" 
                scope="Attribute" 
                attributeName="title" />
</a>

 

Display an image stored as federated content:

To display an image stored as federated content...

<img src="<FederatedCmpnt type="content" 
                          context="current" 
                          key="elementname" 
                          scope="contenturl"/>" >

 

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