How to create a Swimlane for your Website Template dynamically (Auto Generated Swimlane) ?


Step-1: Log-in to the Cadjin CMS .

Step-2: In the left side menu, under 'Website'section, go to the "Home Screen" section.

Step-3: Click on your Template and edit it by clicking on Edit button, now go to center button of "ADD SECTION " , click on it. (The 'ADD SECTION' will appear in between any two previously added Components)

Step-4: Now the ADD NEW SECTION Modal will open. Then go to the Card Carousel section. It will show the list of Card Components that has carousel effect. Select a Card Carousel component and click on Add to Template.
(Note: In the video example 'Default Swimlane 2.0' has been selected. You can choose any other component also)

Step-5: The new swimlane/card carousel has been added to your website template. Now its time to add contents to the Swimlane. You can do it by clicking the edit button at the right side of the newly added swimlane. It will open the Swimlane/Card Carousel Editor.

Step-6: In case of Default Swimlane 2.0 component, you can select contents in two ways : Manually Generate or Auto Generate. To create a Swimlane of Auto Generate type, make sure that Auto Generate button is selected.

Step-7: Now you can FILTER CONTENTS by giving appropriate filter criteria (such as Fields, Values, Filter Types etc). You can provide one more filter criteria. After setting your filter criteria, click on Preview to check the final selected contents for your new swimlane. Here you can change the order of the contents by selecting the Order by options (available at top-right).

Step-8: You can also change the heading/tittle of the swimlane in the HEADING Section. Now click on Save button. Then, click on Save & Publish button. Thats it ! You new swimlane is published on the OTT Platform.

(Note: The contents of the Dynamic/Auto Generated Swimlane will be automatically update itself based on the filtering criteria settings. If the set of filtering criteria does not match to any content, then zero number of content will be there in the swimlane.)

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