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Brochures manager BROM
Areas
The brochures are managed in different areas. A brochure can be in several areas.
The areas can be sorted by moving them. To do this click and hold the icon and move the area to the desired location.
„Farben + Putze“ has now been moved under „Bautenschutz“.
Field name
The field name can be changed by holding alt and clicking on the name.
In some countries, the field names can be translated into different languages.
Field image
You can search a field image in PIM and choose an image section.
It is possible to upload a JPEG file. If the image has not got the required size, you can choose a section.
It is also possible to select existing field images of other countries.
Field groups
Actually, the brochures are managed only on one hierarchic level. However, a second level is possible if using field groups.
Brochures
Brochure list
| Remove | If the user right permits the brochure can be removed from the area, do this by clicking the red delete icon. |
| WWW | Output channel to the websites (e.g. www.caparol.de) |
| App | Output channel to the mobile applications (apps) for smartphones and tablets. |
| SP | Output channel to SharePoint (Only for Caparol Germany) |
| Date | Last modified date of the brochure. A click on the pencil icon or the date, opens the editor for editing the text. |
| SAP | Item number of the brochure in SAP |
| Filename | The magnifier icon opens a preview of the brochure. The flag indicates the language version |
| Moving | The brochure can be moved in the category or in a different category by the list icon. |
Brochure online / offline
A grey button symbolizes that the brochure is inactive for the corresponding output channel. If you click on the icon you activate the brochure.
Attention: The brochures will only be distributed through the channels where both online-icons are green and the headline and description are filled in, see below.
Therefore it is possible to activate a german-language brochure on www.caparol.de and deactivate the english-language brochure by removing the english headline and description in english. The brochure does not appear on www.caparol.com
Add a brochure
Edit a brochure
A click on the pencil icon or the version date opens the list of headlines and descriptions that are issued across the channel.
| Type | Output channel |
| Language | Language of the headline and the descriptions |
| Area | Name of the area (just only important for the info page) |
| Headline | Name of the brochure which is displayed in the preview |
| Description | Brief description of the brochure |
Add a brochure
Attention: The texts are limited to 40 and 150 characters. Exceeding the number off characters can result a cropped text or layout problems in the output channels.
Administration on the info-page
In addition to managing brochures in BROM there is another (limited) possibility to publish brochures. On the info page of a brochure, the brochure can be assigned to an area and released for the output channels.
The link to the brochure manager displays the use of the brochure in the brochure hierarchy
Edit text
the headline and the description can be changed directly, without searching the brochure in BROM
Output channels online / offline
the output channels are online or offline for all language variants together.
the brochure will only be activated on the channels when both the headline and the description contain a text.
Example: A german-language brochure is displayed on www.caparol.de and not on www.caparol.com not. You activate the brochure for www but leave the english headline and description empty.
Insert brochure into an area
By selecting an area and clicking the plus symbol, the brochure will be included in a field. All the planned languages for this country will be created, but without text, see above.
Insert brochure into another area
The brochure can be displayed in all areas. However, the administration of the texts and the order should be done in the brochure manager
ePaper
ePaper can only be created via datagraphis (external agency). If you have specific requests, best contact Sébastien Plantard (Team New Media). PDFs should be delivered as single pages (not combined).