Working on the website

Editors do not always need the administration. Signed in on the public site, they can change the page they are looking at, create new pages, move them and look after their own account, right where the visitors see the result. In Exponential 6 this is done with the website sidebar (the extension expwt), which replaces the website toolbar (ezwt) of earlier versions.

Who can do this

• Editors and administrators whose role has the policies of the sidebar: expwt/use to see it, expwt/edit to change pages, expwt/create to create them and expwt/structure to move, hide or remove them.
• Each action also checks the usual content policy of what it changes (content/edit, content/create, content/hide, content/remove and so on), exactly as the administration does. The sidebar offers only what you may do on this page.
• The site must have the sidebar switched on. It is switched on per siteaccess by an administrator; visitors who are not signed in do not see it unless the site chose to show it to them.

The sidebar in short

1. Sign in on the public site with your usual account. A small tab appears at the edge of the window, on the right by default.
2. Click the tab, or press Alt+Shift+E. The sidebar opens beside the page, on the Page panel.
3. Choose a panel with the buttons at the top: Page to edit, Create to add a page, Structure to move, hide or remove it, SEO, Sites and more. Point at a button to see its name.
4. Every change is made on a draft. Nothing is public until you click Publish.
5. Close the sidebar with the cross, or press Escape.

The sidebar or the administration?

Both work on the same content, with the same drafts, versions, workflows and permissions. Use the sidebar for changes to the page in front of you: a typo, a new article in a section, a picture. Use the administration for work across many items, for copying, for the trash, for users and roles, and for the setup of the site. The sidebar's Full editor button opens the page in the administration's edit form when you need it.

The chapters of this part

• The website sidebar (expwt): where it is, how to move it, its panels and shortcuts.
• Editing from the website: the tasks, step by step:
  • Adding, editing and removing content
  • Previewing on the website
  • Drafts and versions on the website
  • Translating from the website
  • Managing e-mail notifications
  • Managing wish lists
  • Content classes
  • Working over WebDAV
• Setting up the website: setup tasks for site owners, and Changing the look of the site.

What can go wrong

• No tab appears. You are not signed in on this site, your role lacks expwt/use, or the sidebar is not switched on for this siteaccess. Use the administration, and ask an administrator.
• A panel or a button is missing. Your role does not allow it on this page, for example Create without expwt/create.
• "Verify it's you". Some actions, such as publishing and removing, may ask for your password again, as the administration does. The question opens in a small window; the sidebar goes on once it is answered.

Read more

• The website sidebar (expwt) in place of the website toolbar (ezwt), with the move of an older site from ezwt.
• How do I edit content from the website itself? in the help center.
• The administration interface