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Working with Collections


Finding Collections

Every collection is assigned to a folder. If you want to find the collections assigned to any folder, navigate to it and click the Collection button ( ). For more information, see Finding a Collection by Navigating to its Content Folder.

Since collections can be assigned to several content folders, the Modules folder provides a central Collections folder, which displays all collections on one screen, regardless of their content folder. For more information, see Finding a Collection Using the Collections Folder.

Finding a Collection by Navigating to its Content Folder

To access collections for a content folder, follow these steps.

  1. Click the content folder that contains the collection.
  2. The folder's content blocks appear in the right frame.
  3. If you are using Ektron CMS400.NET's multi-language support features, select the language. See Also: Working with Collections in a Multi-Language System
  4. Click the Collections button ( ).
  5. The View Collections screen appears.

The screen displays each collection created for the folder. The following table explains each column.
Column
Description
Title
The title assigned to the collection by the creator.
ID
The ID assigned to the collection by Ektron CMS400.NET. This number is used to store and retrieve the data to/from the database.
Date Modified
When the collection was last edited.
URL
The default template used to display the content.

To learn more about a collection and perform tasks on it, proceed to Viewing a Collection.

Finding a Collection Using the Collections Folder

To access the Collections screen that displays all collections in all content folders, follow these steps.

  1. From the top-level folders in the lower left frame of your Workarea, click Modules.
  2. Click the Collections folder.
  3. The Collection Report screen appears

  1. The screen has four columns, described below.
    Column Title
    Description
    Title
    Title given to collection by user who created, or last edited, it.
    ID
    ID number assigned by Ektron CMS400.NET. (Developers use this number to reference the collection in ecmCollection custom function.)
    Description
    Description given to collection by user who created, or last edited, it.
    Path
    Folder location of the collection.

You can click any collection to view information about it and perform tasks on it. See Viewing a Collection.

You can also add a new collection. See Creating a Collection

See Also: Working with Collections


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