Editing Page Content
A "Page" is a web page on your
website that can be viewed or edited. Pages are constructed
"on-the-fly" in real-time when requested
from a website Visitor, and are made up of the following:
- Page Content.
Page's contain "Page Regions" that hold text and images, just like word
processor document. Page Regions exist on only the one Page, and are not
shared by other Pages.
- Interaction.
Each Page can also provide a website function, like a login page, a
custom form page to gather data, a catalog page to
display products,
or one of dozens of other interactive "Page Types" built right into
the
system. These Pages of various Page Types are then linked together to build
custom work flow into your website.
- Design & Shared
Content.
Each Page's content and interaction is then wrapped in an HTML design,
called a "Page Style". A Page can define it's own Page Style,
or share
the Page Style with other Pages in the same Folder. Page Styles also
define a Page's shared content, like site-wide menus, or sidebars that
appear only on a certain section of the website. These shared
content areas include "Common Regions", "Ad Regions", and "Menu Regions".
- Page Comments.
Each Page can also contain Comments. Comments contain an author and textual content which is attached to the Page and exist as long as they are not deleted and the Page still exists. Comments are not duplicated when a Page is duplicated. Anyone with edit rights to the Page's Folder can edit, delete, or publish the Comments (Moderator). For true authorship verification, the User name of the Contributor will be revealed to the Page Moderator, if known, regardless of what is entered in the author field.
Edit Mode & View Modes
The system has a built-in process for create and editing content that is seamlessly integrated into every Page. While
you remain logged in, you can browse through the site, Page
by Page, stopping to edit content, link to content, upload photos and
videos, and continue on building and updating your website, using only
your web browser.
If you click the "grid" button on the top right corner of a Page, any editable region found on the Page (you have access too) will be outlined with dashed lines and a corresponding colored "Edit" button will appear.
In Edit Mode, you can click on any "Edit" button and edit the content:
Page Regions:
If you are a Content Manager, you can click on the blue "Edit" buttons
to edit any Page Region content using the built-in Rich-text
Editor. If the Page's Page Type has interactive properties, such as a Custom Form, these properties can also be edited through the blue "Edit" buttons.
Page Comments:
If you are a Content Manager, you can click on the blue "Edit" buttons to edit or publish any Comments posted to the Page.
System Regions:
If the Page's Page Type is not "Standard", it will possess interactive properties, you can click on the colored "Edit" button to access the specific page type properties:
Black "Edit" buttons indicate a System Region's header and footer. These header and footer areas are shared among all Page that includes this System Region in their Page Styles.
Purple "Edit" buttons indicate that the content or feature is custom form related. These areas are linked to the either the custom form or form list / item view that is embedded within the Page.
Green "Edit" buttons indicate that the content or feature is e-commerce related and are linked to the e-commerce Products and Product Groups so you can edit them directly from any Page they are being displayed on.
Orange "Edit" buttons indicate that the content or feature is a calendar related and are linked to the calendars so you can edit them directly from any Page they are being displayed on.
Common Regions & Menus:
If you are a Site Manager, then you can click on the red "Edit" buttons to update
any Menus and Common Regions using the built-in Rich-text Editor.
Designer Regions: If you are a Site Designer, you can click on the red "Edit" button to update to code within any Designer Region.
Product Group
& Products:
If you are a Commerce Manager, then you can click on the green "Edit"
buttons on any relevant Commerce Pages to edit the Products and Product
Groups directly
from the Page.
Image Editing with PicMonkey
PicMonkey is a free photo editing service that will allow you to re-size, crop, colorize and clean up your website photos without leaving your websites. To use PicMonkey, be sure you are in Edit Mode, and simply hover over any image in a content area, and click on the "PicMonkey" button that appears over the image. The image must be a GIF, JPEG, or PNG, and you must have edit rights to the image's Folder in order to edit it.
PicMonkey is a Flash application, so be sure you have the proper Flash plug-in installed for your browser. After the PicMonkey application loads, and a copy of your image is sent to the PicMonkey server, you can begin editing your image. If you decide not to keep your changes, you can click the "X" (close), which will cancel your changes and return you to your web page. If you decide to keep your changes, then click "Save", and you will be prompted to either "Replace" the original image on your website, or "Save a Copy" of the image, which will preserve the original image and create a new image and update your web page with the new image name. Be sure not to navigate away from the PicMonkey application screen before you save your changes, or they may be lost.
If you save a GIF in PicMonkey then a new PNG copy will be created and your web page will be updated to use the new PNG. This is necessary because PicMonkey does not currently support saving as a GIF format. Your original GIF image will remain in the system. Therefore, the system will always "Save a Copy" for GIF's regardless of whether you select "Replace" or "Save a Copy".
NOTE: Images that appear in the system content for Form Item View and Form List View Pages can only be replaced. A new copy of these images cannot be saved from PicMonkey. Also, the width and height for the image tag will not be updated. Also, GIF images in Form Item View and Form List View Pages may not be edited with PicMonkey.
DISCLAIMER: Be aware that the basic PicMonkey services are free but their terms are subject to change at any time. We cannot warrant their service, features, advertising, or availability. This service is provided to you AS-IS. Also, when using PicMonkey, a copy of your image is transmitted across the Internet to the PicMonkey server. We cannot encrypt nor maintain Folder security for any image once it has left the website, so please keep this in mind if you are ever editing images that may contain sensitive information.
Full Screen Mode
If you click the "up arrow" button on the top
right corner of your Page, the menu will roll up and disappear,
allowing you to see your web page exactly as it would appear to site
Visitors. Clicking the button again will pull-down the menu
again, so
you can access other features.
Full Screen Mode works in both Edit and View Modes.
Edit Page Style
If you are a Site Designer, you can click on this button to edit the Page's Page Style, in order to update the layout of the Page and add/remove Regions.
Theme Preview Mode
If you are a Site Manager or a Site Designer, you can click on the
"Theme Preview" link, to browse your website using any CSS theme that
has been programmed into your website. Theme Preview does not
affect any other website Visitor, the previewed Theme is only visible
to your computer. Click "Cancel" to cancel Theme preview Mode. The Theme that you preview will also
be used by the rich-text editor to determine custom formats and styling.
Edit Page Properties
Click this button to access the Page's properties.
Duplicate Page
To create a new Page, it is faster to duplicate an existing
Page. Click this button to make a copy of the current Page.
Duplicating a Page also duplicates it's properties, and page content.
A new name is given to the duplicated Page and you will be
directed to the new page. Page Comments are not duplicated.
Create Campaign
Click this button to create an E-mail Campaign using the Page.
You must be a Campaign Manager to use this feature.
Creating an Approval Process for Page Updates
Since all Page edits are updated on the website in real-time,
there are many times that you wish to make changes and preview them
before making them "live" for all to see. In order to do
this, we recommend that you follow this process:
- Duplicate the original Page. The system will instantly create
a new copy of the Page with a unique Page name, and redirect you to the
new Page.
- Make changes to the duplicate Page and save and view.
Since the new Page is not linked into any of the site menus, then the
Page will not be found by any visitor unexpectedly. For added security,
you may wish to move the duplicated Page into a Private Folder during
the approval process.
- If the Page need to be approved by someone else, send them a link to
the page. (Be sure they have "read" or "edit" access to the
Folder where the duplicated Page is located.)
- Once the duplicate Page is updated and approved and you are ready to
make the Page "live", rename the original Page to a new name, and
quickly rename the duplicated Page to the original Page's name. Also,
be sure the duplicated Page is in the same Folder as the original Page
was in so that it can be accessed by the same audience.
- If the original Page was linked to any of your Menu Regions, edit the Menus and change the link to point to the new Page (which will have the original page name at this point). That's it. You're done!