Specifications

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Ad hoc Content

5.5 Managing Ad hoc Items

The Ad hoc Items page allows you to create, delete and set properties for Ad hoc items. In the Menu bar, go to Media,

and then select Manage Ad hoc Items.

To create a new Ad hoc item, select the Add Item tab. Select the item type from the box, and give the item a unique

name. See Enhanced Ad hoc Access Control ...

To delete an Ad hoc item, click the Delete button . When the delete symbol is not shown, the item is in use and

cannot be deleted. To check which items are in use, click the Edit button and view the Used By Layouts and

Used by Ad hoc Pages information.

Setting Properties for Ad hoc Items

When you create a new Ad hoc item, you can also set a range of properties, depending on the item. Item types available

are:

Advance To

Layout

Newsfeed

Schedule

Schedule Override

Text

In most cases you are presented with a list of allowed choices. There are two exceptions:

Schedule Override and Text have the additional option of Customization Scope, which governs where Ad hoc content

is customized and displayed.

Text also has a range of Ad hoc Input options, which allows you to control what text a user can enter in the Default Text

and Ad hoc User page. Options are:

Rich text - no validation is performed

Plain text - an Ad hoc user will not be able to customize the color or styling of the rendered text

Integer between - boxes are provided for you enter the lower and upper integer limits (both inclusive) for Ad hoc content.

This option is only shown if the User Interface Policy is set to Detailed

Plain text of maximum length - this limits the maximum length of plain text. This option is only shown if the User

Interface Policy is set to Detailed

Plain text matching - this option is only shown if the User Interface Policy is set to Detailed

Regular Expression - The Ad hoc content must match the regular expression that is provided

Feedback Message - This is the message that an Ad hoc user will see if the text does not match the regular expression

provided

There are many websites and books that provide information about using Regular Expressions.

For example: http://www.regular-expressions.info/javascript.html

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