1. Open Schemas
2. Press + to create
3. Select Virtual
4. Select Parent when creating a child Virtual Type.
5. Provide name and ID
6. Save

After creating the Virtual Type

1. Add fields to the Virtual Type.
2. Update Virtual Type settings "Layers" and add available Layers for the Virtual Type
   1. These are the only layers that can be assigned to your Virtual Types to ensure, e.g., you don’t have to provide document information for press kits. allowing you to think of them hierarchically
3. Create Virtual Items in the Content Browser

Virtual Types can be nested, which enables you to think of them in a hierarchical manner. This nesting is beneficial if you use several Virtual Types that should share some information.

For example, say you use Fotoware Alto to publish job listings, news items, and partner listings. Each Virtual Type is different, but there are a few pieces of information you want to make sure are included wherever the information is published:

• Copyright Notice
• Impressum Link

You add these values to the Company Publishing Virtual Type, and when you create children, they always have fields for a copyright notice and an Impressum link. The default values in the Company Publishing Virtual Type would then be automatically applied to all other Virtual Types created in Fotoware Alto.

You create Virtual items directly in the Content Browser. 

1. Open Content Browser
2. Choose Add from Browser Toolbar
3. Select Create
4. Select Virtual Type
5. Provide the content and Save

VIDEO: How to Create a New Virtual Type:

If a given piece of content requires additional metadata, Layers can be added directly to any Virtual Item, e.g., Copyright Information or Event Information, when a press release mentions an event.

1. Open Virtual Types
2. Open the Layers submenu.
3. Add Layers that can be added to this Virtual Type

VIDEO: How to Add Layer to Virtual Type:

The Virtual Type is saved in a field called: 

contentSchemaId

Therefore, some default system fields are available for selection in the Filter editor, e.g., permissionSetIds, layerSchemaIds, or contentSchemaId.To publish them in a Portal, Fotoware Alto proposes the concept that you can access the Virtual Type via this field in Display Pattern, Query Filters, or searches.

Some default system fields are available for selection in the Filter editor, e.g., permissionSetIds, layerSchemaIds, or contentSchemaId.

1. Open Filters
2. Add a new Filter
3. Select Permission and/or Layers
4. Save

VIDEO: How to Access Layer in Sidebar Filter

You can create Virtual Items for Press Kits, Partner Listings, or News. To publish them in a Portal Fotoware, Alto proposes the concept of Microsites. 

For more information, see the Fotoware website.

Or start with your own Portal from the Picturepark Github account: GitHub - Picturepark/Picturepark.SDK.Samples: Samples featured on the Online Demo of Fotoware Alto (previously Picturepark Content Platform). This public online demo provides various examples of how a virtual organization, which we have named Fine Organic Foods Association (FOFA), supports its stakeholders (organic farmers and retailers) by providing unified access to product data, content logistics, and up-to-date marketing resources. 

• Featured Content: Headline, Abstract, Teaser Image, Resource Link
• Historic Milestone: Title, Body Text, Date, Hero Image, Gallery Image
• Text Blocks: Title, Text, References
• Press Kits: Headline, Release Date, Release Location, Lead, Body Text, Hero Image, Media Downloads

• You can export Virtual Types as JSON files. However, you cannot import them back using the same name and ID as an existing type (you have to rename the ID and name in the JSON file first).