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Customize DCX Item Pages and ThumbnailsCustomize DCX Item Pages and Thumbnails

To add text and other content to your item page within an exhibit, click Pages in the sidebar, and then click the title of the exhibit.

The Pages tab is selected in the administrator sidebar, and an expanded panel shows a highlighted exhibit name.

A list of items in the exhibit will display. Roll over an item to show options and click the Edit button.

Exhibit contents visible to administrators with the Edit button for one item highlighted.

On the edit page, if you would like to add text or other content to the item page, click the + plus button in the Body section either above or below the Exhibit Item (depending on where you would like the content to be placed).

The settings page for an exhibit item including settings for the item's title and body.

Then click the Paragraph button.

Item settings showing a paragraph block used for adding descriptive content to the item page.

This will create a paragraph block where you can add text, links, attachments, images (using the icon), or embedded content (using the icon). You can embed content from providers not supported by oEmbed or Embed.ly by adding embed code using the <html/> formatting option.

Text entry area in a DCX item paragraph editor, showing where descriptive content is added using standard text formatting tools.

See the Upload or Search for Images in DCX page for more details about adding images. 

 

You can also choose a custom thumbnail image to display for the item. In the Customize section of the edit page, click Choose an Image next to the Custom Thumbnail option.

DCX item editing page with options for adding a custom thumbnail image for the item.

After you have chosen the image, select where you’d like the thumbnail to appear—either the Exhibit page only or All pages (this will show the thumbnail both on the exhibit page and on the item page itself).

Option for showing the thumbnail image on the exhibit page only or on both the exhibit page and the item page itself.

To make the above changes live, scroll to the bottom of the page and expand the Save Draft menu, then click Publish.

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