Summary
Layout Settings allow you to configure the appearance and behavior of your Explore page using the following:
- CTAs
- Header
- Hero section
- Featured Content
- Topic Carousel
- Search Function
- Filters
- Advanced Customization
CTAs
Add CTA buttons to encourage your visitors to perform an action, such as requesting a demo, talking to sales, or accessing more information.
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CTA buttons will only be available if you have already created them in your PathFactory instance. Read more at Use CTA Buttons. |
- Toggle on CTAs.
CTA toggle - Select the location for your CTA.
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You can add multiple CTAs to a single Explore Page, but no more than one in each location. Layout options - Select the CTA you want to use, and where you want it positioned. Click Update to save.
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If you add a Hero CTA, the Hero section must be toggled on in order for the CTA to appear. CTA position
Header
Add a header to your content track to have the Track’s title and description displayed on every content asset.
The header will be displayed on the Explore Page as well as on assets inside the content track.
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Change the styling of the header in Appearances. You are able to customize the header’s background color, logo, logo size, font, and text color. Read more in Explore Appearances. |
- Click Header to switch the toggle to On.
Header toggle - To change the title click No Overrides.
No overrides option - Type in the new header title. Click Save Header Override to save your changes.
Save button
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You can change the Header’s logo in Appearance settings.
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Hero
The hero section appears at the top of your Explore Page, and can be used to display a title, description, and background image or color.

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Change the styling of the Hero section in Appearances. You are able to customize the Hero’s layout, background color, image, fill behavior, logos, fonts, and text colors. |
- Click Hero to switch the toggle On.
Hero toggle - If you want to display text in the Hero section, make sure Show Text is toggled On.
Show text toggle - Select the title and/or description text boxes to add or edit text. Remember to Save your changes.
Example of title and description - Click and drag the slider to shrink or expand the hero section.
Example of slider expansion - You can change the set Hero image by clicking No Image Overrides.
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The Hero image is tied to the appearance group, but you can override this image. No image overrides option
Featured Content
The Featured Content section allows you to select up to 3 specific content assets to display at the top of your Explore Page.
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Configure the font and colors of the Featured Content label in Appearances. |
- Click Featured Content to toggle On this function.
Featured content toggle - Click the box which says No Featured Content Selected.
Featured content field - Select up to 3 assets to feature.
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You are only able to select content assets which are in the Explore Page’s base Content Track. Select content - Drag and drop the content assets into the desired order, or click the trash icon to remove a content asset.
Drag and drop assets - Click Save Assets to save your changes.
Save Assets button
Topic Carousel
If you selected topic carousel when setting up your appearance settings, you can configure which topics are used when you set up the rest of your layout settings.
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Configure the colors of the topic carousel arrows in Appearances. |
- Click Add Topic Carousel.
Add Topic Carousel field - Click Add a Topic and select topics from the drop-down menu.
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Read this article for more information on Topic Carousels. Add a Topic field - Once you’ve selected the topics, drag and drop them to rearrange their order.
- Hover over a topic then click the trash icon to remove it.
Remove topic
- Hover over a topic then click the trash icon to remove it.
- Optional Step: Change the title of the “More Content” carousel.
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Read this article for more information on Topic Carousels. More Content carousel title - Click Save Topic Carousels.
Save Topic Carousels button
Search Function
Add the Search Function to help your visitors find exactly what they’re interested in.
- Click Search Function to toggle On this function.
Search Function toggle NoteChange the styling of the Search Bar in Appearances. You are able to customize the font, text color, and background color for both the search button and search bar.
Filters
Adding filters helps your visitors narrow down the available content according to their interests. Content assets can be filtered by topic and/or content type.
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Change the styling of the Filters in Appearances. You are able to customize the font, text color, and background color. |
- Click Filters to switch the toggle to On.
Filters toggle - Select Topic, Content Type, or both of these filters.
Topic and Content Type filters - If you select the Topic Filter you are able to customize which topics appear in this filter.
- Click the Filter by Topic button.
Filter by Topic dropdown menu - Choose between All Topic Drop Down and Selected Topics Drop Down
- When selecting specific topics, use the garbage icon to remove topics from the filter, and drag and drop the topics to reorganize them.
Reorder topics NoteThe numbers listed next to each topic represent the number of content assets in the given track which have that topic tag.
These numbers appear for visitors when using the filter.
- Click the Filter by Topic button.
Advanced Customization
The Advanced Customization feature allows you to add scripts to the header, body, or footer of your Explore Page.
- Add your custom code to an Appearance group using the Advanced Customization button found under the Explore tab.
Advanced Customization button - Under your Explore page’s Layout Settings, click Advanced Customization to toggle On this function.
Advanced Customization toggle - The Advanced Customization you added will not appear in the authoring environment. To check your code you can preview the Explore page by clicking the eye icon in the top right.
Example of an explore page preview
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Unlike External Code, Advanced Customization is part of your appearance templates, and must be configured there. |