Basic concept
A region An area is a structural area on block of a web page and collects one or more paragraphs. Web developers commonly sub divide a page into a number of regions areas to group together similar content in order to improve the usability, legibility and, in general, the overall structure of a page.
Currently, core Magnolia does not know the concept of a region or an area. A page merely consists of a number of paragraphs. With STK, the area has made its first appearance. The list of paragraphs an area supports as well as the template it uses to render itself are already configurable. With . STK 2.0 likely will further expand the role of areas in templating.
In Magnolia 5, areas will likely get expanded even more. Region Area Editing is introducing the concept of a region or an area on the editing level as well. The idea is to hide all editing related elements of a region an area such as newBars or editBars when an area is not currently edited to solve two the main areas of concern with of current page editing.
Region Area Editing improves page editing as it:
- clearly visualises the page structure as defined by the site designer and thus improves your understanding of the page
- avoids disorientation by providing too many editing elements at once
- focuses your attention on just the region you're area a user is currently working on
- improves the preview already when you're still editing a pageduring page editing, since the browser does not have to render all edit controls and thus disturbs the DOM tree less
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