Content assets, slots, folders and Page Designer content
How content assets, content link functions and library folders work, how isslot tags and slot configurations decide what a slot shows, and how merchandisers place, target and cache Page Designer content.
Given a configuration task, use Business Manager to work with Content Assets, Page Designer, Content Slots, and Content Folders.
~7 min read · 13 practice questions ·
What the exam expects
- Write content asset markup with the content link functions and control where a shared asset appears with site-specific attributes.
- Organize content in library folders and make Page Designer pages without folders searchable.
- Code an
isslottag with the rightid,contextandcontext-object, and write a rendering template that readsslotcontent. - Configure slot configurations in Business Manager (schedule, customer groups, rank, template) and find the slot behind a storefront area.
- Explain how Page Designer regions, targeting and pagecache settings decide what a shopper sees and how long it is cached.
Key terms: content asset (a database object, usually holding HTML, in a site's private or a shared library); library folder (a node in the hierarchy that organizes content assets); content slot (a placeholder declared with isslot); slot configuration (the content, template, schedule and rules a slot shows); region (an area of a Page Designer page type that holds components); targeting (Page Designer's customer group and date visibility rules).
Key facts
$link$- Detail
- Deprecated; calls the old Link pipeline
- Detail
onlineFlag,searchableFlagand the three site map attributes
isslot id- Detail
- String only; no expressions
context-object- Detail
- One product, one basket or up to five products
- Detail
- Nothing rendered; log entry written
- Detail
- Lower rank wins; ties go to the last edited
- Detail
- Up to 20
max_components- Detail
- Limits rendered components, not stored ones
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- Overrides the page's own targeting
Sources for this section (5)
- Content Assetsdeveloper.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- isslot Elementdeveloper.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Manage and Create Slot Configurationshelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Page Designerdeveloper.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Manage Content Scheduling and Visibilitytrailhead.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- When is a category slot listed under Undefined Category Slots?
- Why place a component with no visibility rules at the bottom of a region that has a maximum?
- Which value after
/Libraries/in a WebDAV URL opens a site's private library? - When can a merchandiser not create a slot configuration for a slot?
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