Articles that are created in the Digital editor are made up of different components such as a title, headline, body text, images, a footer and so on.
When writing your Story, you will add and remove components when and where needed (see Working with the components of a Digital article).
In this article here, we give an overview of the Story components that are available in the Digital editor.
Title components

The title of your story.

A simple subtitle.

A Standfirst component consists of a Section, Title and Subtitle.
Figure: The Standfirst component before text is added.
Figure: The Standfirst component after text is added.

The Hero component is typically used as the first component of a Story as a way of setting the tone of the story and its content.
It consists of a background image, a title, subtitle and author. You can set the focus point for the image, crop the image and define if the background should scroll or should be fixed in place.
Figure: The Hero component before text and an image is added.
Figure: The Hero component after text and an image is added.
Scrolling or fixed background
By default the Hero component scrolls over the image until it is out of view. To fix the image so that it moves together with the Hero component, set the Fixed Background property.
Setting the image focus point or cropping the image
Click Edit Image to crop the image or set the focus point (for details, see the Image component).
Text components

The introduction of your story.

The main text of your Story.
Use the "Drop Cap" properties to set a drop cap for your text.
Figure: To set the drop cap, click the Component Properties icon (A) enable the "Drop Cap" option (B) and set the properties.
Figure: A Body component with drop cap set.

The footer of your Story.

A quote consists of a quote field and an author field.
Figure: The Quote component before content is added.
Figure: The Quote component after content is added.
Positioning the quote
Use the Position property to position the quote to the left, middle or right of the screen.
Figure: To set the position of the quote, click the Properties icon (A) and choose a position from the list (B).

A simple line to separate different sections in your Story.

A crosshead.

Component for showing the author of the story consisting of an author image, a name, location and link (for example to Twitter or a Web site).
Figure: The Author component before content is added.
Figure: The Author component after content is added.
Media components

Create a slideshow with optional captions and filmstrip. You can let the slideshow play horizontally or vertically and set it to play automatically.
For publishing to Adobe AEM, fullscreen mode can be disabled.
Figure: A slideshow and its properties.
Adding images
Add images by dropping them in the component or in the drop area of the Slideshow properties.
Removing images
Remove an image from the slideshow by removing it from the Slideshow properties.
Changing the order of the images
To change the order of the images in the slideshow, rearrange them in the Properties properties.
Setting the image focus point or cropping the image
Click Edit Image to crop the image or set the focus point (for details, see the Image component).
Using the image fitting options
Use the image fitting options to fit the image to the frame, the frame to the image, and so on.
Note: The options are applied to the first (leading) image; you might therefore see the slideshow jump to that image when any of the other images are in view. The setting affects all images though.

Add an image with an optional caption. Control how the content should fit the frame, how the image should be positioned in relation to the text, and how to position the caption.
You can also set the focus point of the image and crop the image.
For publishing to Adobe AEM, fullscreen mode can be disabled.
Show me how to set the focus point
Setting the focus point
When adding an image, it is automatically positioned to best fit the frame. Sometimes this position needs to be adjusted so that the image better fits the design. This can be done by changing the focus point.

Step 1. With the an image selected, click Properties in the toolbar followed by Edit image.
Note: The Edit Image button is also available for an image in a Hero component and a slideshow.
Step 2. Click anywhere in the image to set the new focus point. Keep an eye on the previews on the left to see how the result will look on various devices.
Figure: Setting the focus point.
Step 3. Close the screen by clicking Save in the top right corner.
Cropping the image
If you only want to show part of an image, you can crop it using the cropping tool. Note that the original file is left intact, so if you want to crop a larger area at a later stage or show the full image again, you can do so.
Notes:
For more information, see Optimizing images for publishing a Digital article in Studio. |

Step 1. With the Hero component selected, click Properties in the toolbar followed by Edit image.
Step 2. In the toolbar, click the Cropping tool.
Step 3. Mark the area that you want to crop and click Save to leave the editor or click the Focus Point tool to set the focus point to make sure that the image is correctly displayed on the various devices.

Embed content from an external source such as YouTube video or a Google map. Obtain the code and copy it in the Embed Code field in the properties.
Figure: The iframe code of Google Maps is used to display a map.
Notes:
|

Promote a product by displaying an image, the product name, a short description, the price and a Web site. Control the position on the page through the properties.
Figure: An empty Product component and its properties.
Figure: The Product component filled.
Layout components

The Container component can be used to create a story within a story (such as a sidebar). All types of other components can be added to it.
Use the Properties panel to control the position, opacity and background color of the container.
Figure: Here a Container component has been used to add a quote and an image to the right of some text.
Note: You can also place a container within a container (but not within a container that is already placed in a container).
Comments
Do you have corrections or additional information about this article? Leave a comment!
Do you have a question about what is described in this article? Please contact support here.
0 comments
Please sign in to leave a comment.