Assets

What are Assets?

Assets are a kind of reusable content in Modern Campus CMS that takes a single source of content and places it on as many pages as you want. Then, when the asset is edited and , the content is automatically updated on all those pages. The different types of assets available also allow for some more complicated types of content than you can create in the . You cannot edit an asset on a page, but must open the original asset to make and save any changes.

Types of Assets

  • : Web content assets are used for entering HTML-formatted text or media items such as images and videos.
  • : Plain text assets are used for entering text without any formatting, though they are still affected by page styling.
  • : Source code assets are used for entering source code or scripts such as JavaScript or PHP.
  • (LDP): Image gallery assets are used for entering multi-image slideshows.
  • (LDP): Form assets are used for entering forms, surveys, and polls. A database is required to store form submissions.
  • (LDP): Comments assets are unique in that they are not their own asset type; instead, they are a source code asset with code from the platform inserted.