Creating an FDF-based page using the Portal Manager

  1. In the Portal Manager, select Content Development > Pages.
  2. Optionally, you can create a new folder for custom pages, or you can create them inside the Pages or IPFSitePages folders. To create a new folder, click the Folder button on the toolbar, specify a name for the folder, and click OK.
  3. In the pages tree, select the folder in which to create your page and then in the toolbar, click New.
  4. Specify a name for the page and select the Field Display Format Based type. Click OK. Your new page is added inside the selected folder.
    Note: Existing portal pages are .aspx files and include .aspx in the page name, but this is not required for custom pages.
  5. Click Edit.
  6. Specify this information:
    Page Title
    Specify the page title. It can be literal text or a translatable text string.
    Page Styles
    Optionally, you can specify the page style to use. Click the Edit button next to this field to open a form for adding styles. On the form, click Add and type the style to use. For example, you could type a style name, such as AlignCenter, or the style detail, such as ipf-horizontalalign-center.

    To see available style names and detail, go to Content Development > Style Families. Also see Style availability summary.

    Smart Navigation
    Use this setting to follow or override the portal default setting for smart navigation. See Smart navigation.
    Master Field Display Format Name
    Specify a master FDF for the page. For example, if this is to be a responsive UI page, you can select MasterPageResponsive. If it is a non-responsive page in a responsive portal, select MasterPageResponsiveException. If it is a non-responsive page in a non-responsive portal, select MasterPage. Also see Features for responsive UI.
    Configured Field Display Format Overrides
    Optionally, you can specify overrides for configured FDFs that use the IPFGrid formatter. You can add overrides by clicking New, or edit existing overrides by clicking Edit. On the form that opens, you can specify the FDF component to override and the field display format to use for that component. The Component field provides a drop-down list of only components in the layout that are referenced by the master FDF. The Field Display Format field provides a drop-down list of all active FDFs. You can select or type an entry in either field. For example, if the master FDF for your new page is MasterPage, you can override the body component by selecting the appropriate grid, such as the MainGrid.
  7. Click Save.