How to work with the Dynamic Content Object

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How to work with the Dynamic Content Object

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Double-click on a Dynamic Content Object inserted in the Page Layout Table or select it and click on the button to open the Dynamic Content Object window. Here, you can specify the contents that authorized users will be able to edit directly online.

Click to expand/collapseHow to enable users to edit website contents online

Once the website has been published online, the contents of a Dynamic Content Object can be edited by specifically-enabled users, who have to enter a login and password to be able to edit website contents online.

In Step 1 - Website Settings | Advanced, open the Access Management and create the list of groups/users, or complete the list by creating the users, to enable them to edit certain sections of the website.
Go back to Step 3 - Map and double-click on the Dynamic Content Object that you have added, to open the Dynamic Content Object window.
In Groups/Users you can see a list of all the groups and registered users. You can do the following:
Click on each user that you want to enable (a tick appears next to the name).
Click on a group to enable all the users in that group. If a new user is added to this group, he will be automatically enabled to edit specific website contents.
Click to expand/collapseHow to define default contents

Once you have enabled the various users and indicated how the data is to be saved, you have to define the contents that will be displayed by default in the Dynamic Content Object.

Click on the Preview button to display the website in the built-in browser. In the page that opens, instead of the Dynamic Content Object you will see an invitation to start entering your text and, on mouseover, the area occupied by the Object will be displayed with a broken line around it.
Click inside the outlined area to bring up the online text editor.
Type in and format your contents.
Click on the Save button to confirm the contents, or click on the Delete button to remove all the text you have entered.

The default content will be displayed online until enabled users replace it with their own contents. If new content is deleted, without being replaced, the default content is restored.

Click to expand/collapseHow to work on dynamic contents (for enabled users)

Enabled users can edit contents in specific dynamic objects directly online (on the Internet), without having to have a copy of the installed software or original project files.

Enabled users use their username and password to log in. When the mouse passes over a Dynamic Content Object that the specific user is enabled to edit, the cursor changes shape and a broken line appears around the dynamic content object.
Click on the Dynamic Content Object to start the built-in online text editor.
Type in the text and format it as required.
Click on the Save button to save the new contents, or on the Delete button to remove the new contents.

To allow enabled users to log in, you must remember to add the necessary field in the website, using, for example, the "Login/Logout" option object. Remember that the optional objects can be managed in the Objects Management window.
If an enabled user has not logged in, the contents of the Dynamic Content Object are treated as normal text and it is not possible to click on the object to start the built-in online editor.
If an enabled user deletes the contents of a Dynamic Content Object without adding new text, the default contents of the object are re-proposed: the object is not left empty.

Website administrators can display the list of all the Dynamic Objects that have been added to the website in the Dynamic Content Object section of the online Control Panel and WebSite X5 Manager app: click on an  object to open the website page where it has been inserted and edit it.

 


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The online Control Panel and the WebSite X5 Manager app