Did you know you can syndicate content across your site? This means you can share the content of one page with other pages and sites.

Syndicated content is an exact "replica" — on a target page — of content that is on a source page. If content on the source page gets changed, the changes are automatically propagated to any pages on any sites on which that content has been syndicated.

Content can be syndicated:

• across pages on the same site,
• between any two sites, and
• from a Main Site to a Microsite (the most common use case).

Syndicate vs. Copy

Higher Logic also has a tool with which you can copy pages from one microsite (or your main site) to another microsite: the Copy Pages tool.

When you copy pages between sites, the copied page becomes an independent entity on that "destination" site; meaning, changes to the original page (that was copied) are not propagated to the copied page.

See Copy Pages Between Microsites to learn more about copying pages.

Syndicated Content benefits

Syndicating content across your pages and sites has a few benefits.

• Automate content sharing - You can syndicate the same content to multiple pages and sites. This prevents having to manually share content that you want displayed in multiple places. Contact Us and About pages are good use cases for syndicated content.
• Simple content management - The content is managed on the source page. Changes that are made on the source page automatically propagate to all of its target pages, so you don't have to manually repeat those changes in multiple places.

Syndicated Content notes

Below are a few things that you should note about syndicated content.

• Only full pages can be syndicated. You cannot syndicate portions of a page.
• Syndicated content is managed exclusively on the source page; the content cannot be modified on a target page.
• Syndicated content must be individually added to each target page, as detailed in Step 2 - Add syndicated content to target page, below.

Target page

The page that hosts the syndicated content from the source page is the target page. There are a few things to understand about target pages.

• New and existing pages can be target pages.
• A target page can host multiple instances of syndicated content.
• When setting up a target page, make sure that its page layout matches that of the source page.
• If your target page has a mix of syndicated content and "local" content (HTML, widgets, etc.), the syndicated content will always appear above the local content on the published page, even if the syndicated content is situated below the local content on the Page Designer canvas.
• Syndicated content cannot be edited, modified, or in any way changed on the target page.

Syndicate your content

Syndicating content requires working in the source page (verifying the content that is to be syndicated) and the target page (adding the Syndicated Content content block to the page).

Your target pages will "inherit" syndicated content from your source page, so it's beneficial to spend a few minutes reviewing that content and tidying it as necessary before sharing it.

NOTE: This process assumes familiarity with the CMS and Page Designer pages and Super Admin permissions.

Step 1 - Prep the source-page content

To prepare content for syndication:

1. Navigate to the page that has content that you want to syndicate.
2. Review the content and note any changes you want to make.
3. In the Admin Toolbar, click (or right click for a new tab) Edit Page.

4. Click the Properties tab.

TIP: Note the Navigation Title and Page Code Name under Properties. Doing so might help you more quickly locate the correct page when mapping syndicated content in a microsite.

5. Scroll down to the Syndication section and make sure that the Prevent this item from being syndicated to other pages/sites box is not checked.
   
   If it is checked, uncheck it.

• Make any changes that you noted in step 2.

6. Save and publish your changes.

Step 2 - Add syndicated content to target page

Now that you've prepped the source-page content, you can complete the syndication by "importing" it to your target page.

NOTE: Syndicated content can be added to new and existing pages; for the purposes of this example, we're going to add content to a new page.

To import syndicated content:

1. In the Admin Toolbar, click (or right click for a new tab) Edit Navigation.

2. Click and drag the Add Page button (it is above the page hierarchy) to where you want to add the target page and drop it into position. OR...
   Click an existing page's ellipsis icon and choose Add to add New Page (Draft) at the bottom of that page's hierarchy; click and drag the new page to reposition it.

3. Double-click New Page (Draft) to manage the page properties and content.
4. On the Properties tab:
   1. If you want this page to be visible and accessible in your navigation, check the Visible in Navigation box.
   2. Give the new page a unique name (Navigation Title) and a simple Page Code Name; these steps are required.
   3. If you want to limit edit rights to Super Admins, check the Super Admins Only box (in the Syndication section).

NOTE: The Super Admins Only checkbox pertains only to the "local," non-syndicated content; syndicated content is managed exclusively on the source page.

5. On the Build tab:
   1. Drag and drop a Syndicated Content content item from the Content section to the canvas.

NOTE: Syndicated content will always display above the page's local content.

1. 2. Double click the Syndicated Content holder and in the dialog, use the dropdowns to select:

• your source page's site (Syndicated from Site) and
• the source page (Syndicated Page) of the syndicated content.

NOTE: After making your selections, the Page Code Name displays as a link under the Syndicated Page dropdown. You can click it to open the page in a new tab to quickly confirm your selection and/or make changes.

6. Click Save.
7. Repeat these steps to add any other pages with syndicated content.
8. Click Publish.

TIP: Access the target page and verify that the syndicated content displays as expected.

Related articles

• Copy Pages Between Microsites describes how to copy pages from one microsite (or your main site) to another microsite.