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:

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:

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:

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.)
  4. 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.
  1. 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!