- Change a list from grid to list View type on the Design tab; before explayouts_ui_api 1.3.29 the change was stored only with the next change of another field.
- Give a section a background color Set background color on the Design tab; the wrapper gets bg-color-<color>.
- Adjust the spacing of a section Use vertical whitespace on top and bottom (Design tab) instead of Spacer blocks.
- Throw away a draft that went wrong Discard removes the draft; the published layout is untouched.
- Undo a published layout change Import the export taken before the change with --strategy=overwrite --publish; the import purges the page cache itself.
- Export layouts every week A scheduled exp:layouts export --all keeps a history of the layouts.
- Find forgotten drafts exp:layouts list --drafts lists every open draft; open each and publish or discard.
- A change did not show Draft not published, linked zone, another layout, settings in the wrong file, compiled template, page cache, Velocity: the ten checks.
- A new section joins the header menu Publish the section page, find its node ID, add it to MainMenuID[], clear Template & content.
- Retire a campaign page Disable its mapping, keep the layout for next year, hide or archive the page.
- Reuse last year's campaign Import last year's export as a copy (--strategy=copy), change the texts, map it.
- Keep block texts in two languages Texts typed into blocks belong to the layout; for a second language, a layout per siteaccess, or text from translated content.
- Check the links typed into blocks Links typed into Button, Hero, Card and Image blocks do not follow moved pages; check them after restructuring.
- Update the privacy or cookie policy Edit the article (Privacy Policy, node 90; Cookie Policy, node 91); their layout and footer links follow.
- A monthly look at the caches exp:cache list shows every cache; look for growth and make sure page caching still works.
- When an editor changed the shared layout by mistake A change to Header / Footer or Prefooter shows on many pages; roll it back from the last export.
- A new recipe appears in the lists Publish the recipe below Recipes; dynamic lists show it, manual lists need it added.
- Keep the site documentation current After each change of menus, mappings or overrides, update the site guide written at planning time.
- Redesign examples, every page The 34 examples of the redesign phase of a site's life, each one task done in the Layouts editor and with templates. Change the look and the structure: overrides, new view and block types, new shared zones.
- New markup for every grid Override the media design's list grid template in your design extension; every List block in grid view changes.
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