Daily tasks
This chapter describes the everyday work in the Exponential administration, one task per page. It is written for editors and site managers and needs no technical knowledge. Every task starts the same way: find the item in the tree, the Media tab or a search, open it, and use the buttons of its page.
The buttons of an item's page: Edit, Upload, Import/Export, Move, Copy and Remove, and the round buttons for the site view, the preview and the versions. Most daily tasks start here.
Writing and changing content
- Adding content: create a new item in a folder.
- Editing content: change an item, from opening the edit form to publishing.
- The edit form: what every part of the form does.
- Previewing content: see a draft as the site will show it, before you publish.
- Dealing with edit conflicts: when a draft of the item already exists.
- Versions and drafts: compare versions and go back to an earlier one.
- Relations: link other items, such as images, to the one you edit.
- Translating content: write an item in another language.
- Images and files: put images and documents on the site and use them in pages.
- The online editors: TinyMCE 8 and Tiptap: writing rich text, and Autosave, which keeps your draft safe.
Arranging content
- Moving content and Copying content
- Publishing at multiple locations: one item in several places of the tree.
- Hiding and revealing content
- Managing sub items: the list below an item, and its order.
- Swapping nodes
- Managing sections
- Removing content and Restoring content from the trash
Finding your way and your own account
Users and access
What you see in the administration, and on the site
The administration shows the published version of each item and your own drafts. The public site shows only published versions, in the site's design. A change is on the site the moment you publish it, unless your site asks for an approval first.
The same item on the public site. What you publish in the administration is what visitors see here.
A button you may not use is grayed out or missing; your role decides what you may do. Point at a grayed-out button to read why.
Read more
- The user manual of the help center: short answers to "How do I ...?" questions.
- A tour of the administration
- Creating and editing content
In this section
- Translating content How to translate an item in Exponential 6: the language badges, the Translations tab, translating from another language, the main language and removing a translation.
- Images and files How images and files become items in Exponential 6, the three ways a page uses an image, uploading files, the image field of the edit form and good practice for alternative texts.
- Your account Your own account in Exponential 6: the My account page and its cards, changing your password, and the User profile on the public site.
- Finding your way in the tree How to find your way in the content tree of the Exponential 6 administration: the three parts of the tree, the item menu, the path and sub items, the Content finder and shortcuts.
- Adding content How to create a new item in Exponential 6: Create new, the language choice, the edit form of a new item, and publishing, keeping or discarding it.
- Editing content How to edit an item in Exponential 6: drafts, opening the edit form, its parts, rich text with TinyMCE 8 or Tiptap, and publishing, keeping or discarding the draft.
- Previewing content How to preview a draft in Exponential 6 before publishing: the Preview button, the preview sizes, View control and previewing older versions.
- Undoing changes Undoing changes now lives on the page Versions and drafts; this page keeps the old address and gives the short version.
- Dealing with edit conflicts What the page Possible edit conflict in Exponential 6 means, what to choose when drafts of yours or of others exist, and how to tidy up My drafts.
- Publishing at multiple locations How to show one item in several places of the tree in Exponential 6: the Locations tab, the main location and locations before the first publish.
- Copying content How to copy an item, or an item with everything below it, in Exponential 6, and how a copy differs from a second location.
- Moving content How to move an item and everything below it to a new place in the tree in Exponential 6, one item or several at once.
- Removing content How to remove items in Exponential 6: the confirmation page, what the removal touches, references from other items, Move to trash and background removals.
- The trash: restoring content The trash in Exponential 6: finding removed items, restoring them to their place, and deleting them for good.
- Hiding and revealing content How to hide an item from the public site and reveal it again in Exponential 6, the three visibility states, and publishing a new item hidden.
- Using bookmarks Bookmarks in the Exponential 6 administration: adding bookmarks, the My bookmarks page with folders, search and order, and bookmarks of system pages.
- Swapping nodes How to swap two items in the tree in Exponential 6, so that a new object takes the place of an old one with its sub items.
- Managing users Managing user accounts in Exponential 6: adding users and groups, changing and moving accounts, disabling, enabling and unlocking them, Check user accounts, and removing accounts.
- Managing sections Sections in Exponential 6: the Sections page, creating a section, putting content into it, and how sections work with roles.
- Creating a protected area How to set up a members-only area in Exponential 6 with a section of its own and a role that may read it, step by step, and what can go wrong.
- Sub items and sorting How the order of sub items is set in Exponential 6: the Ordering tab, priorities, and arranging the Sub items list with Table options.
Contributors
- Balazs Halasy
- Geir Arne Waaler
- Graham Brookins Updated Maintainer
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