Lightning Communities Developer Guide

Get Up to Speed with Lightning Communities
Develop Lightning Communities: The Basics
Customize the Look and Feel of a Lightning Template
Example: Build a Condensed Theme Layout Component
Develop Secure Code: LockerService and Stricter CSP
Analyze and Improve Community Performance
Connect Your Community to Your Content Management System
Before Using CMS Connect
Create a CMS Connection
Edit a CMS Connection
Manage CMS Connections
Add CMS Content to Your Community Pages
Add CMS Header and Footer Components to Your Community
Add CMS Connect (HTML) Components to Your Community Pages
Add CMS Connect (JSON) Components to Your Community Pages (Beta)
Personalize Your CMS Content
CMS Connect Recommendations for Optimal Usage
CMS Connect Examples
Community Migration, Packaging, and Distribution
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Add CMS Connect (JSON) Components to Your Community Pages (Beta)

Use CMS Connect to render your JSON content, such as articles and blogs. Use the property editor in the Community Builder to customize layouts to display your content just the way you want.

Before you can add JSON to your community pages, set up JSON in your CMS connection.

  1. Open Community Workspaces.
  2. Click CMS Connect.
  3. Click Action Selection Arrow for the connection that has the components you want to add.
  4. Choose Use in Builder.
  5. Navigate to the page you want.
  6. Drag a CMS Connect (JSON) component to the place on the page where you want to display it.
  7. Select the component. In the property editor, configure its properties.

Example

Let’s say you want to display a list of blogs on your page.Content List Display

The property editor will look something like:

JSON Property Editor

After you save the JSON settings in the property editor, a preview of the content list displays in the page area:

JSON in Builder

This release contains a beta version of the JSON connector, which means it’s a high-quality feature with known limitations. The JSON connector isn’t generally available unless or until Salesforce announces its general availability in documentation or in press releases or public statements. We can’t guarantee general availability within any particular time frame or at all. Make your purchase decisions only on the basis of generally available products and features. You can provide feedback and suggestions for CMS Connect in the Community Cloud group in the Trailblazer Community.

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