Moving content

Moving changes where an item lives in the tree. Everything below it moves along, and its address follows the new place. The old address keeps working: it leads to the new one.

Who can do this

Moving needs content/edit on the item and the right to create its class under the new parent. A button you may not use is grayed out.

Move an item

1. Open the item and press Move. You can also choose Move in the item's menu in the tree.
2. A browser opens. Open the new parent by clicking its name, then select it with its radio button.
3. Press Select. The item, with everything below it, is now in its new place.

Above the list, What this touches counts the locations and objects that move along and names their classes. How to run it chooses whether the move runs now, while the page waits, or in the background; from 50 items on, the background is preselected.

Move several items

In the Sub items list of the parent, tick the items and choose More actions > Move selected. The same menu has Copy selected, Hide selected, Remove selected and more.

What can go wrong

• The parent you want cannot be selected. It is not a container, or your role may not create that class there.
• The moved item now has other readers. An item takes the section of its new parent when it moves. Content moved into a section that visitors may not read disappears from the site; content moved out of a protected section may become public. Check the Details tab after the move. See Managing sections.
• A large move runs in the background. It works in batches and shows its progress; you can leave the page. Let it finish before you edit the items.
• You wanted the item in two places. Moving takes it away from the old place. To show it in both, add a location: see Publishing at multiple locations.

Read more

• How do I move or copy an item?, in the help center.
• Copying content
• Swapping nodes