{"id":9561,"date":"2024-05-02T12:42:42","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T11:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=9561"},"modified":"2025-09-22T11:51:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T10:51:56","password":"","slug":"14-what-is-a-placeholder-and-how-to-add-one","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/website-and-finder\/einstellungen-website\/14-what-is-a-placeholder-and-how-to-add-one\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a placeholder and how to add one?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Many contents, such as posts are displayed in an overview on ChurchTools website with images.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/help.church.tools\/images\/157786\/087415fbd483c8b78edbd409e97961728db71d9794ff39f46e2297c379997670?fit=max&amp;fm=png&amp;h=0&amp;w=940\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the screenshot above you can see an overview page of posts. Posts 1, 3 and 4 were assigned an image when they were created. However, post 2 does not have an image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to keep the design of the page, ChurchTools Website offers you the option to set <em>placeholders<\/em>. A placeholder is always used when a content <strong>does not<\/strong> have an image and the <em>option <strong>Show placeholder (Platzhalter anzeigen)<\/strong><\/em> is enabled in the overview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Select placeholder<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To add placeholders for content, go to <em>Settings (Einstellungen)<\/em> (1) in the admin area of your ChurchTools website. In the tab <em>Page content (Seiteninhalt)<\/em> (2) you can now select placeholders for posts, events, persons and groups or upload them directly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-22.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-22.png 940w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-22-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-22-768x450.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-22-360x211.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Show placeholders<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The option <em>Show placeholders (Platzhalter anzeigen)<\/em> is activated by default.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You will always find it in the <em>-&#8230;list (-&#8230;liste)<\/em> tab of an <strong>overview page<\/strong>. For example, on a posts overview page, you&#8217;ll find it in the <em>contribution list (Beitragsliste)<\/em> tab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"654\" height=\"234\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-19.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-19.png 654w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-19-300x107.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-19-360x129.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 654px) 100vw, 654px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For a <strong>portal page<\/strong> you can find it directly at the inserted element (1) under <em>Show design options (Gestaltungsoptionen anzeigen)<\/em> (2).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"701\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-20.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-20.png 646w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-20-276x300.png 276w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-20-360x391.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 646px) 100vw, 646px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you activate the switch (3), you will find the option to <em>Show image &#8211; placeholder (Bild &#8211; Platzhalter anzeigen)<\/em> (4):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"577\" height=\"451\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-21.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-21.png 577w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-21-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-21-360x281.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 577px) 100vw, 577px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group ct-artikel-zum-weiterlesen has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-89fd719a wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:8px;background-color:#f9fafb;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:24px;padding-top:32px;padding-right:24px;padding-bottom:32px;padding-left:24px\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Read more<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/website-and-finder\/content\/14-how-to-create-content\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"9545\">How to create content?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/website-and-finder\/pages\/14-how-to-create-and-edit-a-page\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"9543\">How to create and edit a page?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/website-and-finder\/files\/14-manage-files\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"9556\">Manage files<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many contents, such as posts are displayed in an overview on ChurchTools website with images. In the screenshot above you can see an overview page of posts. Posts 1, 3 and 4 were assigned an image when they were created. However, post 2 does not have an image. 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