Recent changes
Wednesday November 04 2026
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Maintain examples, every page Updated Markdown page
The 35 examples of the maintain phase of a site's life, each one task done in the Layouts editor and with templates. Change lists, banners, menus and campaigns week by week, and recover from mistakes.
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Add a link to the footer's second line Updated Markdown page
Create a Menu item in Media > Configuration > Footer links with Title and Item URL; no cache clear.
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A new recipe appears in the lists Updated Markdown page
Publish the recipe below Recipes; dynamic lists show it, manual lists need it added.
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Adjust the spacing of a section Updated Markdown page
Use vertical whitespace on top and bottom (Design tab) instead of Spacer blocks.
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Give a section a background color Updated Markdown page
Set background color on the Design tab; the wrapper gets bg-color-<color>.
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Change a button's text and target Updated Markdown page
Edit Text and link of a Button / Link block, or Link text and Link URL of a Hero.
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Point a dynamic list at another section Updated Markdown page
Change the Parent location of a dynamic collection; the list fills from the new section at once.
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Change a list from grid to list Updated Markdown page
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.
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Change the number of columns of a grid Updated Markdown page
Number of columns on the Design tab: 2, 3, 4 or 6.
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A change did not show Updated Markdown page
Draft not published, linked zone, another layout, settings in the wrong file, compiled template, page cache, Velocity: the ten checks.
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Check the links typed into blocks Updated Markdown page
Links typed into Button, Hero, Card and Image blocks do not follow moved pages; check them after restructuring.
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Throw away a draft that went wrong Updated Markdown page
Discard removes the draft; the published layout is untouched.
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When an editor changed the shared layout by mistake Updated Markdown page
A change to Header / Footer or Prefooter shows on many pages; roll it back from the last export.
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Find forgotten drafts Updated Markdown page
exp:layouts list --drafts lists every open draft; open each and publish or discard.
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Hide a footer link for a while Updated Markdown page
Hide the Menu item in the content tree; the footer lists only what the visitor may see.
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Keep the site documentation current Updated Markdown page
After each change of menus, mappings or overrides, update the site guide written at planning time.
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A new section joins the header menu Updated Markdown page
Publish the section page, find its node ID, add it to MainMenuID[], clear Template & content.
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A monthly look at the caches Updated Markdown page
exp:cache list shows every cache; look for growth and make sure page caching still works.
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Move a header menu item to the front Updated Markdown page
Reorder the lines of MainMenuID[] in the administration, or exp:ini clear and add in the new order.
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Reuse last year's campaign Updated Markdown page
Import last year's export as a copy (--strategy=copy), change the texts, map it.