Note
The information below is for Brand Guidelines 1.0. Check out our section on Brand Guidelines 2.0 for the latest version of Brand Guidelines.
You can create chapters and pages in your guidelines. You can change the hierarchy of pages, monitor versions, style the text and share articles.
To be able to see the guidelines, you need the Show guidelines permission. To edit guidelines, create articles or view draft versions, you need the Edit guide permission as well.
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Go to Guidelines.
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In the left-hand navigation, click Edit pages.
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Click + Add chapter and enter the chapter name.
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Click + Add new page.
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Enter the name for the page and click the arrow to create the page.
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Enable the edit mode for the page and click Add paragraph.
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Click in the paragraph to display the wiziwig. Work with the wiziwig:
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If you want to modify the options provided by the editor, you can click Source and modify the source directly by means of HTML tags.
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To add columns, click
and select the style. In this way, you can also add an image and wrap it in a text.
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To insert a link, click
and enter the URL.
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To insert an iFrame, click the
icon in the WYSIWYG editor. A popup will open. Insert the link of your iFrame in the first field. Optionally, you can review and configure the other options available in the popup. Click OK to insert your iFrame.
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To link to a place in the same article, create an anchor. Click
, select the text that refers to the section where you have just placed the anchor, click
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To link to another article, select the text you want to link, click
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To add an image, click
. Click Browse Server in the Image Info tab to add an image from your Bynder portal. You can also upload an image from your computer. Open the Upload tab and click Choose file. Select the image you want to upload, click Send it to the Server and finish by clicking OK.
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To place images side by side, click the table icon and place the images in 2 cells in a table row.
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Click here for more information about linking an image to a higher resolution image in the Asset Bank.
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Upload the high resolution image to the Asset Library.
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Click the asset to open the Asset detail page.
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Copy the mediaID from the end of the URL.
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Add a low resolution image to a page in guidelines.
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Select the image and click
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In the Link Type, select Link to asset detail.
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In the Asset ID field,, enter the copied ID from the URL.
When users now click on the image, the linked high resolution version will open. The users will also be able to download the image from the Asset detail page.
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If you want to paste the text from another source, click
and paste it as plain text.
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Click here for more information about linking to assets.
You can create a link that redirects to the asset detail view of an asset. For example, when you want to link to a PDF asset and offer your users the possibility to preview the document.
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Go to your Asset Bank and open the asset you want to link to. Copy its ID from the address bar.
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Go back to the Styleguide page where you want to add the link. Click the paragraph section where you want to insert the link.
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Click
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Click Search in the left top corner of the popup. Paste the asset ID you copied before in the Keyword field and click Search. Your asset will be returned as a search result.
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Select your asset and click Add media and then OK. The image will be added to the paragraph.
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Click this image and click the
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Select Link to asset detail in the Link type dropdown.
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Enter the ID in the Asset ID field and click OK.
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Click Save to save your article. This will save the page as a new draft version of your page. Only users with the Edit guidelines permission setting will be able to view the draft pages.
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To publish the article, click
. When you publish the article, it will be visible to other users.
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(Optional) Decide on permissions for the article.
Enable the edit mode to work with your guidelines pages.
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Click
to see the previous versions and their status. You can also see the users who archived or published versions. Click on the version and close the pop-up to see the version.
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Click
to share this article in an email.
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Select
to see the list of the headlines you have formatted as a title in the article.
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To edit existing guidelines, click on the page in the navigation and enable the edit mode for the page. Enter the changes, save them and publish the article. The newly published page will now be visible to all users, and the formerly published page will be saved as an archived page.
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To delete a published article, click Edit pages in the left-hand navigation, click on the page and click the
icon.
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To delete a previous version of an article, click
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In the left-hand navigation, click Edit pages, click the chapter or a page and click the settings icon that displays. Manage the settings of the page and chapter. For example, decide who has access to your article. See Hide pages in guidelines.
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