Presets

Predefined content blocks for easier content creation

A preset (in this context) is a predefined content block, either page, a row, or a paragraph, which can be selected when creating content so that you don't have to start from scratch every time you want to create a particular type of page, row or paragraph.

When you create content on DW10, content presets can be selected in the middle pane: Most grid-based solutions are delivered with a number of presets already saved, and if you're building a solution for a customer you should make sure to save some of your rows and columns as presets to help end-users out.

Managing presets

Row and column presets can be created by admins and administrator users using the Save as preset-option in the Visual editor or list view context menus, page presets are created using the Action-menu on the page.

When you save a preset, best practice is:

1. Provide a Name and a description
2. Add an image - This is the image that will appear in the content selector as the preset when you create new content
3. Select a category or provide a new category name
4. Save and close

Once saved, presets are found under the Presets section in the content tree (1) - or under Swift tools in Swift. This list consists of three nodes:

• Row templates
• Paragraph templates
• Page templates

Under each of these is listed the different categories created for presets - click either of these categories to see a list of the presets in that category (2) in the workspace. Use the context menu to edit each preset if you need to.

Note

You can set up auto-generation of preset thumbnails under the solution interface settings.