You can use a slot to control a page or page section and configure the slot to reference folders.
Instead of containing a single rule, a slot is configured to pull content from one or more folders. The slot dynamically populates the page or section based on the triggers and priority of the rules within the folders.
Slots allow you to manage and trigger different sections of a page independently from the rest of the page. A page section can have multiple cartridges, but most cartridges can only point to a single rule. The exception is the slot cartridge. Page sections can display content using a different set of triggers from those used in the rest of the page. In this way slot sections are like dynamic mini-pages. See About controlling the display of content for more information on triggers.
Slots let you:
Once a set of conditions has been created to manage a specific page section, slots let you share the page section across multiple pages.
Page sections can display using a different set of triggers from those used in the rest of the page.
When different sections of a page are managed in separate folders, a business user can make changes to just the triggers within a single folder and update all pages that reference that folder. The business user does not need access to the individual pages in order to update them.
Use slots for the following activities:
Control the brand banner images that display throughout the site.
Specify the images that display at a particular navigation state (for example, Digital Cameras > Kodak) even if there is no specific landing page for that navigation state.
Display promotions in the menu area based on more specific trigger criteria than those that apply to the page as a whole. For example, you could create a page to use as a base for all "Digital Cameras" pages, and populate the menu sections with more specific content based on the brand, price range, or other dimensions.
Display promotions in the menu area based on trigger criteria that are simply different from those on the page as a whole. For example, there might be a "Back to School" special for a particular time frame that applies to all pages within a category or even the entire site. This model lets you reuse content for individual sections across a variety of pages. The reusable sections are managed in a central location so that updates immediately take effect across all the pages that include the reused content. You do not need to edit each one manually.
