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jpierson
jpierson

Reputation: 17384

Is it possible to have a container prepopulated with a specific component through a prototype page in Hippo CMS / brXM?

In an attempt to set up a new page with a single vbox container I'm able to get the container to show in the Channel Manager but this requires the CMS editor to add all of the individual components by hand. Alternatively we can place components directly on the page and through the configuration in the prototype but that does not allow the CMS editor to edit the component configuration (Info) or associate a document. The question is then, in an attempted compromise, is it possible to repopulate the container with a specific component so that the the CMS editor is provided a default set of components in the containers when creating a new page from a prototype/template page?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 177

Answers (1)

IT Gumby
IT Gumby

Reputation: 1077

I believe the key term you are looking for is hst:prototypepages

Their documentation can be found at https://documentation.bloomreach.com/14/library/concepts/hst-configuration-model/prototypepages-configuration.html but basically you can define the prototype having certain components already on the page - and possibly even default settings for those components.

A similar concept at the component level is the hst:catalog You can define "component prototypes" with default settings for when they are placed onto a page.

Upvotes: 0

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