Feature Guide to Content Trees

 

Content Trees let you organize your articles in a very visual way through the use of interactive or static charts. You can use them to display organization hierarchies, to show which spells belong to different magic schools, and more!

   

Looking to create family trees or bloodlines? Check the Guide to family trees and bloodlines instead!

   

1. Create a content tree

Here's how to create a content tree:

 

1. On the left sidebar, click on Advanced Tools, and then on Content Trees to open the side menu.
2. In the side menu, click on the + Create Content Tree button at the bottom.
3. Give a name to the content tree and press Shift+Enter to create it.

   

2. Add items to the tree

The content tree edit page looks like this:

   

To add a new item to the tree:

 

1. Edit the content tree and, under the "add new item" panel, use the Article drop-down to select the article you want to add.
2. If you already have items in the tree and you want to add this one uunder another one, use "Parent Item" to select the parent item.
3. Click "Save changes" to add it.

 

Once an item is added, you can drag and drop it around the tree to change its position in the tree's hierarchy. Content tree items have more options that will be explored later in this guide.

 

You can also add multiple items at once using tags—learn how in the guide.

 

3. Embed the content tree

Content trees can't be viewed in their own page—instead, you need to embed them into an article. Here's how:

 

1. Edit the content tree.
2. Scroll down to find the "Embed into article" panel.
3. Click the button according to the format you want to embed the tree in:
• Interactive Chart: This is the default format, and lets the viewer zoom in and out and interact with the elements of the tree.
• Textual List: This formats the tree as a list, using indentation to show levels of hierarchy.
• Static Chart: This format keeps the tree structure but it's not interactive (beyond basic links for each article in the tree).
4. Clicking a button will copy its BBCode embed tag. Paste it in any article with the Advanced Editor to embed it.

 

For more information on each format, see the overview of content tree formats.

 

Additional options

Advanced options for tree items

The above is enough to create a basic tree, but sometimes you need a higher degree of customisation. While adding a new item, you can click on Show Advanced Options to edit the way the item will be displayed. The options available are:

 

• Title: the title of the item. If you don't want to add an actual article to the tree, you can give it a Title without selecting an article.
• Description: you can add a short description that will override the article's excerpt (if it has one).
• Cover image: just like with the description, the cover image you add here will override the one you set in the article's Design tab. The recommended image size is 829x440 pixels (or 41:22 aspect ratio).
• Privacy status: public trees will be accessible to anyone, while private ones will only be accessible to you.
• Subscriber groups: if the tree is private, choose who can access it. More information in the Guide to Subscribers.

 

You can also change these settings for an item you have already added: click the edit button next to a tree item to edit it.

 

Content tree item options

When editing a content tree, each item can have a number of icons next to it that display the item's properties and options:

 

• Edit button: click on the pencil icon when you mouse over an item to edit it. You can edit its settings, advanced options, and delete it.
• Collapse button: click it to collapse the child items.
• Padlock icon: if the padlock icon is displayed, the item is set as private.
• Ellipsis icon: this indicates the item has a description.

 

Settings tab

In the settings tab you can change the title of your content tree as well as its description, privacy status and subscribers.

 

• Title: this is the header that will be displayed on top of the content tree.
• Description: an explanation of what the tree is or represents.
• Status: you may pick if you want the content tree to be public or private.
• Subscribers: if the tree is private, choose the subscriber groups that can see this content tree. More information in the feature guide to subscribers.

 

How to delete a content tree

 

To permanently delete a content tree:

 

1. On the left sidebar, click on Advanced Tools and then on Content Trees to see all your content trees.
2. Click the ellipsis button next to the tree you want to delete.
3. Click the Delete option and confirm the deletion.

 

You can alternatively head to the tree's edit page, go to Settings and click on the delete content tree option on the right.