Switch Content Wizard

The Switch Content wizard is used to change the content assigned to a contribution region on a web page (or assign content if none was assigned yet). The site designer decides what kinds of content you can assign: a new contributor data file or native document, an existing file on the content server, and/or an existing file on your local computer. The site designer may also limit the file formats of native documents that can be assigned (for example, only Microsoft Word documents). In addition, the designer may allow the association of content with a contribution region to be removed altogether.

The Switch Content wizard consists of several steps, depending on the properties of the current contribution region and the choices you make during the process.

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You can step through the wizard faster by clicking the blue arrow to the left of the option you want to use. This automatically selects the option and moves the wizard to the next step.

Selecting a Region Definition or Subtemplate

Depending on how the site designer set up the contribution region, you may first be prompted to select the region definition or subtemplate that the region content should be based on.

If you select a region definition, you associate the contribution region directly with a contributor data file or native document (to be selected later in the wizard). Its contents display in the contribution region in accordance with the selected region definition and its associated region template. The site designer controls what region definitions are available for the contribution region.

If you select a subtemplate, you associate the contribution region with a subtemplate that defines what the region looks like and typically divides it into several smaller contribution regions (each of which needs separate content assigned to it). The site designer controls what subtemplates are available for the contribution region.

The site designer is able to give you more information about what impact each region definition and/or subtemplate has on the web page in terms of information usage, layout, formatting, and the like. The names of the available region definitions and subtemplates may also provide some indication regarding what they do. Contact your site designer if you need any assistance in this area.

Selecting the Content

Depending on your wizard choices, you may be prompted to select the type of content file that is associated with the contribution region. The available content file types depend on what the site designer has chosen to make available. Select an option:

To use a new contributor data file, select New Contributor data file. You are taken to a content check-in form, where you can provide the metadata for the contributor data file and check the file into the content server. The file is empty until you (or another contributor) edits it in the Contributor editor.
To use a new native document, select New native file and choose the file format. (The site designer decides what file formats are available.) You are taken to a content check-in form, where you can provide the metadata for the native document and check the file into the content server. All required metadata fields are marked red. The file is empty until you (or another contributor) edits it in its native application.
To use an existing file on the content server, select Existing file from server. You are taken to a search results page, which lists all items on the content server that you can choose from. (The criteria for the search query are defined by the site designer.) Select the file you want to use by clicking its associated Select button.
To use an existing file on your computer, select Existing local file. You are taken to a content check-in form, where you can provide the metadata for the file and check the file into the content server. All required metadata fields are marked red. Use the Browse button next to the Primary File field to navigate to the file on your computer to use and select it.
To remove the existing association of a content file with the contribution region, select None. This means that the contribution region no longer has a content file assigned to it.

Contact your site designer or site manager if you need further assistance.