Working with Folders and Content Blocks

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Viewing a Content Block

You can view all content blocks in your Ektron CMS400.NET Web site. Viewing content blocks allows you to view the content, metadata, summaries, and other information. To view a content block in Ektron CMS400.NET, follow these steps.

1. Navigate to the folder that contains the content block, as explained in Viewing a Folder.
2. If your system supports more than one language, you can select an edition of the content block in a particular language via the language dropdown list (illustrated below).

3. Click a content block.
4. The View Content screen appears.

After you select the content, you have the following options.

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Note

Your options may vary according to your permissions and the status of the content block.

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Button or Tab	Name	Description	For more information, see
Properties	Content Properties	View the content block's properties	Properties
Content	View Content Block	Displays content block
Summary	Edit Summary	Edit content block's summary.	Adding a Content Block Summary
Metadata	Edit Metadata	Edit content block's metadata	Adding or Editing Metadata
Comment	View Comment	View comments on changes made when editing a content block. The history comment also appears on the View Content and Content History screens.
	Edit Content Block	Open content block for editing	Editing a Content Block
	View History	View all available older versions of the content block; restore older version	Viewing and Restoring Previous Content Blocks
	View Staged	Displays staged content	Staged Content
	View Difference	Compares current version with earlier version of content	Comparing Versions of a Content Block
	Delete	Delete content block	Deleting a Content Block
	Move Content	Move content block to another folder	Moving Content
	Check for content linked to this content	Identify all content blocks with Quicklinks to this content block	*Checking for Broken Quicklinks
	Add Task	Attach a task to a content block	Task Module Toolbar
	Properties	View and modify settings XML Configuration	Managing XML
		Content Searchable	Check this box if the content should be found when someone searches your Web site.
	Return	Go back to previous menu
View (language)	View	If you can view content blocks in more than one language, select a language from the drop down list.
Add -select language-	Add -select language-	Lets you copy current content block into new block and translate it to selected language.	Translating a Content Block to Another Language

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