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3.3.10 Assigning Content to the Sidebar
Follow these steps to enter contribution mode and add content to the placeholders on the sidebar:
1. Expand your Site Studio project SiteStudioDemo and expand Web Content.
2. Right-click startSiteStudioDemo.jspx and select Run.
3. Once the application is loaded, use Ctrl+Shift+F5 to enter contribution mode.
4. Click the Switch to Design Mode button upper right corner.
5. For the sidebar placeholder, click the Assign Content button.
6. In the Switch Content wizard, select ssd-text-rd for the Choose Content Region
step.
7. For the Choose Content File step, select the New Contributor Data File option.
8. Click Next
9. For the Check-in Content step:
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For Content ID, enter ssd-sidebarcontent-df.
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For Web Sites, make sure that SiteStudioDemo is listed this should be done automatically.
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For Region Definition, make sure that ssd-text-rd is listed this should be done automatically..
10. Click Finish.
11. Click the Switch to Design Mode button upper right corner.
12. For the sidebar placeholder, click the Edit Region Content button.
13. In the text editor enter Introduction.
14. Click the Save and Close button.
15. For the ssd-sidebarlinks-df placeholder, click the Edit Region Content button.
16. In the links editor, click Add Row and then Edit Row and add the following links:
Link 1:
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For Label, enter Google.
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For URL, enter http:www.google.com.
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Click Update Row and Close.
Link 2:
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For Label, enter Yahoo.
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For URL, enter http:www.yahoo.com.
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Click Update Row and Close.
Link 3:
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For Label, enter Bing.
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For URL, enter http:www.bing.com.
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Click Update Row and Close. 17.
Click the Save and Close button.
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18. Exit contribution mode using Ctrl+Shift+F5.
3.4 Creating A Dynamic Conversion Page
This section builds on the previous sections in this tutorial. These steps add a dynamic conversion page that demonstrates the use of native documents in the application.
Before proceeding, make sure the DynamicConverter component for the content server is enabled and configured properly.
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Step 1: Creating a Conversions Definition
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Step 2: Creating a Page Template for the Native Document
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Step 3: Creating a New Section for the Native Document
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Step 4: Creating a Region Definition for the Native Document
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Step 5: Creating a Region Template for the Native Document
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Step 6: Creating a Placeholder Definition for the Native Document
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Step 7: Adding the Placeholder to the Native Document Page
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Step 8: Assigning Content to the Placeholder on the Native Document Page
3.4.1 Creating a Conversions Definition
Follow these steps to create a conversions definition:
1. From the Asset Type drop-down list, select Conversions Definition.
2. Click the Create New Asset Type button and select New Conversions Definition.
3. For both Title and Content ID, enter ssd-default-cd and click OK.
4. Click the Refresh button to refresh the list. This may take a few minures as the
new asset must be indexed by the content server before displaying in the list.
5. Right-click the ssd-default-cd asset and select Edit.
6. After the conversion definition opens in the editor, click Add to add a dynamic
conversion rule to the definition.
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In the Native Document Conversion Settings dialog:
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For Name, enter simple.
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For Options, enable Use simple inline dynamic conversion
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Click OK. 8.
From the main menu, select File and then Save All. 9.
In the Check In dialog, click OK. 10.
Expand Web Content, then WEB_INF, and then sites. 11.
Right-click SiteStudioDemo.xml and select Open. 12.
Expand the Web Site SiteStudioDemo node. 13.
Double-click the Conversions Definition value to display the Select a Conversions Definition Dialog. Select the ssd-default-cd conversion definition.
14. Click OK.
15. From the main menu, select File and then Save All.
