Creating a Teaser

Use

A teaser generally appears on a homepage and has the job of encouraging visitors to read an article that is located on another page. A typical teaser contains a title, an image, and a short text. The length of the text is limited. The title is usually a link that the user can click to go to the full article.

You create or edit a teaser with the help of the teaser editor. The following table provides and overview of the elements in the teaser editor:

Element

Available by Default

Can be Added

Description

Name

X

  

Title of the teaser.

When visitors choose the title they go to the target that you have defined in the Item Link element.

Image

X

X

You can display images that are stored in a KM folder.

Item Link

X

X

Specify the link target, for example, a Web site with an article.

Simple Text Item

X

  

Area for entering text with basic formatting options.

In this area, you can also create links and display images that are stored in a KM folder.

Related Links

  

X

You can use this element to display a link to another area, to a document in a KM repository, or an external URL

Procedure

Depending on how you want to use the teaser, you create it within a page or in a KM shared content folder (for example, the Shared Content folder of an area). For more information about the different options for creating Web content, see: Creating Web Content .

  1. Start the teaser editor.

    You start the teaser editor within a page, or in a KM shared content folder. For more information, see: Creating and Editing Web Content .

    The system displays the teaser editor in a new browser window.

  2. Add an image.

    1. In the teaser editor, choose Select Image .

    2. In the Web content browser, navigate to the KM folder that contains the image you want to add.

    3. Select the image.

  3. Specify the link to the target object that users should visit when they choose the title of the teaser.

    • To specify an external link, enter the URL directly in the in the Link URL field.

    • To specify an internal link , either enter the link directly in the Link URL field, or browse the KM folders to locate the respective object.

    • If you want the target object to open in a new window, select the Open in new window checkbox.

  4. Enter the short text for the teaser.

  5. Enter the properties for the teaser. For more information, see: Configuring the Properties of a Web Content Item

  6. Choose Save , and then choose Close .