Creating Website Manager Variables

The following variables must be created in the Author-it Administrator before you can publish to Website Manager.

Note: Variables using the List Of Values type should default to your main template, and the body placeholder (by default main and body are added as entries in the list of values, these should be updated to match the names used in your templates). Variables using the Text type are not given a value, the author adds the value when the content is created.

Name	Type	Value	Description
WebsiteManager_Page	Text		Indicates when a new webpage is created
WebsiteManager_PageRef	Text		Assigns a page reference to the HTML file
WebsiteManager_MenuName	Text		Indicates a menu item and assigns this menu name to the topic
WebsiteManager_Template	List Of Values	List the template names (do not add the .tpl extension). Note: Assign the main template as the default	Indicates the HTML template used for the page
WebsiteManager_Placeholder	List Of Values	List the placeholder names. Note: Assign the body placeholder as default	Assigns a placeholder to the topic, the placeholder identifies the location in the template where the topic content will be displayed
WebsiteManager_ParentPageRef	Text		Assigns a parent menu entry in the sitemap

To Create the Variables:

Start Author-it Administrator and open your library.
From the main menu choose Variables > Create Website Manager Variables...
A message is displayed asking you to confirm that you want to create the variables. Choose Yes to create the Website Manager variables automatically.
When the variables have been created a confirmation message is displayed. Choose OK to close the window.
Update the values for the Template and Placeholder variables to include the list of templates used, and the list of placeholders used.

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Creating Website Manager Variables

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