Sections allow you to organize items into categories within a standard exhibit. You populate a section by moving items into it from the parent exhibit or from another exhibit or section.

Before creating a section, decide which layout best fits the content:

• Grid layout displays the section description and items in a standard grid-based page. Any paragraph blocks that you add following the steps below also appear in this layout.
• Gallery layout groups related items into a cohesive, compound-object-style display. Visitors can use the arrows or select a thumbnail in the horizontal thumbnail slider to move between items. Each item retains its own metadata. Paragraph blocks do not appear in this layout, but paragraph content is retained if you switch back to Grid layout.

For a video on this topic, see Create a Section in a DCX Exhibit.

Create a New Section

To add a section to an exhibit:

1. Select Pages in the administrator sidebar.
2. Select the exhibit where you want to add the section.
3. Select the three-dot menu next to the exhibit title, and then select Add child page.
   
4. Select Exhibit section page.
5. Enter a section Title.
6. Under Layout, select either Grid layout or Gallery layout.

The section inherits the banner, background color, and font choices from the exhibit.

Select Save draft when you want to save the section and continue editing. You can publish the section after adding content, or publish it without items if you want to use it as an informational page within the exhibit.

Add a Description or Other Section Page Content

Use the Body section to add descriptive text, images, links, embedded content, or other content to the section page.

To add descriptive content to the section:

1. In the Body section, select the plus icon and select a Paragraph block, if one doesn't already appear.
2. Place the cursor in the Paragraph block and type / (forward slash). Select an option from the menu, such as a heading, list, link, document, image, or embed.
   
3. Enter or add your content. You may select text to show a floating formatting toolbar; use the pin icon to keep it docked at the top of the paragraph editor. 

An Exhibit items block displays the items that have been added to the section. Using the plus buttons as necessary, make sure that an Exhibit items block appears where you want the section items to display, either above or below the descriptive content.

Add Items to a Section

After creating the section, add content by moving items into it.

First, make sure that the items have been imported into an exhibit. You can move items into the section from the parent exhibit, another exhibit, or another section.

For instructions, see Publish, Unpublish, Move, or Delete items.

Items retain their visibility status when they are moved:

• Items that were live in the source exhibit or section remain live after they are moved, provided the destination section is published.
• Draft items remain drafts and must be published before they appear in the section.

Publish a Section

To publish a section:

1. At the bottom of the page, expand the Save draft menu.
2. Select Publish.

If the section contains draft items, those items must also be published before they appear on the live section page.

If you need to return to a draft section, select Pages, open the exhibit, and select the section’s three-dot menu. Select Edit, then follow the steps above.

Customize a Section Thumbnail

A section displays a thumbnail at the top of the parent exhibit page, even if you do not choose a custom thumbnail.

To customize the thumbnail:

1. Open the section’s edit page.
2. In the Customize section, locate Custom Thumbnail.
3. Select Choose an image.
4. Search for an existing image or upload a new one.
5. Save or publish the change.

View Section Contents

On the live exhibit page, section thumbnails appear near the top of the exhibit contents. Items that have not been moved into a section appear separately below the sections.

Select a section to open its section page. In Grid layout, visitors see the section description and its items. In Gallery layout, visitors can navigate among the related items using the horizontal thumbnail slider or navigation arrows.