The Topic Tab

The Topic tab

The following options can be set through the Topic tab.

The Topic properties panel

Many topic properties can be set through the Topic task pane on the right side of the main window. In particular, the following properties can be set though a series of check boxes.

• Publish
  The topic will be published (processed and transformed).
• Menu
  The topic will be part of the drop down menu.
• Map
  The topic will be part of the site map.
• Navigation
  The topic will be part of the navigation.
• Feed
  The topic will be part of the news feed
• Show sub topics
  Display a link to sub topics along with the short description for each topic.
• Show as sub topic
  Prevent listing a topic as a child of it's parent when the parent has the Show sub topics option selected.
• Link to parent
  Add a link to the parent topic at the end of the child.
• Pre-process
  Pre-processing the topic replaces reusable snippets, XInclude references, adds generated content, and more. In some cases you might want to prevent this for a particular topic.

These other properties can also be edited through the right task pane.

• Short description
  The short description is used to provide progressive disclosure of your content. Short descriptions are used in the creation of links to sub pages and when publishing a news feed.
• Comment/Note
  A comment or a note about this topic
• Topic stylesheet
  The stylesheet dropdown allows you to select a specific stylesheet for the topic.
• Topic template
  The template dropdown allows you to select a specific template for the topic.

These are the options you'll most likely edit when working with a topic.

The Topic properties dialog window

You can display the topic properties dialog window by clicking on the Properties link label at the right of the topic task pane header.

The following options are available on the topic properties dialog window.

The General tab