What's inside this article:
- Basic information
- Stealth publish a video
- Stealth publish a gallery
- Insert stealth content on a page
- Find stealth content
Basic information
User groups: Multimedia Upload_2020, Editor_2020, Master Editor_2020
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This article explains how to stealth publish content, and how to find and use it in Pangea CMS.
Stealth publishing is available for the following types of content:
- Photo gallery
- Slider gallery
- Video
What is stealth publishing?
When a content item is stealth published:
- It does not have a content page.
- It does not have a public URL.
- It is not indexed by search engines, so it does not appear in search engine results.
What is the purpose of stealth publishing?
Stealth publishing has two purposes:
- Create content for use as an embed (for videos and galleries): You can embed stealth content on text content pages. Use stealth publishing for supporting content that adds context to an article but does not need its own page. For example, you can stealth publish a short video with footage of the events described in an article.
- Send a video to a third-party CMS (for videos only): Some language services use a separate content management system (CMS) to run a streaming app for mobile phones and smart TVs. Pangea CMS connects to this third-party CMS and delivers content automatically. When you stealth publish a video, Pangea CMS sends it to the third-party CMS but does not publish it on the web.
NOTE: You can also embed regularly published content on text content pages. The difference is that regularly published content also has a standalone content page.
Stealth publish a video
To stealth publish a video, follow these steps:
Upload the video file
To start the upload, go to Create > Multimedia > Video.
For detailed upload instructions, see the following article:
Complete the video settings
Review the relevant settings below, depending on the purpose of the video:
You cannot save the video until you complete the following required settings on the edit page for the video:
- Title: Enter the title that appears in the player for the embedded video.
- Categories: Select one or more categories. For stealth videos, categories support internal organization in Pangea CMS and are not publicly visible.
When preparing a stealth video, focus on the settings that affect the look of the embedded video. Review and update the following settings if necessary:
- Watermark
- Thumbnail
You can also add an introduction (General > Introduction). For stealth videos, this text only appears in Pangea CMS. It provides additional information for editors and makes the video easier to find in internal search.
NOTE: See our Publishing an on-demand video article for detailed information about the options on the edit page for the video.
You cannot save the video until you complete the following required settings on the edit page for the video:
- Title
- Categories
You can add any additional metadata that you want to send with the video.
Pangea CMS sends all metadata from the edit page to the third-party CMS, but which data appears there depends on what the third-party system supports.
NOTE: See our Publishing an on-demand video article for detailed information about the options on the edit page for the video.
Stealth publish the video
To stealth publish a video:
- Select Stealth published in the status selector.
- Select Publish or Publish & close.
- Select Publish in the confirmation dialog.
The video is now published with the Stealth published status.
Stealth publish a gallery
You can stealth publish the following types of galleries:
- Photo gallery
- Slider gallery
To stealth publish a gallery, follow these steps:
Create a new gallery
To start creating a new gallery, go to Create > Multimedia. You can then select Photo gallery or Slider gallery, depending on which type of gallery you want to create.
Complete the gallery settings
When preparing a stealth gallery, focus on the settings that affect the look of the embedded gallery. The following settings are visible on the embedded gallery:
- Title
- Images (for photo galleries)
- Image pairs (for slider galleries)
- Captions
- Introduction (visible when the gallery is opened in fullscreen)
- Authors (visible when the gallery is opened in fullscreen)
For general information about how to create a new gallery, see the relevant article below:
Further recommendations
Embedded galleries display differently from standalone gallery pages. When you create a gallery to embed in an article, follow these guidelines for the best experience on the article page:
- Use images with the 16:9 Aspect ratio describes the proportional relationship between the width and height of an image (such as 16:9 or 3:4). Aspect ratio determines the shape of an image but not its size. Learn more.. Images with a different aspect ratio are automatically cropped, so you may lose important parts of your images.
- Avoid long captions. If one image has a long caption, the article text below it is pushed down, leaving a large gap on the page.
Stealth publish the gallery
To stealth publish a gallery:
- Select Stealth published in the status selector.
- Select Publish or Publish & close.
- Select Publish in the confirmation dialog.
The gallery is now published with the Stealth published status.
Insert stealth content on a page
You can insert stealth content on the following types of text content pages:
- Article, Blog, Factcheck, Feature, Feature story, Live blog, News, Transcript
Follow these steps on the edit page for the text content:
- On the Editor subpage, position the cursor where you want to insert the item.
- Click Insert embedded content in the toolbar.
- On the Search & attach dialog, select Content in the left panel.
- Find and select the content item you want to embed.
For detailed instructions, see our Inserting direct embeds article.
Find stealth content
When you search for content in Pangea CMS, a filter is available to find stealth content. To show only stealth content in your results, select Stealth published under Status.
In the search results, stealth content is marked with the Stealth published icon.
