The content positions are used on the shapes to attract only the specific content.

Very basic content positions

The very basic content positions include only the content type, and nothing else. Typically, you mark a set of shapes as "lead", or "side", or "nib" etc.

Content positions that include more properties

You may find the very basic content positions insufficient and you may want to add more properties, that describe non only the content type but also its parts or some formatting data, e.g.:

•lead nob: only the lead articles without byline will be attracted to this content position.

•lead pq: only the lead articles with pull quote will be attracted to this content position.

•lead with X images: only the lead articles with X images will be attracted to this content position.

Content positions that include also the body length (capacity counter)

You can add the optional body length to the content position, like in the following example:

Lead - 250          

Lead - 350 to 400   

Picture Story - 75  

Picture Story - 145 

Downpage - 120      

Downpage - 180      

NIB - 50 to 90      

Picture Story       

Downpage            

The yellow highlighted content position refers to the 250 words articles. How do we know these are words? You need to set it in the EditorialConfig on your GN4 system, by adding a line to the <Dict... node, such as:

<Item Name="glbAPMCPosCount" Value="W" />

This enables the word count check for the content position names, assuming the numbers found after the "-" sign in the content position name are number of words.

If you add this line instead:

<Item Name="glbAPMCPosCount" Value="C" />

it will enable the characters count check by content position names, assuming the numbers found after the "-" sign in the content position name are number of characters.

IMPORTANT: do not add both lines, but only either word count check or character count check!

Count syntax

If you specify the count in the content position name, the mandatory syntax is:

Any other syntax will be unrecognized!

Extending the range

You can extend the bottom and the top range for the specified value.

You need to set it in the EditorialConfig on your GN4 system, by adding a line to the <Dict... node, such as:

<Item Name="glbAPMbdyB" Value="0.9" />

This enables the bottom range expansion for 10%.

Add also this line :

<Item Name="glbAPMbdyT" Value="1.1" />

This enables the top range expansion for 10%

If the content pos count is a single value, then the bottom range is used for the shorter, while the top range is used for the longer articles.

IMPORTANT: you must add both lines!

Configuring delimiters

You can change the default " - " delimiter to something else. Use the following syntax:

<Item Name="glbAPMCPosDelim" Value=" - " />

You can change the default " to " delimiter to something else. Use the following syntax:

<Item Name="glbAPMCPosRangeDelim" Value=" to " />

Note: enter the leading and trailing space too!

See also

Review and assign content position to articles

Review the breakdown of the articles content positions and articles out of range in the Startup summary