Curated Content Layout

A Curated Content Layout consists of an ordered list of containers. Each container has a reference to either a curated content list or a predefined list.

Name	Type	Required	Comment
Containers	Array	Yes	An array of Container Objects. See separate definition.

Container

Name	Type	Required	Comment
Template	String	Yes	The Information Design Template to use for this Container.
List	String	Yes	A reference to Curated Content List or Predefined List.
Header	Object	No	Container Header object. See separate definition.
Preferences	Object	No	A Preferences Object. Will be sent to the container template.
Grid Preferences	Object	No	A Preferences Object. Will be sent to the container grid.
Item Preferences	Object	No	A Preferences Object. Will affect items in the template.
Offset	Integer	No	Start offset in list.
Number	Integer	No	How many items should be shown from the list.

An optional header for the container.

Name	Type	Required	Comment
Heading	String	No
Sub Heading	String	No
Link	Object	No
Text	String	No
Class Names	Array	No	An array of class names that should be applied to the header.

Where a Link is defined as:

Name	Type	Required	Comment
Text	String	No
URL	String	Yes

Preferences

Specific preferences that will be sent to the corresponding template.

Name	Type	Required	Comment
Class Names	Array	No	An array of class names.

Class Names is the only standardised preference. Different templates may accept other, specific, types of preferences as well.

Example

[
  {
    "template": "1_col_medium",
    "list": "featured",
    "header": {
      "heading": "A very nice heading",
      "sub_heading": "A perfect sub heading",
      "link": {
        "text": "All the good stuff",
        "url": "/all/good/stuff"
      },
      "text": "This section contains all the best stuff we have on offer."
    },
    "preferences": {
      "class_names": ["borderedBottom", "paddedBottom", "spacedBottomGutter"]
    }
  },
  {
    "template": "1_to_4_col",
    "list": "predefined:children"
  },
  {
    "template": "1_to_4_col",
    "list": "news",
    "header": {
      "heading": "News",
    },
    "preferences": {
      "class_names": ["paddedTopBottom", "brand_15"],
    },
    "item_preferences": {
      "padded": true,
      "highlighted": true
    }
  }
]

Curated Content Layout

Container

Header

Preferences

Example