can be switched on/off site-wide or on a per-page basis
can be positioned on the left or right of the content area (is not within the content area)
Breadcrumbs
displays the page hierarchy (defined in the main menu screen) as a set of links at the top of the content area
useful for navigating up the nav structure, from deeper-level content, example
Header links
up to 3 links (with optional Font Awesome icons) can be placed in the header
[worth mentioning] social media links can also be added to the header
Content types
4 base content types on Mosaic: Page; Article; Event; Person. Differentiated by the metadata associated with each - more information about this in the documentation
a set of content sub-types are created for each site when provisioned
users can create new sub-types/delete default sub-types
consuming shared content requires the consuming site to include the content sub-type that the piece of shared content belongs to
a piece of content can be moved between different sub-types (e.g. Blog --> News); it cannot be moved betwen different content types (e.g. Person --> Article)
Primary uses:
sub-types provide a more granular level of content structuring
creating listings (Grid/List/Carousel/Slideshow adv) which display certain content types/sub-types
Taxonomies
'taxonomy' = a grouping of taxonomy terms
'taxonomy term' = tag - can be attached to a piece of content (more than one term can be added to each piece of content)
taxonomies can be applied to 1, 2, 3, or all 4 content types
taxonomies can be 'controlled' or not:
Controlled taxonomies: terms can only be added/edited/removed by site admins
Uncontrolled taxonomies: terms can be created by any content editor, at the point where terms are applied to the content (in the details tab, in page edit mode)
there is 1 default taxonomy present on each site - Authors. This is an uncontrolled taxonomy; terms are added to it when author names are added to the 'author' field in Article content.
maximum of 15 custom taxonomies per site
Primary uses:
If a taxonomy is applied to 1 content type only, it can be a secondary way to filter content within that type (e.g. Person content type > Researcher sub-type > 'Specialism' taxonomy: 'Hop-scotch game theory' term)
If a taxonomy is applied to multiple content types, if provides way to filter across different types of content for related themes
End users can filter for the content they want: a listing can be set up to filter for content in a particular type/sub-type and taxonomy filters can be set to appear above the listing, example
A listing can be 'pre-filtered' by taxonomy terms (only one term can be used from each taxonomy)
Taxonomy terms can be displayed using a 'Taxonomy terms display' widget
Content sharing
a two-sided process:
the originator site chooses to provide content with a particular site, then specifies which piece of content it wants to share;
the consuming site can see which content is available for it to use in Manage Content > Shared content, it can then choose to use the content or not
the consuming site must include the same content sub-type that the piece of shared content belongs to -- this must be on the consuming site before the shared content is used
if the shared content has a taxonomy term and the consuming site wants to use it, the consuming site must include the taxonomy the term belongs to -- this must be on the consuming site before the shared content is used
to stop using shared content, manage this in the tab in Manage Content
Shared search
Must set up a 'search collection'
To set up search collection: send a change request and the site(s) you want to search across to the support team
Example: search 'content' and select 'All staff sites' on demo5.web.ox.ac.uk
Aliases
page aliases are generated automatically using the page title but custom aliases can be defined
pages can have multiple aliases
Possible use of a secondary alias:
when a site is migrated from an external system into Mosaic and the previous custom domain has been transferred to the platform, old page aliases can be added to new versions of the pages to automatically send pre-existing links and bookmarks to the new version of the page
see where people are using a URL to access content on the site where: the site URL part is correct (i.e. they land on the site) but the alias they're using doesn't exist
Purpose of the report:
Identify any opportunities to add secondary aliases or redirects to send old links/bookmarks to new content
Search engine visibility/indexing
restrict viewing to content editors (i.e. people with user roles on the site) -- can be used to hide a site during development but not strictly necessary
hide site from search engines checkbox -- ticked by default. When flagged, a robots.txt is aplied to the site to prevent search engines from indexing (it is up to search engines to obey this instruction). Unchecking this option is the final platform setting that needs to be edited before launching a site.
Other info
Site details
Main site information
Domains
Up to 2 custom domains can be added to a Mosaic site
Templates
Can only be created/edited by site admininistrators
Templates are not dynamic: changes to the template do not result in corresponding changes to the content created from the templates
Behind the scenes, a template is a normal piece of content which is always in Draft state; when creating content from a template, the process uses the same functionality as 'Copy as' on any page
Workflow
three publishing states exist for pages: Draft / Needs Review / Published
up to 1 Draft / Needs review version and 1 Published version can exist at the same time
