Activate Web Spotlight

Do you have Web Spotlight enabled?

Activate Web Spotlight

When you have Web Spotlight enabled for your subscription, you can activate it for individual environments.

1. Open the project environment you want to set up as a website.
2. Go to  Environment settings > General.
3. In the Web Spotlight card, click Activate Web Spotlight.

Web Spotlight is now active for your current environment. Now’s the time to set it up with spaces.

Multi-website setup with spaces

Spaces enable you to run multiple websites in one project. To use Web Spotlight in a multi-website scenario, you need to select or create a root item in each space you want to manage as a website. 

1. In  Environment settings > General > Web Spotlight card, click Go to spaces.
2. Click on the particular space you’re setting up as a website.
3. Under Root item, create a new or add an existing root item.
4. Click Save.

Your setup is done for this space. Go to Web Spotlight to start creating content in Web Spotlight. To set Web Spotlight up in another space, repeat steps 2–4 in the other space. The initial setup creates new content types and items in your project. It doesn’t affect any of your existing content.

What happens after Web Spotlight activation?

Once set up, you'll find several new additions to your content model:

1. Web Spotlight root content type is a core part of Web Spotlight that you can edit but not delete while Web Spotlight is active.
2. Subpages content type element is a core part of Web Spotlight, which you need to use in your content model to create the page tree.
3. Page content type is an optional part of Web Spotlight, which you can use for creating web pages.

Root item in Web Spotlight

The root item in Web Spotlight is the top-level content item that defines the root of your website hierarchy. The Web Spotlight root content type defines the following elements:

• Title element – specifies the name of the root item.
• Subpages element – specifies your website’s home subpages, for example, the top-level navigation. By default, this element is limited to pages.
• Content element– specifies a content item to use for the root of your website.

You can extend your root item with other content elements if needed. While Web Spotlight is active, the Web Spotlight root type and the item based on it cannot be deleted.

Subpages in Web Spotlight

The Subpages element is a means of creating your website hierarchy, commonly known as a page tree. You can use subpages with the predefined page content type or add them to your own content types.

Page in Web Spotlight

The Page content type in Web Spotlight defines a page within your website. Pages represent the locations in your page tree. They are connected to items with specific content, such as articles or blog posts. The Page type defines the following elements:

• Title – specifies the name of the page.
• URL – specifies the URL slug of the page. By default, auto-generated from Title.
• Show in navigation – determines whether the page should be visible in the page tree
  • Some coding is required to make the Show in navigation element functional. 
• Subpages – specifies the subpages of the current page, for example, several pages within a section of your website. By default, this element is limited to Page items.
• Content – specifies a content item to use for this page.