Browse and Preview Method Content

You can browse method content in both the Authoring Perspective and Browsing Perspective. While authoring method content, you can see a preview of the published page for the content you are editing by selecting the Preview tab at the bottom of the content editor. Click any link in the displayed page to go to that page. Use the buttons in the editor toolbar to perform familiar browser actions such as back or refresh. While browsing method content in the browsing perspective you can see a preview of any method and process content in a method configuration as it appears in a published Web site.

To browse and preview method content in the Authoring perspective:

Click the Open Perspective button and select Authoring. The Authoring perspective opens with the Library View and Configuration View on the left and the content view on the right. If a method element is selected, the appropriate editor is open on the right.

Explore the contents in the both the Library View and Configuration View by expanding the different content packages and method plug-ins down to their method elements. Double-click an element to open it in the editor.

Click the Preview tab at the bottom of the content editor to preview the content of any selected element.

Note: The preview page in the content editor does not resolve content variability relationships. If you are extending, contributing to, or replacing a base content item, you can only see the result of this in the Configuration View in the Browsing Perspective. For more information see Variability.

To browse and preview method content in the Browsing perspective:

Click the Open Perspective button and select Browsing. The Browsing Perspective opens with the Configuration View on the left and the Content View on the right.

Select a method configuration from the configuration drop-down list in the tool bar. The content of the method configuration appears in the content view as it will appear in a published Web site.

Explore and preview the content in the Configuration View by expanding the categories and other folders down to method elements. Click a method element to open it in the content view.