Mercury Dokumentation

Editor field description for the Media

The media element allows the integration of videos or audios from external providers like e.g. YouTube or SoundCloud.

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Tab "Media data"

Intro
(Text input)
Optional
A short intro text displayed before the title.
Title
(Text input)
The title / headline for this content.
A value has to be entered in this field.
Preface
(Text area)
Optional
The preface / description for this content.
Media type
Choice
Optional
Choice option 1
YouTube video
Optional
ID
(Text input)
Preview
(Select box)
Optional
Icon
(Select/combo box)
Optional

The icon to display.

In addition to the predefined options, any icon name from the Mercury template can be entered, e.g. 'bi-heart-fill'.

For the full list of possible icons, see the Mercury documentation website.

Choice option 2
External video
Optional
Video data
(File selection)
Icon
(Select/combo box)
Optional

The icon to display.

In addition to the predefined options, any icon name from the Mercury template can be entered, e.g. 'bi-heart-fill'.

For the full list of possible icons, see the Mercury documentation website.

Choice option 3
SoundCloud audio
Optional
Track ID
(Text input)
Icon
(Select/combo box)
Optional

The icon to display.

In addition to the predefined options, any icon name from the Mercury template can be entered, e.g. 'bi-heart-fill'.

For the full list of possible icons, see the Mercury documentation website.

Choice option 4
External audio
Optional
Audio data
(File selection)
Choice option 5
Flexible content
Optional
Embed code
(Text area)
Icon
(Select/combo box)
Optional

The icon to display.

In addition to the predefined options, any icon name from the Mercury template can be entered, e.g. 'bi-heart-fill'.

For the full list of possible icons, see the Mercury documentation website.

Date
(Date / time selection)
Optional
The date for this content.
The date format must be valid and include the time, e.g. '10/01/2024 01:00 PM'.
Text
(HTML editor)
Optional
New text
Preview image
(Image gallery)
Optional

The preview image for this media element.

For data protection reasons it is recommended to select an image here.

Some media types can automatically provide a preview image. For other media types an image must be selected, otherwise a black box is shown.

Optional copyright information for the media.
Length / Additional notice
(Text input)
Optional

The length of the media file, or an additional notice for the user.

The text will be shown as entered.

Tab "Text adjustments"

Adjusted teaser data for lists
Optional

The data for the list teasers is automatically generated from the content.

Setting adjusted data here allows you to show different fields in lists compared to the detail page.

These adjustments are also used for SEO and social media.

Intro
(Text input)
Optional
Replaces the intro text if displayed in list teasers.
Title
(Text input)
Optional
Replaces the title if displayed in list teasers.
Preface
(Text area)
Optional
Replaces the preface text if displayed in list teasers.
Image
(Image gallery)
Optional
Replaces the image if displayed in list teasers.
Adjusted meta information for social media and SEO
Optional

The meta information data is automatically generated from the content.

Setting adjusted data here allows you to use custom values targeted for social media and SEO.

Adjustments here override "adjusted teaser data for lists" and are not shown on the detail page.

Title
(Text input)
Optional

Overwrites the title in the meta information used for social media and SEO.

Meta information actually set is meta property="og:title".

Description
(Text area)
Optional

Overwrites the description in the meta information used for social media and SEO.

Meta information actually set is meta name="description" and meta property="og:description".

Keywords
(Text area)
Optional

Sets the Keywords in the meta information used for SEO.

Meta information actually set is meta name="keywords".

Keywords are only written to the meta information for this content if set here.

Robots setting
(Select/combo box)
Optional

Allows to set the robots meta tag specifying the indexing behaviour of search engines for the generated page.

Specifically set meta information is meta name="robots".

Tab "Availability"

Categories
(Category selection)
Doku Kategorien
Assigns categories to this content.
Sort order number
(Text input)
Optional
Used for sorting entries when displayed in a list. Not shown on the page.

Not displayed on the output page.

The sort order number must be a natural number.
Release / expiration date
Optional
The time period where this content is available.
Release date
(Date / time selection)
Optional
This content will be available online starting from this date.
The date format must be valid and include the time, e.g. '10/01/2024 01:00 PM'.
Expiration date
(Date / time selection)
Optional
This content will not be available online after this date.
The date format must be valid and include the time, e.g. '10/01/2024 01:00 PM'.
Confidential
(Access restriction)
Only authorized users
Optional
If outside the release / expiration date, this content is visible offline only for a responsible group which is set by the administration.
Gallery title
(Text input)
Only Workplace users
Optional
Used to identify this content in the OpenCms internal gallery. Not shown in the output page.