Dynamic Content Items

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iMIS Dynamic Content Items, also known as iParts, are unique components that can be placed together on content pages of your iMIS sites that you build with RiSE. This section helps you to understand how to present attractive and dynamic content to your users.

A Dynamic Content Item is an iMIS-specific web part that represents a building block of features that you can place on a content record with other building blocks to create new pages of features. Multiple content items can be combined and displayed in a content record as you prefer.

Default Dynamic Content Items appear throughout iMIS. You can modify them for your needs and you can reuse content items throughout the system. For example, a content item displaying a roster for a Membership Group can follow the same user behavior patterns as a content item for a roster in Events.

Common content item configuration options

Many content items share a set of common configuration options. Each of these content items shares the following configuration options:

  • Name - Enter a name for the content item. This text appears during design mode (configuration).
  • Title - Enter the text to display above this content item on the rendered page. If blank, no title displays.
  • Heading level - Select a header level to be applied to the content item Title. For example a value of 1 will apply an H1 element to the Title. The default is 2. None applies the default value (2).
  • Description - Certain content items allow a description that will display above the content item on the rendered page. The maximum length is 5000 characters. If blank, no description displays. This field supports HTML and relative file paths using the following variables:
    • [Website] and [@] – Both variables resolve to the root of the website and contain the website name. For example, [Website]Home.aspx resolves to http://example/Staff/Home.aspx.
    • [~] and [Root] – Both variables resolve to the root of the website. For example, [~]Home.aspx resolves to http://example/Home.aspx.
    • [Common] – Resolves to the AsiCommon directory of the website. For example, [Common]images/image.png resolves to http://example/AsiCommon/images/image.png.
    • [iMIS] – Resolves to the iMIS directory of the website. For example, [iMIS]images/image.png resolves to http://example/iMIS/images/image.png.
    • [Theme] – Resolves to the website’s theme folder. For example, [Theme]images/image.png might resolve to http://example/App_Themes/Orion/images/image.png. This variable can be used to access theme resources such as images and CSS.
  • Do not render in design mode - Select this option to prevent content record data from being loaded in the content editor. This improves performance during design time (configuration).
  • CSS class (optional) - Enter the name of a CSS class that will be applied to the content item at runtime. Add this CSS class to an appropriate style sheet. Using such classes lets you apply special formatting to targeted content items in a reusable way.
  • Display a border around this content - Select this option to display a border around this content item on the rendered page.
  • Display content within a collapsible panel - Enable to allow users to minimize the panel within the page, to work with dense pages more efficiently.
    • Show the content as collapsed - Enable to display the panel minimized by default.

      • Note: Be sure that the Title above makes clear what data is hidden from view.

  • Display on screen sizes (for responsive themes only):
    • Extra-small screens - When disabled, this content item is hidden on extra small devices, such as smartphones, where the width of the screen is less than 768px.
    • Small screens - When disabled, this content item is hidden on small devices, such as tablets, where the width of the screen is greater than 768px and less than 991px.
    • Medium screens - When disabled, this content item is hidden on medium devices, such as laptops, where the width of the screen is greater than 992px and less than 1199px.
    • Large screens - When disabled, this content item is hidden on large devices, such as wide computer monitors, where the width of the screen is greater than or equal to 1200px wide.

      • Note: When Easy Edit is enabled, all content items for a page are displayed, regardless of the Display on screen sizes (for responsive themes only) options that are selected.

For more information, as well as additional configuration options, see the related content-item gallery.

Content items with the Description configuration option

The following content items contain the Description configuration option:

  • Address Mapper
  • Alert Display
  • Alert Set Creator
  • Authorization Providers
  • Automatic Payment Enrollments
  • AutoPay Instructions Creator
  • Batch Invoice Payment Processing
  • Batch List
  • Batch Selector
  • Batch Summary
  • Big Button Panel
  • Billing Item Creator
  • Cart Charges Display
  • Cart Checkout Button Link
  • Cart Details Display
  • Change History Display
  • Change Logon Password
  • Committee Minutes
  • Common Search
  • Communication Creator
  • Communication Preferences Editor
  • Conditional Redirector
  • Confirmation Display
  • Contact Account Creator
  • Contact Address
  • Contact Address Editor
  • Contact Attendance Editor
  • Contact Mini Profile
  • Contact Name
  • Contact Profile Picture
  • Contact Sign In
  • Contact Status
  • Contact Us
  • Content Collection Organizer
  • Content Display
  • Continue Shopping Button Link
  • Data Showcase
  • DataVault Live Display
  • Display Name Editor
  • Donation Creator
  • Duplicate Merge
  • Dynamic Content Collection Organizer
  • EFT Batch Status
  • EFT Gateway Admin
  • Email Provider
  • Embedded Web Page
  • Engagement Score Display
  • Engagement Score Formula List
  • Event Calendar
  • Event Edit
  • Event Invoice Creator
  • Event Update Attendance
  • Finder Adder
  • Form Definition
  • Form Display
  • Forms
  • Function Display
  • General Tables Setup
  • Gift Aid Claim Manager
  • Gift Aid Declaration
  • Gift Request
  • Group List Editor
  • Household Editor
  • Interaction Log
  • Invoice Detail
  • Invoice List Display
  • Invoice Payment Link
  • Main Content Placeholder
  • NRDS Configuration
  • NRDS Sync Buttons
  • NRDS Sync By Id
  • Open Credit Display
  • Open Invoice List Display
  • Order Billing Details
  • Order Details Header
  • Order Line Items
  • Order Shipping Details
  • Order Stage Processing
  • Order Stage Processing Notification Log
  • Panel Collection Editor
  • Panel Editor
  • Party Membership Editor
  • Payment Creator
  • Payment Method Set Creator
  • Payment Option Manager
  • Payment Schedule Display
  • Potential Duplicate List Display
  • Primary Navigation
  • Primary Organization Selector
  • Progress Tracker
  • Promotion Creator
  • Promotion Manager
  • Prorating Schedule Creator
  • Query Chart Viewer
  • Query Menu
  • Query Template Display
  • Quick Links
  • Receipt Creator
  • Recent History
  • Recurring Donation Creator
  • Recurring Donation Pledge Creator
  • Related Items
  • Report Writer Display
  • Secondary Navigation
  • Shipping Method Selector
  • Single Sign On (SSO)
  • Slideshow
  • Social Profile List Creator
  • Social Share
  • Submit Order Button Link
  • Subscription Adder
  • Summary Display
  • Task
  • Task Run
  • Tasks Log
  • Template Manager
  • Tribute Gift Editor
  • Tribute Notification Creator
  • Utility Navigation