Forum Dynamic Feed

Layout Variant: C050 (Reference Only)

Content Type: Forum Feed (Custom)


Teaser Title

Teaser Text

Pictures and Media

Items

CTAs

C049 Query List

Optional

No

No

Optional

No


Aspect Ratio: 

N/A

Expected Use:

The Forum Feed component is used to preview recent forum post comments on Emerson Exchange Forum. The component shows the date, topic, number of comments, and provides a CTA to read the forum comments/post. The CTA is dynamically generated and takes you directly to the Emerson Exchange Forum (external to Emerson.com).

Building the Component:

In building the component, you need to open the Library and select "Forum Feed" as the CoreMedia content type. This custom component type has three fields on the Conditions Tab: Service, Category Id, and Tag Id. Note: Category Id and Tag Id are mutually exclusive. You must choose only one. If you enter data in both fields, the Category Id you enter will take precedence and the Tag Id will be ignored.

  • Service - You must select a Service from the drop down. This is the forum you are calling for content. There is currently only the Emerson Exchange Forum available.
  • Forum Id - This is a numeric field you will need to get from the site for the specific forum you wish to query.
  • Tag Id - as an alternate source parameter to the Forum Id, you can instead enter a Tag Id which you will need to get from the site for the tag you wish to query.
  • Hide Dates - this check box can be selected if you do not wish to have the published dates of the forum items displayed in the component. This may be useful if you pin a forum comment and don't want to show something that may seem old or out of date order. See "Adding Static Content" below.

Nothing is required in the Forum Feed component query list other than the fields noted above on the Conditions Tab. The Layout Variant C050 is not used as this is a custom content type and is only for reference. The Teaser Title is optional and will appear at the upper left of the component if this field is used. No CTA is required, this is dynamically generated from the API feed.

Adding Static Content:

Like other Query Lists, you can add static content just as you would in a standard Query List. You can also designate the display position like you can in a Product Query. To do this you need to create a "Feed Item Teaser". This is a custom CoreMedia document type created to support the Blog Dynamic Feed Component and the Forum Dynamic Feed Component. You need to fill out the two fields on the Content Tab of the Feed Item Teaser:

  • Service - select the correct service (blog or forum) you are accessing
  • Item Id - enter the id of the article you wish to add as a static item

On the Content Tab of your Forum Feed (C050) Component add the Feed Item Teaser to the "Items with Fixed Position" field. You can click on the small triangle on the far left of your item to open the dialog below and set the fixed position (1, 2 or 3).

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