WYSIWYG Field

A Metadata WYSIWYG Field allows the user to enter rich text into the field, via the WYSIWYG Editor.

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  1. Details Screen

Details Screen

The Details screen allows you to configure the settings for the Metadata WYSIWYG Field.  

Details

This section allows you to change the various details to do with the WYSIWYG Field .The Details section of the Details screen is shown in the figure below.

The Details section of the Details screen for a WYSIWYG Field
The Details Section of the Details screen for a WYSIWYG Field

The following fields are available:

  • Field Name: by default, the name that was entered when this field was created will appear in this field. You can change the name of the field by clicking into this field and entering the new name.
  • Friendly Name: enter a friendly name for the field. This will be displayed as the field name on the Metadata screen of an asset. If the name of the field is complicated or does not reflect what should be entered, you may want to enter a Friendly Name. For example, if you have named your field DC.Keywords, you may want the label on the Metadata screen to show Keywords instead.
  • Description: enter a description for the field. This will be displayed on the Metadata screen of an asset. It can be used to display instructions to your users about how to enter a sensible value into the metadata field. For example, if your field is called Description you may wish to enter a description Please enter a brief description about the content of your page.
  • Scheme: enter the industry standard scheme for this field, for example AGLS. This will be placed in the HTML source code of a page.
  • Language: enter the language for this field, for example English. This will be placed in the HTML source code of a page.
Options

This section allows you to change the options for this field. The Options section of the Details screen is shown in the figure below.

The Options section of the Details screen for a WYSIWYG Field
The Options section

The following fields are available:

  • Editable: select whether or not this field should be editable on the Metadata screen. If this option is set to No, the field will not be editable.
  • Required: select whether or not this field is a required field. If you select Yes, the assets that have this Metadata Schema applied to it will not be able to go Live until a value has been entered into this field.
  • Contextable?: select whether or not this field is context-aware. If you select Yes, this field will be allowed to take a different value for each context within the system. The default value of this field can also be set individually for each context. For more information, refer to the Contexts manual.
  • Show On Frontend: select whether or not to show this field in the HTML source code of a page.  The options you can select from include:  
    • Always: select this option to always show this field in the HTML source code of a page.
    • Only if Filled: select this option to only show this field in the HTML source code of a page if it has been filled in.
    • Never: select this option to never show this field in the HTML source code of a page.
  • Default Value: enter a default value for the field into the WYSIWYG Editor. This will appear on the Metadata screen of an asset. A user can then override the default value for the asset. You can enter rich text into this field as well as keyword replacements. For more information on how to use the keyword replacements, refer to the Using Keyword Replacements chapter in this manual.

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