Content Component
Purple Experience
The 'Content Component' is the successor of the LEGACY Issue Component. By using this component, you resolve any content of the different types available in Purple, be it an issue, bundle or post.
Because of Purple's origins, 'issue' originally referred any piece of content, such as posts, articles or magazines. By creating the 'Content Component' we are streamlining the logic:
- Issues are contents that are closely connected in a content binder, and will usually not change their connection after publication. Editors explicitly chose content to put into an Issue. Just like a printed magazine it consist of various other contents.
- Issues may use PDF or PKAR contents originating in print workflows.
- Bundles are a truly digital product. They provide a more flexible concept for a content binder: you can use them in two ways: As 'issues' or as 'dossiers'.
- Bundle Issues, also known as Purple Issues, are true digital magazines. They follow the logic of a print magazine, all content is published with the issue and does not change throughout the lifecycle of the issue.
- Dossiers offer more flexibility: Content can be added, removed or published at any time. For end users, this may be part of the value proposition: "I've bought a dossier on this topic, and new content can be added to it with good reason if there are new developments".
- Posts are the smallest type of content, a single item, that you can publish. They consist of elements that make up articles, image galleries, videos, etc.
You now will reference any content through the 'Content Component'.
Mixing the 'content component' and 'issue component' in the same project may cause unexpected behaviour.
Actions / Content type | POST | ISSUE | BUNDLE |
|---|---|---|---|
Read | only with access | only with access | only with access |
Customer Preview | not supported | only without access | not supported |
Download | not supported | only with access | not supported |
subscribe | only without access | only without access | only without access |
Login | only without access | only without access | only without access |
Price | only without access | only without access | only without access |
Find here an extensive Overview of content binders in Purple
Clicking on a post via a content component triggers the "onclick" action configured for this component. Along with the correct configuration in the url.resolver.js, it opens the post in another view or popup. You can also execute different actions.a
Single Posts can not be downloaded.
Bundles have limited offline functionality. In general, it is not currently possible to download bundles as a whole and use them offline. We are planning a major overhaul of the offline functionality to provide the best possible user experience.
Both 'Manager Issues' and 'Bundles' (which are 'Purple Issues' or 'Dossiers') can be accessed via the 'Content Component'. Their types are not distinguished in the Purple Experience, so you need to know which issues are present in your App.
For Details, see Access Bundles.