Ektron CMS400.NET User Manual

Entering Custom Metadata
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Adding or Editing Metadata
For example, your Web site sells motorcycle helmets. On a
page that shows a particular helmet, the left column lists a
collection of motorcycle drivers who use that helmet.
• Image data - this standard metadata field is available to every
content item. It identifies an image that can be retrieved by
Ektron Markup Language’s (EKML) [$Image] and
[$ImageThumbnail] variables. (EKML is described in the Ektron
CMS400.NET Developer’s Guide.)
An example of using Image data is a list summary that includes
a photo of every item on the list. For example, your site
promotes a soccer team. The list summary shows every player
on the team. To the left of each player’s name is a thumbnail of
his image.
Metadata is more fully explained through the following topics.
• ”Entering Custom Metadata” on page 78
• ”Entering Title and Keywords” on page 85
Your system administrator defines the metadata that can be added
to content. The metadata being collected can be customized for
each folder. When you create or update content, you can define
metadata using fields that the administrator specified.
In order to add metadata to content, an administrator must have created
definitions for it in the language of the content.
For example, each document stored in the Document
Management functionality has a unique part number. Your system
administrator adds a custom search field called Part Number, and
specifies that only numbers can be inserted into the field.
When you add a document to Ektron CMS400.NET, you access the
content’s metadata and insert the correct part number for the
document (illustrated below).
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