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Creating or Editing a Section
These are instructions for using the Sections tab on the Cofax Editor's Tools page. To create a new section just fill in the form as described below. To edit an already existing section, select the desired section from the pull down menu and edit the desired fields. When you are done, simply click on the Save Section icon and all of your changes are now saved in the Cofax system.
Required Fields
- Section Code is an identifier you will
identify stories sent in via a feed as belonging to
this mapping code. If you don't know what it is,
make it match Section URL or type in a random
string.
- Section URL is the folder a section
will appear in. For example, for either
http://web.wichitaeagle.com/content/wichitaeagle/2000/10/10/frontpage/
or http://web.wichitaeagle.com/content/wichitaeagle/frontpage/
the Section Folder should be frontpage. This can be a multifolder
path such as sports/eagles for URLs such as
http://web.inquirer.com/content/inquirer/2000/10/10/sports/eagles
or http://web.inquirer.com/content/inquirer/2000/10/10/sports/eagles.
- Description is what appears in the tools' pooldown menus.
It's a long description of the section for display purposes.
Optional Fields
- Select a Parent section to signify what section this
category or mapping code belongs to. Leave this at the
default for root Sections.
- Rank (1-999) determines the rank of the section as it
will appear in the navigation, if you are using the getNavigation package tag.
- Section Image URL is the section image that appears on the
top of the section pages. When using the template publication tools,
images automatically go into http://web.wichitaeagle.com/objects/wichitaeagle/images/eagle.gif
(where wichitaeagle.com is the publication name of your site.)
- View Section Image displays the image when editing an already existing section.
- Supplementary Images Directory is the path to the folder where you store additional images to be used in this section.
For example, http://web.wichitaeagle.com/objects/wichitaeagle/images/
- Type in a value for URL if you are using the GetNavigation package tag to
generate you navigation. This URL will be the URL that the section name
links to. You don't need to enter anything here if your section is a
regular daily section in cofax. For weekly Cofax content,
you can enter a URL such as http://web.philly.com/content/inquirer/Wed/food/,
which will take you to the most recent Wednesday food section.
- Include is one of two fields that can be called onto a section front.
When using the proper tags, the include for a section can be included on
that section. This helps to reduce custom template usage.
- Promo is one of two fields that can be called onto a section front.
When using the proper tags, the include for a section can be included on
that section. This helps to reduce custom template usage.
Mapping Code Checkboxes
- If Display on Index is checked, this section will be displayed when you use the getNavigation package tag.
- Checking Delete Section will do just that. This action is irreversible and should be used with great caution.
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