Understanding content types and dynamic modules
Dynamic modules ensure that editors always choose the right module for a given content type. Developing a set of dynamic modules requires the following steps:
- Create a curated style group.
- Associate the curated style group with content types.
- Add modules to the curated style group.
Referring to the following illustration—
- The content types
Homepage
andPage
are associated with two curated style groups:Lists
andContainers
.
- The
Lists
curated style group contains two categories of modules:
List Module
(with two standard modulesStandard List A
andStandard List B
)Person List Module
(with standard modulePerson List
)
- The
Containers
curated style group contains two categories of modules:
Container Module 1 Column
(with standard moduleOne Column Container
)Container Module 2 Column
(with standard moduleTwo Column Container
)
- The
In this scenario, Brightspot organizes the available modules similar to a file explorer. For a given content type, the curated style groups are at the top level, module categories are at the second level, and modules are at the third level.
Using the example above and referring to the image below:
- The
Homepage
content type is associated with theLists
curated style group. - The
Lists
curated style group contains two module categories—List
andPerson List
, of which the former is selected. - As such, the editor only sees
Standard List A
andStandard List B
, which are the standard modules associated with theLists
module category.
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