This topic describes how to manage slots.

You can:

• Activate or deactivate (depending on the current status) slots by clicking respective buttons in the Actions column in List of Slots for [Name] Template.
• Assign CMS blocks to slots by selecting them from the drop-down menu in List of Blocks for [Name] Slot.
• Move up, move down, delete (remove the block assignment) and view CMS blocks by clicking respective buttons in List of Blocks for [Name] Slot.
• Select the Storefront pages in which CMS blocks will be displayed in List of Blocks for [Name] Slot.

Prerequisites

To start managing slots, go to Content > Slots.

Each section contains reference information. Make sure to review it before you start, or look up the necessary information as you go through the process.

Activating and deactivating slots

You can activate or deactivate a slot. The embedded content will either be visible or invisible on the Storefront pages.

To activate a slot, click Activate in the Actions column in the List of Slots for [Name] Template section. This will change the status to Active. The content of this slot will be displayed on the corresponding Storefront page(s).

To deactivate a slot, click Deactivate in the Actions column in the List of Slots for [Name] Template section. This will change the status to Inactive. The content of this slot will be removed from the corresponding Storefront page(s).

Reference information: Activating and deactivating slots:

In the List of Slots for [name] Template section, you see the following:

ATTRIBUTE	DESCRIPTION
ID	Sequence number.
Name	Alphabetic identifier of the slot fetched from the database.
Description	Description of the slot fetched from the database.
Content Provider	Source from which Slot Widget fetches content for this slot.
Status	Slot status that can be active (visible on the store page) or inactive (invisible on the store page).
Actions	Set of actions that can be performed with a slot.

Assigning CMS blocks to slots

You can assign CMS blocks to a slot selected in List of Slots for [Name] Template. The content of assigned CMS blocks is displayed on the corresponding Storefront page(s). If there are no CMS blocks with content that you can assign, see Create a CMS block.

To assign a CMS block to a slot:

1. In List of Slots for [Name] Template, click on the row of the slot you wish to assign CMS blocks to.
2. Open the drop-down menu in List of Blocks for [Name] Slot.
3. Select a CMS block and click +Add.

Repeat step 2 for each CMS block that you want to assign.

• The +Add button is not active until a CMS block is selected.
• In the drop-down menu, start typing the name of a CMS block to filter the list.
• You can only add one CMS block at a time. When you click on a CMS block in the drop-down menu to select it, the drop-down menu closes with the selected CMS Block shown in the drop-down field. If you do not click +Add and select another CMS block, the previous CMS Block is replaced with the new one. If you click +Add after replacing one CMS block with another, only the last selected CMS block is added.
• Newly added CMS blocks are placed on top of List of Blocks for [Name] Slot.
• You can add an inactive CMS block to a slot. The content of the inactive CMS block won’t be displayed until the CMS block is activated.

4. Click Save to assign all the selected CMS blocks to the slot.

The order of the assigned CMS blocks in the List of Blocks for [Name] Slot reflects the order of CMS blocks displayed on the corresponding Storefront page(s). See Changing the position of CMS blocks to define the desired order.

Reference information: Assigning CMS blocks to slots

In the List of Templates section, you see the following:

ATTRIBUTE	DESCRIPTION
ID	Sequence number.
Name	Alphabetic identifier of the template fetched from the database.
Description	Description of the template fetched from the database.
Number of Slots	Number of slots in this template.

In this section, you can:

• Sort templates by ID and Name.
• Filter templates by ID, Name, and Description.
• Filter slots displayed in the List of Slots for [name] Template section by templates.

In the List of Slots for [Name] Template section, you see the following:

ATTRIBUTE	DESCRIPTION
ID	Sequence number.
Name	Alphabetic identifier of the slot fetched from the database.
Description	Description of the slot fetched from the database.
Content Provider	Source from which Slot Widget fetches content for this slot. This column is displayed only when a project has more than one content provider.
Status	Slot status that can be active (visible on the store page) or inactive (invisible on the store page). By default, all the slots have the Active status.
Actions	Set of actions that can be performed with a Slot.

In this section, you can:

• Sort slots by ID, Name, Content Provider and Status.
• Filter slots by ID, Name, Description, and Content Provider.
• Filter CMS blocks displayed in the List of Blocks for [name] Slot section by slots.

Info

The search only applies to the slots displayed for the chosen template from the List of Templates.

In the List of Blocks for [Name] Slot section, you see the following:

ATTRIBUTE	DESCRIPTION
ID	Sequence number.
Name	Alphabetic identifier of the CMS block.
Valid From (Included) and Valid To (Excluded)	Set of dates defining the time period of an active CMS block being visible in the store.
Status	CMS block status that can be active (visible on the store page) or inactive (invisible on the store page).
Stores	Store locale for which the block is available.
Actions	Set of actions that can be performed with a CMS block.

Info

Apart from the ID and Actions, the attributes described below depend on the CMS block settings defined in Content > Blocks. To learn about them, see reference information on the Creating CMS blocks page.

Info

The attributes described below depend on the page type to which the template with the selected CMS block is applied: a product, category, or CMS page. Product Pages per Category is only displayed when you are defining the visibility conditions of a CMS block belonging to the slot of the Product page template.

ATTRIBUTE	DESCRIPTION
All [Page Type] Pages	Radio button defining that the CMS block is displayed on all the [page type] pages to which the corresponding template is applied.
Specific [Page Type] Pages	Radio button defining that the CMS block is displayed only on the pages selected in the [Page Type] Pages and/or Product Pages per Category fields.
[Page Type] Pages	Drop-down menu in which you can select specific pages that are to display the selected CMS block.
Product Pages per Category	Drop-down menu in which you can select categories The CMS block is displayed on the products pages belonging to the selected categories.

In this section, you can assign CMS blocks to slots and select the pages in which a selected CMS block is to be displayed.

Changing the order of CMS blocks

You can change the position of a CMS block in relation to the other CMS blocks in a slot. This is done by moving the respective CMS block up and down.

To move a CMS block:

1. In List of Slots for [Name] Template, click on the row of the slot the CMS block of which you wish to move.
2. In the Actions column of the List of Blocks for [Name] Slot,
   • To move a CMS block one position up, click Move Up. This will swap this slot with the one located above. The content of the CMS blocks will be swapped respectively on the corresponding page(s).
   • To move a CMS block one position down, click Move Down. This will swap this slot with the one located below. The content of the CMS blocks will be swapped respectively on the corresponding page(s).

If there is only one CMS block assigned to a slot, Move Up and Move Down actions are not available.

Viewing CMS blocks

To view a CMS block, click View Block in the Actions column in the List of Blocks for [Name] Slot section.

To learn about attributes on this page, see Create CMS blocks.

Deleting CMS block assignments

You can delete the assignment of a CMS block to a slot removing its content from the corresponding Storefront page.

To delete an assignment, click Delete in the Actions column in List of Blocks for [Name] Slot. This will remove the content of the CMS block from the corresponding Storefront page.

Deleting an assignment does not delete the CMS block itself.

Selecting pages

You can select the Storefront pages in which CMS blocks will be displayed. This defines particular pages in which the content of the selected CMS block is rendered. Otherwise, a CMS block is rendered in all the pages to which the corresponding template with slots is applied.

To select pages:

Category pages

1. In List of Blocks for [Name] Slot, click on the row of the CMS block you wish to select pages for.
2. Select:
   1. The All Categories Pages radio button if you want the CMS block content to be displayed in all the category pages to which the corresponding template is applied.
   2. The Specific Category Pages radio button if you want the CMS block content to be displayed in a specific category page or in a selection of the category pages to which the corresponding template is applied.

The All Category Pages radio button is selected by default with the CMS block content displayed in all the pages to which the corresponding template is applied.

If you selected the Specific Category Pages radio button:

3. In the Category Pages field, select the category pages on which the CMS block content will be displayed.
4. Click Save to apply the changes.

CMS Pages

1. In List of Blocks for [Name] Slot, click on the row of the CMS block you wish to select pages for.

2. In the List of Blocks for [Name] Slot, select:

   a. All CMS Pages radio button if you want the CMS block content to be displayed in all the CMS Pages to which the corresponding template is applied. b. Specific CMS Pages radio button if you want the CMS block content to be displayed in a specific CMS page or in a selection of the CMS pages to which the corresponding template is applied.

The All CMS Pages radio button is selected by default with the CMS block content displayed in all the CMS pages to which the corresponding template is applied.

If you selected the Specific CMS Pages radio button:

3. In the CMS Pages field, select the CMS pages in which the CMS block content will be displayed.
4. Click Save to apply the changes.

Product details pages

1. In the List of Blocks for [Name] Slot, click on the row of the CMS block you wish to select pages for.
2. In List of Blocks for [Name] Slot, select: a. The All Product Pages radio button if you want the CMS block content to be displayed in all the product details pages to which the corresponding template is applied. b. A specific Product Pages radio button if you want the CMS block content to be displayed in a specific product details page or in a selection of the product details pages to which the corresponding template is applied.

The All Product Pages radio button is selected by default with the CMS block content displayed in all the product details pages to which the corresponding template is applied.

If you select the Specific Product Pages radio button:

3. In the Product Pages field, select the product details pages on which the CMS block content will be displayed.
4. In the Product Pages per Category field, select the categories for the products assigned to these categories to show the CMS block content.

Selecting a product both as part of a category in the Product Pages per Category field and separately in the Product Pages field still defines that the CMS block content should only appear once on that product page. Thus if a product is included in a category that you select in the Product Pages per Category field, there is no reason to select the product in the Product Pages field.

5. Click Save to apply the changes.