Create Content Playlists in Media Zone Widget (Advanced Channel)

This article provides the instructions to create a collection of media files selected from the Library, to be added to a Media Zone widget as a content playlist, in an Advanced Channel’s layout.

Note

If you’d like to instead create our newer Playlist Channel to publish interactive and robust content quickly (within a few steps), please refer to the Create a Playlist Channel article.

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Create Playlists in Advanced Channel

To create a playlist of content in a Media Zone widget, follow the instructions below:

Click Channels from the ☰ Appspace menu.
Select the desired advanced channel from the Channels tab.
Click the Edit tab, and select the layout containing the Media Zone widget.
Click the Media Zone widget to display the widget properties window.
In the widget’s properties window, select the CONTENT tab, and click the Add Media button to add content to the playlist.
Select the desired content from the Library, and click Save.

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To edit the content properties, please refer to the Configuring content properties article.
To rearrange the sequence of the content, select the content and drag it to the desired position in the playlist.

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Add Content to Layouts

To add content to a layout, follow the instructions below:

Click Channels from the Appspace Menu navigation bar.
Select the desired advanced channel from the Channels tab.
Click the Edit tab, and click the Visual Editor button on the desired layout.
Click the ADD MEDIA button in the Visual Editor.
Select the media files from the Library, and click Save.
In the Visual Editor window click Save.

Note
To edit the content properties, please refer to the Configure content properties article.
Content will automatically be added to the layout as a SlideShow widget.