Browsing and previewing 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 hat you are editing by clicking 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:

  1. Click Open Perspective 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. When a method element is selected, the appropriate editor opens in the right panel.
  2. To explore the contents in both the Library view and Configuration view, expand the different content packages and method plug-ins down to their method elements. Double-click an element to open it in the editor.
  3. 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 about content variability, see Variability.

To browse and preview method content in the Browsing perspective:

  1. Click Open Perspective open perspective button and select Browsing. The Browsing perspective opens with the Configuration view on the left and the Content view on the right.
  2. Select a method configuration from the configuration pull-down list in the toolbar. The content of the method configuration is displayed in the Content view as it is displayed in a published Web site.
  3. 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.