Creating Regional Versions of Pages

Use

You use regionalization to display different content depending on the region of the logged on user or to display pages in several languages.

So that authors can create Web Page Composer content for different regions or different languages, a system administrator needs to first enable regionalization. The decision to enable regionalization should be made before you start creating pages to ensure that the pages can be regionalized.

If your portal administrator has enabled the creation of regional pages, each new page created in a folder or area creates a page group with the new page as the first page in the group. You can then add pages to this page group to provide portal users with a version of the page that is suited specifically to their department, location, or language.

In the navigation panel of the Content Editor environment, only one page is shown in each page group. This is the page that matches the region and language of the current region profile. If no page matches the current region profile, no page is displayed in the navigation panel.

In each page group, you can create only one page for each region/language combination. You can create more than one page group in each folder or area.

Procedure

Create New Regional Page Groups

  1. In the portal, choose Start of the navigation pathArea Management Next navigation step Content EditorEnd of the navigation path.

  2. In the navigation panel, select the folder or area under which you want to create the page, and choose Start of the navigation pathNew Next navigation step PageEnd of the navigation path.

  3. If the region/language combination of the current region profile is not the same as the regional page that you want to create, choose Change User Profile , choose the Region and Language for the new page and choose OK .

  4. Continue with the appropriate steps as described in Creating Pages .

A page group containing a single page is created under the area or folder.

Creating Regional Pages

  1. In the navigation panel, select the page group under which you want to create the page.

  2. If the region/language combination of the current author profile is not the same as the regional page that you want to create, choose Change User Profile , choose the Region and Language for the new page and choose OK .

  3. Choose Start of the navigation pathNew Next navigation step PageEnd of the navigation path and continue with the appropriate steps as described in Creating Pages .

The new page is added to the list of pages in the Regions editor of the page group.

Duplicating Regional Pages

Duplicate existing regional pages to create regional pages that are similar to each other. The duplicate page contains the same content and properties as the original page, and you can then make the necessary changes to the content or language of the page.

  1. In the navigation panel, select the relevant page group under which you want to duplicate the page, and choose the page you want to duplicate from the table.

  2. Choose Change User Profile .

  3. Choose the Region and Language for the new page and choose OK .

  4. Choose Duplicate .

  5. Choose Edit and continue with the appropriate steps as described in Creating Pages .

You can change local page content without influencing the original page, but if you modify shared content, the content is updated on all other pages from which it is referenced. If you do not want to update the content on other pages, replace the shared content with new content.

Editing Regional Pages

After you have created pages, you can edit them to change their layout and content.

  1. In the navigation panel, select the page group that contains the page you want to edit, and in the Regions editor, choose the page you want to edit from the table.

  2. Do one of the following:

    • If the current profile matches the profile of the page to be edited, choose Edit Page .

    • If the current profile does not match the profile of the page to be edited, choose Switch Profile and Edit .

  3. Continue with the appropriate steps as described in Creating Pages .

Previewing Regional Pages

After you have finished editing the pages, you can preview them.

  1. In the navigation panel, choose the page group that contains the page that you want to preview.

  2. Choose the relevant page to be previewed and choose Preview .

    The page is displayed in a new browser window.

Result

You have a page group containing pages for the relevant regions in your organization.

At runtime, portal users see the page that most closely matches their user profile, according to the following priorities:

  1. Full match - displays a published page created using the region, location, and language of the portal user.

  2. Region and language - displays a published page created using the region and language of the portal user.

  3. Region - displays a published page created using the region of the portal user.

  4. Locale - displays a published page created using the location of the portal user.

  5. Language - displays a published page created using the language of the portal user.

  6. Default profile - displays a published page created using the default profile, as defined by the portal administrator.

  7. Random - if no published pages were created using the default profile, any available published page in the page group is displayed.