You will need this information when you have added a Latest Publications tile/portlet, and wish to populate it for the first time, or edit it.
The latest publications tile/portlet allows you to create a section on a cover page (tile) or webpage (portlet) to automatically show a list of the publications on the website in chronological order by publication date. You can also filter the content of the tile/portlet to a specific category.
Whilst the Latest publications tile, and Publications portlet perform in a similar way, the route for adding content to each is different:
Publications portlet;
Click on your name in the top right of the edit bar to access the drop-down menu, ensuring that you are on the page you wish to host the Publications portlet.
Select Manage portlets from the dropdown menu.
From the portlets drop down menu, click on Publications
The headed sections in the Publications portlet, and Latest publications tile edit interface will be:
Path
This allows the user to select a path to look for Latest publications. By default, posts are taken from the current section only. Enter / for site-wide searching.
Depth
Enter how many levels in the structure should be included in the searching. Leave empty for no limit.
Internal link
If you wish to have a button, which leads to an internal destination within the site, this is determined here.
External link
If you wish to have a button, which leads to an external destination outside of the site, this is determined here.
Open external link in new tab?
If checked, the external link button will open in a new tab.
Button text
This is the text that will appear on the button. If you do not provide text, default text will be shown e.g. Find out more.
Button alignment
This determines where the button will sit in relation to the Latest publications tile/portlet.
Button type
This determines the visual style of the button deployed in the Latest publications tile/portlet.
Style
Box border
This feature allows the user to deploy a border of their choice on either or both sides of the Latest publications tile/portlet.
Box type
This feature allows the user to deploy a highlighted background to the Latest publications tile/portlet.
When using a portlet, there is an additional headed section in the Publications edit interface:
Advanced;
Show only for sub-items
Check this box if you would like to add the portlet at a section level, and define that it shows only on all the items in the section, rather than on the section as well.
When editing the Latest publications tile;
Go to the Compose view of the Cover page, navigate to the Latest Publications tile, and hover your cursor over it, the blue Edit button will appear in the top left, click this and edit any of the fields you would like to.
When editing the Publications portlet;
Click on your name in the top right of the edit bar to access the drop-down menu, ensuring that you are on the correct page, which hosts the portlets in question.
Select Manage portlets from the dropdown menu.
Click onto the portlet you wish to edit edit any of the fields you would like to.
If you wish to remove the Latest publications portlet, click on your name in the top right of the edit bar to access the drop-down menu, ensuring that you are on the correct page, which hosts the portlets in question.
Select Manage portlets from the dropdown menu
Click on the X button, next to the portlet you wish to delete.
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