Mercury Documentation

Editor field description for the Article

The article is suitable for creating news, press releases or blogs with optional images and texts in multiple paragraphs.

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Tab "Article"

Intro
(Text input)
Optional
A short intro text displayed before the title.
Title
(Text input)
The title / headline for this content.
A value has to be entered in this field.
Date
(Date / time selection)
The date for this content.
The date format must be valid and include the time, e.g. '10/01/2024 01:00 PM'.
Preface
(Text area)
Optional
The preface / description for this content.
Image
Optional
The image for this content.
Image Path
(Image gallery)
The image path in OpenCms.
Title
(Text input)
Optional
The title of the image.
Optional copyright information for the image.
Decorative only
(Check box)
Optional

Specifies whether the image will be read aloud by screen readers for people with visual impairments.

If the image shows something that is already described in the surrounding text or is not essential for understanding the content, it should be marked as decorative.

Infographics, diagrams, or images that are important for understanding the content should be provided with a meaningful title. In this case, the image content should be described as precisely and briefly as possible (approx. 80 characters). More characters cannot be interpreted by screen readers.

Note: The description supplements the text; it does not repeat it.

Paragraph
Can occur up to 100 times

Each paragraph consists of a heading, text, image and/or link.

Several paragraphs can be created, which are then usually displayed one below the other.

Caption
(Text input)
Optional
Optional caption / subheading for this paragraph.
Text
(HTML editor)
Optional
New text
Image
Optional
Optional image for this paragraph.
Image Path
(Image gallery)
The image path in OpenCms.
Title
(Text input)
Optional
The title of the image.
Optional copyright information for the image.
Decorative only
(Check box)
Optional

Specifies whether the image will be read aloud by screen readers for people with visual impairments.

If the image shows something that is already described in the surrounding text or is not essential for understanding the content, it should be marked as decorative.

Infographics, diagrams, or images that are important for understanding the content should be provided with a meaningful title. In this case, the image content should be described as precisely and briefly as possible (approx. 80 characters). More characters cannot be interpreted by screen readers.

Note: The description supplements the text; it does not repeat it.

Optional link for this paragraph.
Text
(Text input)
The display text for the link.
The link target.

Please note: External links should always include a prefix, such as https://.

If checked, the link is opened in a new browser window.

Tab "Author"

Author
(Text input)
The author shown on the output page.
A value has to be entered in this field.
Email
(Text input)
Optional
The email address of the article creator.
The email address is invalid.

Tab "Text adjustments"

Adjusted teaser data for lists
Optional

The data for the list teasers is automatically generated from the content.

Setting adjusted data here allows you to show different fields in lists compared to the detail page.

These adjustments are also used for SEO and social media.

Intro
(Text input)
Optional
Replaces the intro text if displayed in list teasers.
Title
(Text input)
Optional
Replaces the title if displayed in list teasers.
Preface
(Text area)
Optional
Replaces the preface text if displayed in list teasers.
Image
(Image gallery)
Optional
Replaces the image if displayed in list teasers.
Adjusted meta information for social media and SEO
Optional

The meta information data is automatically generated from the content.

Setting adjusted data here allows you to use custom values targeted for social media and SEO.

Adjustments here override "adjusted teaser data for lists" and are not shown on the detail page.

Title
(Text input)
Optional

Overwrites the title in the meta information used for social media and SEO.

Meta information actually set is meta property="og:title".

Description
(Text area)
Optional

Overwrites the description in the meta information used for social media and SEO.

Meta information actually set is meta name="description" and meta property="og:description".

Keywords
(Text area)
Optional

Sets the Keywords in the meta information used for SEO.

Meta information actually set is meta name="keywords".

Keywords are only written to the meta information for this content if set here.

Robots setting
(Select/combo box)
Optional

Allows to set the robots meta tag specifying the indexing behaviour of search engines for the generated page.

Specifically set meta information is meta name="robots".

Tab "Availability"

Categories
(Category selection)
Doku Kategorien
Assigns categories to this content.
Type of article
(Select box)
Optional
The News Article is intended for articles with current news value, such as press releases or company news, and is preferred by Google News. For timeless content that is not directly related to current events, such as blog posts, how-to articles, or technical writing, use the General Article.
Sort order number
(Text input)
Optional
Used for sorting entries when displayed in a list. Not shown on the page.

Not displayed on the output page.

The sort order number must be a natural number.
Release / expiration date
Optional
The time period where this content is available.
Release date
(Date / time selection)
Optional
This content will be available online starting from this date.
The date format must be valid and include the time, e.g. '10/01/2024 01:00 PM'.
Expiration date
(Date / time selection)
Optional
This content will not be available online after this date.
The date format must be valid and include the time, e.g. '10/01/2024 01:00 PM'.
Confidential
(Access restriction)
Only authorized users
Optional
If outside the release / expiration date, this content is visible offline only for a responsible group which is set by the administration.
Controls the path shown in the navigation for the detail page of this content.
Gallery title
(Text input)
Only Workplace users
Optional
Used to identify this content in the OpenCms internal gallery. Not shown in the output page.

Not displayed on the output page.