Menu #
To access the ACTUS Deep Schema administration on WordPress, simply navigate to the ACTUS menu on WordPress administration. The main menu of Actus Deep Schema has the following options:
- Home
- Website
- Web pages
- Post Types
- Items
- Business/Org
- Persons
- Audience
- Guide
Additionally, there is a gear icon located on the right side of the menu, which allows you to access the plugin’s settings.
Content Body #
The main content of the screen will vary depending on the scope you have selected. If you choose the Guide page, you’ll find a box with various information, while the Website page contains the form for the Website schema. The Web Pages and Post Types sections, provide options for dealing with different page and post types and a sidebar to help you edit individual pages, posts and sets of defaults. In the Items section provide you get a similar sidebar and a set of schema types to select from and create new schemas. The rest of the sections, also have a sidebar and a schema form in the main area.
Schema Form #
Header #
At the top of each schema form, you’ll find a header bar that displays the schema’s icon, title and ID. On the right side of the header, there are two buttons: preview/validate and edit schema. Clicking on the edit schema button, makes the schema form editable and a trashcan icon which allows you to delete the schema, appears on the header.
Targets #
If the current schema is targeted, a gray box with information about it’s targets appears under the header. When the schema is editable, you can see buttons for adding or removing targets.
Warnings #
In some cases, you may notice a box with a warning icon located below the form header. Clicking on this box will expand it, allowing you to view a list of errors, warnings, and suggestions related to the current form. Each list item may be colored red, orange, or gray. Red items signify required properties that will trigger an error if not included in the schema when parsed. Orange items indicate properties that are recommended by Google for that schema. Gray items are suggestions provided by our team. The color of the warning icon also reflects the type of the list items.
To collapse the warnings list, simply click on the warning icon.
Sections #
The main body of each form is divided into different sections. Within each section, you’ll find various fields that enable you to fill in the schema properties and populate your structured data.
Form Fields #
There are several types of fields that help you handle the complexity of schema forms.
Help Icon #
Most of the fields have a help icon (usually on the right of the field). Clicking on it, you get information about each field.
Multiple Row Fields #
Some fields can have multiple rows. In this case, a PLUS icon appears that allow you to add new rows. Every row can have one or more fields. An X icon next to each row’s number, allows you to remove that row. (Those icons appear only when the schema form is beeing edited).
Special Input Buttons #
Some of the fields offer you alternative ways to input data. Special buttons appear next to the field wherever it is applicable. (Those buttons appear only when the schema form is beeing edited).
Text Input #
This button appears next to Dropdown menus, allowing you to override the dropdown and manually enter a text value.
Dynamic Input #
Clicking on this button, a popup window appears that allow you to select a dynamic value. Dynamic values pull data from your content and they are “alive”, meaning that if your content changes, the value on the property changes too.
In Multiple Row Fields, you may notice several Dynamic Input buttons. One outside of the field’s border and some next to the fields inside the box. The later, assign dynamic values to their corresponding fields on each row while the button outside the box, assigns a dynamic value on the main field, that contains multiple rows of data.
Wikidata Input #
This button allows you to provide wikidata as a value for a property. Clicking on it, a popup appears and you can search for any wikidata term. The ID of that term is assigned on your property, providing your schema with rich structured data about your subject.
Dynamic Labels #
When you assign a dynamic, text or wikidata value on a field, A dynamic label is attached to that field. This label can look different depending on the type of data it presents. As you can see in the screenshot, in the first case the label has text in color. This field has the Site Name dynamic value assigned and it displays the website’s name. The second field shows the word Post Title in colored background. This means that the Post Title dynamic value is assigned to that field and there are not post data currently, so the dynamic placeholder is displayed. In the third field, a custom text value is assigned and the label displays it in black.
When a field has a dynamic label, you cannot enter information on it unless you remove the dynamic data using the X icon on the right of the label.
Media (images/video/audio) #
In many schemas you can see fields for entering multiple rows information about media (images, video or audio). There is a switch on the right of these fields which let you select between dynamic or manual input. If you select dynamic input (Post Images in the screenshot example), the field will be populated with data from your content. Information about images, videos, or audio files in your content will be parsed and proper schemas for every item will be created.
When in dynamic mode, you can click on the eye icon that appears when you hover on an item, to display more information about that item’s schema.
In manual mode, a PLUS icon appears allowing you to add new items. When you hover on an item, you can see a delete and an edit button.
