The page editor

The page editor appears, when you open a page in the Offline project. Moreover, you can open it from any other workplace app via the quick launch menu.

In the page editor, the toolbar looks as shown in Fig. [Page Editor Toolbar].

Clicking the Add content opens the gallery dialog and shows a list of all possible content types that can be added to the current container page. Content types are grouped in element views, which can be changed via the dialog's drop-down menu.

This dialog enables the content editor to create new content and also to retrieve existing contents. In order to create a new content, the preferred content type is dragged onto the page and a new instance of that type is created internally.

While dragging an element, all sections are highlighted where the element can be dropped:

In order to reuse existing content, click on the Add content icon , select one or more resource types and click on the results tab. If you want results from only one type, you can also simply click on that type. All elements displayed can be dragged onto the page. You can refine your search by selecting single or multiple criteria in each tab (Types, Categories, Folders and Advanced). A click on the results button will refresh the result list containing all contents matching your given criteria.

When hovering above the edit point  of an element the optionbar becomes visible. Offering the following options.

To remove an element from the page, click on the remove  option. A dialog will be shown asking you to confirm this action.

This will not delete the element content but will only remove the reference to it from this page.

In case there are no other pages referencing this content element, the remove dialog will offer to completley delete the element.

This dialog can be configured to

• offer the delete option preselected (default)
• offer the delete option not preselected
• not to offer the delete option
• always delete without asking

This is done by editing the configuration file '/WEB-INF/config/opencms-workplace.xml' in the RFS. Add the element <element-delete-mode> as last element with one of the following values: [askDelete,askKeep,alwaysKeep,alwaysDelete].

By clicking on the on the Clipboard icon  in the toolbar you can access your personal favorites and a list of elements you have recently used. You can directly add content from the clipboard to your page by drag & drop.

You can add a content element to your favorites by using the  Add to favorites option shown when hovering over the element's edit point.

By selecting the Context menu  icon from the toolbar you can select the following options.

The page info dialog shows additional metadata alongside some general information about the container page, including: the page’s title, its resource type, file size, resource state (new, changed, deleted, etc.) and the information about who and when the page was created. Moreover, it shows the last modification date and the project the page belongs to. The language and the permissions the current user has are display also.

Furthermore, you get information about the elements used on the page and the resources that link to the page.

Container page elements can be grouped in views by their type. If elements are not in the view you currently work in, edit points on the elements are hidden and also the Add content does not provide the option to add such elements.

The context menu option "Element view" is only shown if more than one such view is available (and non-empty with respect to the available content types). Each user can also choose his default element view via the user preferences.

Besides via the context menu, the element view can also be switched in the Add content dialog. In that dialog an additional element view "System elements" is shown. By default it holds all the content types exposed by the OpenCms core.

Here you can learn more about element views, in particular how to configure them.

By selecting the Availability option from the context menu you can set several options concerning the container page’s online visibility.

Dates can be set by keyboard input or by using the calendar widget that appears when the date field is clicked.

The Lock report dialog displays the locking state for the current page. If the current page has been locked by another user you can retrieve information about the user and the according project here. This dialog is also able to consider inherited locks.

This dialog offers a mask that enables the content manager to set the most relevant properties for SEO of a container page, meaning: Title, Description and Keywords. Additionally it is possible to define aliases for the page. As for rewrite rules you can choose between sending a temporary redirect (302 returned) or sending a permanent redirect (301) or just show the page (200). Already set aliases are displayed below. Learn more on SEO options here.

By selecting the user info icon The icon is different from user to user and can be replaced by an image that is loaded up by the user. from the toolbar you can access the following options:

Here you can adjust several OpenCms settings according to your needs. Usually it is sufficient to adjust settings in the "Basic preferences" tab and to use the "Account" tab to change your password.

The "Extended preferences" allow many more configurations - but most of them you may not need. Here you can get more information on how to configure the available preferences.