Create a personalized version of a page
Personalizing a page gives you the opportunity to serve different content to different types of users (user segments). You can build set of rules on which the user segments are based. You can then create different versions of the pages of your website.
You must first create the user segments and then personalize your pages. You can then use the personalization preview tool to view the website from different user perspectives.
Personalizing a page means that you create one or more different versions of a page. These versions are associated with the user segments you have created.
PREREQUISITES: You have created one or more user segments. For more information, see Personalization of the website content.
- You personalize a page, in one of the following ways:
- On Pages page, click the Actions link of the page you want to personalize and in the dropdown menu, click Personalize.
- In page editing mode, click Personalize this page link in the toolbar.
- The Create a personalized page page appears.
- In the dropdown box, select the user segment that will see this personalized version of the page.
- Click Create and go to edit content.
The page opens in page editing mode.
Initially the personalized page is an exact copy of the original page.
- You can use the page editing mode to customize the layout of the page, add content by editing widgets, change the template, or apply themes.
For more information, see Modifying the layout, Add widgets on your page or template, and Applying a template to a page.
- After you have personalized your page, perform procedure Setting the status of a new page or content item.
NOTE: The original page, as well as all of its personalized versions cannot have different statuses.
For example, if you publish a personalized version of the page, the page and all of its versions are also published.
After a page is personalized, the system displays Personalized link in the pages grid. If you click the link, you can see all available personalization versions of a page. To view a personalized version of the page in a browser, click it.
If you want to view the entire site from the perspective of a user segment, you can use the Personalization preview tool.
Delete a personalized version of a page
On Pages page, click the Personalized link of the page whose personalized version you want to delete.
Click of the version that you want to delete.
Viewing a page and all the personalized versions of a page
To display a particular page in a browser, on Pages page, click the View link of the respective page.
If a page is personalized on Pages page the system displays Personalized link.
If you click the link, you can see all personalized versions of the page.
When you click a version, it opens in a browser.