Optimizely <<product-name>> has a robust Content Management System that allows content editors and administrators the flexibility and control to design the look and feel of their website. Widgets are pre-configured content holders that allow you to rapidly add content to your pages without having to develop these elements. Widgets have a user interface that allow you to configure them to meet your needs.
The following steps show the general way to add a Widget to a site:
Click **Content Add**, which opens the **Add Widget** menu.
Choose the widget from the **item Type**, and select the template associated with the widget.
Each widget has a CSS class assigned to it. You can change the CSS class on any widget.
Widget class definitions must inherit from **AbstractWidget**. Customize the display name by decorating the class with the **DisplayName** attribute. If a **DisplayName** attribute is not used, the class name, by spacing camel casing, will be used by default. So "ContactUsForm" would default to "Contact Us Form". This class then becomes the Model in the MVC view.
Use any one of the following attributes to decorate properties with pre-defined functionality. These properties will then generate the appropriate input fields when editing pages or widgets in the <<product-name>> CMS.
| Column Title | Column Title |
| **Attribute** | **Description** |
| **AllowedChildren** | Limit an AbstractPage so that it can only have children of a type specified |
| **AllowedParents** | List of pages that the widget is allowed to be added to |
| **CheckBoxContentField** | Uses "CheckBox" template |
| **DatePickerContentField** | Uses "DatePicker" template, includes a property to set whether to include time on the date. |
| **drop-downContentField** | Uses "drop-down" template, contains a property for setting of values in the drop-down list |
| **Enumdrop-downContentField** | Inherits from drop-downContentFieldAttribute, adds an Enum type as a list of values for a drop-down list |
| **FilePickerContentField** | Uses the "FilePicker" template. Allows setting of the ResourceType for the FilePicker, sets a default value of "UserFiles" |
| **IntegerContentField** | Inherits from TextContentFieldAttribute and sets the RegExValidation to enforce an integer value. Currently being used on the NewsList page for setting a default page size |
| **ListContentField** | Uses the "List" template. Allows adding content that contains a list of items, such as: on the Contact Form Edit Content screen you can "Add" multiple email addresses and "Available Topics" |
| **ListOfPagesContentField** | Uses the "ListOfPages" template. Currently used on a LinkList widget that displays a list of links to pages based on the pages found that are related to the "keys" found in the ListOfPages property |
| **RichTextContentField** | Uses "RichText" template |
| **SelectContentItemType** | Used inside a TemplatePage and used on the PageType property to set the type to a "ContentPage" |
| **SelectedPageContentField** | Uses on the ItemList (RootPageName property), ItemLink (LinkedContentName property) and NavigationList (RootPageName property) widgets. Sets the Template to the "SelectedPage" template |
| **TextAreaContentItemField** | Uses the "TextArea" template. |
| **TextContentField** | Uses the "Text" template. Lets you set a RegEx validation on the text template |
These attributes are built into the <<product-name>> framework located in the **InSite.Content.Attributes** namespace. Additional attributes can be built and extended to provide custom functionality within <<product-name>>.
For example the **RichTextContentField** provides a textbox with WYSIWIG functionality.
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The getters and setters for properties need to also make use of the methods **GetValue** and **SetValue** to properly persist data. **FieldType.Contextual** means the property value can vary by Context (Language, Persona, DeviceType). For fields that don’t need to vary by context, FieldType.General can be used.
For example, **Title** needs to have a different value based on the current language.
It is possible to limit widgets by parent type. For example, the **ZoneWidget** can only be added to a **TemplatePage**.
For a given widget, such as **RichContent**, there can be one or more templates defined. If there is a need to create new functionality to display RichContent, an additional View could be added to the path of the RichContent folder.