Brightspot Content Types Guide

External page


You can create an external page to promote content that is outside of Brightspot. Using an external page, you can include a promotion for this external content in lists and in search results.

To create an external page:

  1. In the header, click add.
  2. From the Create list, select External Page.
  3. Using the following table as a reference, complete the fields as needed.
  4. Click Save.

External Page fields

Click each tab below to see a description of the associated fields.

FieldDescription
Internal NameEnter an internal name for this asset. Brightspot uses this name internally, such as in the search panel and recent activity widget. This name is not visible to visitors to your site.
Promo TitleEnter a title for this asset. This title is visible to the visitors to your site.
Promo DescriptionEnter a description that describes this asset. This description is visible to the visitors to your site.
Promo CategoryEnter a promo category for the external page.
Promo ImageEnter a promo image for the external page.
Exclude from Dynamic ResultsToggle on to prevent this asset from showing up in dynamic list modules.

For details, see List module.
Exclude from Search ResultsExclude from Search Results
SectionSelect the section to which this external page belongs.
Secondary SectionsSelect the secondary sections associated with this asset. This selection is not visible to the visitors to your site.

For information about creating a section, see Section.
TagsSelect the tags associated with this asset. This selection is visible to visitors to your site.

For information about creating a tag, see Tag.

FieldDescription
AMP DisabledToggle on to disable generation of an AMP version of this asset.

For details, see AMP.

Promo Overrides


FieldDescription
Promo Category LinkLink associated with the promo category. This field inherits from the selected promo category, and you can override this as needed.

Layout Overrides


FieldDescription
Secondary NavigationSelect one of the options to override the inherited secondary navigation.

For details, see Creating a navigation.

The information on this tab presents a graphical or tabular representation of this asset's analytics. For information about configuring analytics ingestion and presentation, see Brightspot Analytics and Google Analytics.

FieldDescription
LocaleSets the content's locale. This setting can also be used to auto-localize content based on the users requested locale.

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