Section
Sections are a way for content teams to add additional metadata to an asset, and they can be used in two ways:
- Assets can be assigned to sections.
- A section can be its own page that lists associated assets.
Sections are often used in navigation menus to direct visitors to content that interest them most.
For a wire frame example of what this content type can look like on your site, see Section design.
To create a section:
- In the header, click .
- From the Create list, select Section.
- Using the following table as a reference, complete the fields as needed.
- Complete your site's workflow and publish the section.
- As necessary, add associated content to this asset. For details, see Creating associated content.
Section fields
Click each tab below to see a description of the associated fields.
| Field | Description |
| Display Name | Enter a display name. This name is visible to the visitors to your site. |
| Internal Name | Enter an internal name for this asset. Brightspot uses this name internally, such as in the search panel and recent activity widget. This name is not visible to visitors to your site. |
| Description | Enter a description that describes this asset. This description is visible to the visitors to your site. |
| Parent | Select this section's parent section in the section hierarchy. |
| Secondary Navigation | Select the navigation for this section, or create a new one. This selection is visible to visitors to your site. For details, see Creating a navigation. |
| Lead | Select or configure a lead, typically a page heading. This selection is visible to your visitors. For more information, see Page heading. |
| Content | Enter the asset's content by selecting and configuring a module. The module is visible to the visitors to your site. For more information, see Modules. |
| Field | Description |
| Title | Text appearing in the asset's <title> tag. Brightspot automatically populates this field from data on the Main tab, and you can override this as needed by entering a new title. |
| Suppress SEO Display Name | If toggled on, your site's name will not appear in the <title> tag and subsequently in search results. |
| Description | Text appearing in the asset's <meta name="description"> tag. Brightspot automatically populates this field from data on the Main tab, and you can override this as needed by entering a new description. |
| Robots | Text appearing in the item’s <meta name="robots"> tag. For an explanation of the available options, see Robots Meta Directives. |
| AMP Disabled | Toggle on to disable generation of an AMP version of this asset. For details, see AMP. |
Logos & Icons Overrides
| Field | Description |
| Logo | Select a new image to serve as the logo that displays on this asset. For information about creating a logo, see Image Logo. |
| News Publisher Logo | Select a new image to serve as the news publisher logo that displays on this asset. |
Layout Overrides
| Field | Description |
| Hat | Select one of the options to override the inherited hat. For details, see Creating a hat. |
| Navigation | Select one of the options to override the inherited navigation. For details, see Creating a navigation. |
| Banner | Select one of the options to override the inherited banner. For details, see Applying a breaking news banner. |
| Footer | Select one of the options to override the inherited footer. For details, see Creating a footer. |
| Above | Select one of the options to override the inherited Above layout block. For details, see Above, Aside, and Below layout blocks. |
| Aside | Select one of the options to override the inherited Aside layout block. For details, see Above, Aside, and Below layout blocks. |
| Below | Select one of the options to override the inherited Below layout block. For details, see Above, Aside, and Below layout blocks. |
Type Specific Overrides
| Field | Description |
| Type Specific Overrides | Configures logo, icon, and layout overrides for content types appearing on this page. |
Advanced
| Field | Description |
| Exclude from Dynamic Results | Toggle on to prevent this asset from showing up in dynamic list modules. For details, see List module. |
| Exclude from Search Results | Toggle on to prevent this asset from showing up in search results on your site. |
Promo Overrides
| Field | Description |
| Promo Title | Enter text to override this asset's title when used in a promo. Brightspot automatically populates this field from data on the Main tab, and you can override this as needed by entering a new title. |
| Promo Description | Enter text to override this asset's description when used in a promo. Brightspot automatically populates this field from data on the Main tab, and you can override this as needed by entering a new description. |
| Promo Image | Image appearing in the asset's image when the asset is used as a promo. Brightspot automatically populates this field from data on the Main tab, and you can override this as needed by selecting a new image. |
| Promo Category | Text appearing in the asset's category when the asset is used as a promo. Brightspot automatically populates this field from data on the Main tab, and you can override this as needed by entering a new category. |
| Promo Category Link | Link associated with the promo category. This field inherits from the selected promo category, and you can override this as needed. |
Share Overrides
| Field | Description |
| Share Title | Text appearing in the asset's title when a visitor shares the asset. automatically populates this field from data on the Main tab, and you can override this as needed by entering a new title. |
| Share Description | Text appearing in the asset's description when a visitor shares the asset. automatically populates this field from data on the Main tab, and you can override this as needed by entering a new description. |
| Share Image | Image appearing in the asset's image when a visitor shares the asset. automatically populates this field from data on the Main tab, and you can override this as needed by selecting a new image. |
Site Map
| Field | Description |
| Change Frequency | Select an option from the list to denote how frequently the page is likely to change. This value provides general information to search engines and may not correlate exactly to how often search engines crawl this asset. See the <changefreq> tag definition in Sitemaps XML format. |
| Priority | Enter a value to designate this asset's priority over other URLs on your site. Valid values are 0.0 to 1.0. This allows you to relay to search engines which pages you deem most important for crawlers. For more information, see the <priority> tag definition in Sitemaps XML format. |
RSS Settings
| Field | Description |
| Disable Feed | Toggle on to remove this asset's RSS feed. (A visitor's RSS reader may retain a previously retrieved feed.) |
| Render Full Content | Toggle on to deliver an asset's entire text—not just the title or headline—to the RSS feed as plain text. |
| Enabled Feed Item Types | Select the content types to which these settings apply, or leave blank to apply the settings to all content types. For example, if you are publishing a section, you can select Article in this field so that these settings apply only to articles with a section. |
Page Heading Styles
| Field | Description |
| Template | Select the template of this module from the list of options. Templates are visual presentation presets that differ depending on the type of module. |
| Preset | Select one of the following:
|
| Page Heading Size | Select the size of the page heading's text. |
| Page Sub Heading Size | Select the size of the page sub-heading's text. |
Section Page Styles
| Field | Description |
| Preset | Select one of the following:
|
| Choose Section Nav Alignment | Overrides the default navigation alignment as specified in your theme's CSS file. You can choose from Left, Center, or Right. |
| Section Nav Background Color | Enter the hexadecimal value of a background color for the section navigation. For instance, entering #000888 provides a dark blue background. |
| Section Nav Text Color | Enter the hexadecimal value for the navigation's text color. For instance, entering #000888 provides a dark blue background. |
| Section Nav Text Hover Color | Enter the hexadecimal value for the text color when a visitor hovers over the navigation's text. For instance, entering #000888 provides a dark blue background. |
| Field | Description |
| Locale | Sets the content's locale. This setting can also be used to auto-localize content based on the users requested locale. |
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