Choosing item attributes to display in a folder region

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You can choose which item attributes display for each item assigned to a given region. Attributes store information about items and folders. Some examples of the item attributes provided with Oracle Portal include, Create Date, Expire Date, Author, Application Type, Associated Functions, Description, Document Size, Keywords, New Item Indicator , <Blank Line>, <Space>, <Carriage Return>, Property Sheet, and so on.

You can create your own attributes to extend the functionality of the item types and folder types that you create. For example, in a health and fitness content area, you might have an item type for product reviews for which you could create a Rating attribute to store the product rating.

You must be logged on as the style administrator or creator of the style to perform this task.

Be careful when changing the style applied to the folder since any changes affect the appearance of all other folders and navigation bars using that style.

Choosing item attributes to display in a folder region:

Note: If you are already in the folder in which you want to work with, click Folder Style on the folder dashboard and continue from step 4.

  1. In the Navigator, click the Content Areas tab.

  2. Navigate to Path: Content Areas > Name of Content Area > Styles.

  3. In the Actions column, click Edit next to the style you want to work with to display the Style Manager.

  4. Click the Folder Layout tab.

  5. Click beside any region in the region layout diagram to edit its properties, including the default region names (i.e. Quickpicks, News, Regular items, etc.).

The Style Manager (Edit Region): Item or Sub-folder configuration automatically appears.

  1. In the Region Content Properties section, below the Available Item Attributes list, select an attribute one at a time by clicking moveright.gif to move it to the Displayed Item Attributes list. To move all attributes to the Displayed Attributes list, click .

    Notes:

    • Click movetop.gif moveup.gif movedown.gif movebottom.gif to determine the order in which the item attributes appear next to the item.

    • To remove an attribute from the item type, select it in the Displayed Item Attributes list and click moveleft.gif.

  2. Click Apply to refresh your page and continue to work.

  3. Click Close.

Note

  • Information for a particular item attribute that is chosen to display in the folder area must exist for it to display. For example, if you chose to display the item image, but no item image is associated with an item, then this attribute will not display next to the item in the folder area.

Related Topics

Deleting an attribute
Adding attributes to an item type

Adding attributes to a folder type
Choosing the item types available in a content area

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