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Working with Folders and Content Blocks


Viewing a Folder

To view any folder under the content folder, follow these steps.

  1. Access the Workarea, as described in Site Preview.
  2. Click Content from the left lower side of the Workarea.

  1. All content blocks in the content folder and the selected language appear on the right side of the screen. Subfolders appear in the upper left frame.
  2. T o work with any folder or its content blocks, click the folder. When you do, its content blocks appear in the right frame.


Note

You can only view folders for which your system administrator has granted permission.


  1. If your system supports more than one language, you can select content blocks for a particular language or all languages using the language dropdown list (illustrated below).

Each folder lists the following information about its content blocks.
Field
Description
Title
The name of the content block.
Language
The language of the content block.
ID
The number assigned to the content block by Ektron CMS400.NET. It is used to retrieve the content block from a database.
Status
The status of the content block. See Also: Appendix A: Content Statuses
Date Modified
The most recent date the content block was added, edited, or published.
Last Editor
The last user who accessed the content block.

Each folder also provides the following toolbar options.


Note

Depending on your permissions, you may not see all toolbar buttons.


Button
Name
Description
More Information
Add Content
Opens the editor and creates a new content block in the current folder
Add Folder
Adds a subfolder to the current folder
Archived Content
If current content is being displayed, switch to display archived content.
If archived content is being displayed, switch to display current content.
Delete Folder
Deletes the current folder


Note: You cannot delete the Content folder.

Collections
Adds, edits, or deletes a collection from the current folder
Menus
View and work with menus assigned to this content block
Search
Look for content in the folder
View Properties
View the folder's properties


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