eI_ContentBlock Widget

Shows any content on your web page that you want from your CMS400.NET including html, text, documents and digital media. You can set the content block widget to show a specified content id or you can set the dynamic parameter so that the content dynamically changes at any time the parameter is passed.

You also can add the following options to the content block.

• Content Review with Ratings Stars.
• Provide links for Add To Favorites, Email, and Print.
• Comments submitted by logged in visitors.

The content block looks similar to the following figure.

To change the properties, click Edit ().

Fields

Field	Description
Filtered by:	Choose Content, Form, or Multimedia and then click View Results on the bottom left of the dialog box to see the content items in the selected type.
View Result	Click to display contents of the selected folder. Hover over a content item so see a summary of the content. You can filter the content as described in the previous table entry.
Cancel Button	Click to dismiss the dialog box without adding content.
Save button	Click to save the changes you made and dismiss the dialog box.
New button	Click to create new content (rather than selecting existing content).

Properties Tab

Property	Value
Show Social Bar	Check to show links for Add To Favorites, Email and Print.
Show Content Review	Check to include a Star Rating bar next to the content title. Ratings by visitors indicate how they feel about the content. (Highly rated content attracts more readers.)
Show Content Title	Check to show the title text. This parameter is superceded if the Header Text has a value.
Show Message Board	Check to allow comments on this content.
Header Text	Enter text to replace the title of the content. If this is blank, the content's title will show.
Read More Text	Enter the string for the Read More hyperlink set in the next property. For example: "Read More..."
Read More Hyperlink	Enter the hyperlink used for the Read More Text set in the previous property. For example: "Content.aspx?id=168".
Dynamic Parameter	Enter any text to pass content id numbers to this widget. When you set this to "id", the widget shows the content number equated to it. For example, if the URL is http://mysite/default.aspx?id=30 then content number 30 shows.

The Folder, Taxonomy, and Search tabs help you find the content you want to use in this widget.

Folder Tab

To select a folder or content, do the following:

1. Click the Folder tab.
2. Navigate to the folder you want and click it.
3. If the View Results panel is showing, click the content you want.
4. Click Save.

Taxonomy Tab

Select the Taxonomy Category to find the content to add to this widget.

To select a Category or Content, do the following:

1. Click the Taxonomy tab.
2. Navigate to the lowest category branch that you want to use.
3. To select specific content, click the desired content in the View Results panel.
4. Click Save.

Search Tab

To search for Content, do the following:

1. Click the Search tab.
2. Set the Filter By dropdown to Content, Forms, Multimedia.
3. Enter the Search Terms and press Enter.
4. Click the desired content in the View Results panel and click Save.