Configure Purple Variants

purple hub summary this guide provides instructions on how to configure article (post) variants in purple hub via the purple variants feature variants enable you to create separate versions of content for various platforms, such as online or print this configuration ensures each format can be handled independently within the purple hub preconditions have the "purple variants" plugin enabled in purple hub this can only be done by a super admin, a role restricted to purple staff if you want us to enable the plugin for you open a ticket in our support helpdesk have an admin role in purple hub to configure purple variants purple variants settings once the purple variants plugin is activated, within the settings (1) menu, you will now see a new sub menu labeled purple variants settings (2) with click on this sub menu opens the configuration page for purple variants default variant default variant upon installation, a default variant (1) is automatically created note this default variant cannot be edited or deleted and is always available for use creating a new variant creating a variant creating a new variant enter the name (1) for the variant (e g , online) the identifier (2) field is automatically generated based on the variant name and cannot be changed selection of the variant type (3) neutral a general variant for any use online a variant intended for online publishing print a variant created for print purposes save (4) to add the variant to the list or click cancel to revert your changes managing variants managing variants after saving, the new variant will appear in the list of configured variants you can by clicking edit (1) the variant’s name (2) and type (3) can be changed the identifier (4) remains fixed, even if you edit the variant's name delete the variant by clicking the delete (5) button variant icons each variant is assigned a unique icon to help visually differentiate between them icons are automatically displayed next to each variant type (neutral, online, print) in purple hub for you to quickly identify them api identifier (optional) if you are integrating with external apis, note that purple hub automatically assigns a unique api identifier to each variant this identifier allows external systems to retrieve content for specific variants the content type identifier provided to external services will be the variant's identifier prefixed by "pv "