Section Manager

-- Draft 4.5.3

The Section Manager shows a list of the Sections defined on your site.

Toolbar Icons

Select sections by clicking the checkbox at the start of each row.

Publish and Unpublish: : Click the 'Publish' or 'Unpublish' icon to publish or unpublish any number of selected Sections. You may check multiple checkboxes.

Copy: Opens a new ‘Copy Section’ window where you can choose to copy the specific Categories belonging to that Section and *all their Content Items* to a new Section to create. The Categories copied –as well as the Content Items– will keep the same name.

Delete: Lets you delete the section chosen. An Alert will pop up to let you confirm this choice. This action can't be performed if the Section contains Categories. In this last case, you would have to delete the Categories first.

Edit : Edit an existing section parameters.

New : Create a new Section.

Filters

From left to right:
Search a Section by name.
State: displays depending on Publish or Unpublished state.
Access: displays depending on the type of user access level.

Column Descriptions

Clicking on any title will order the items according to the title clicked.

Check Box/Padlock: Click this to select the item. A padlock icon will replace the Check Box if the item is checked-out. Clicking on it will check-in the item on an individual basis. If this item has been checked out by another manager/administrator, please contact the administrator of your site for him/her to Check-in the item. When checked, clicking the Toolbar Icons will perform the various actions available.

Section Name: This is the name of a section. Click the name to edit the section parameters. A padlock icon next to it shows that it is checked-out. To check-in, click the name to edit ,

Published: Whether a section is published or not. Click the icon to change the state.

Reorder : This shows the order of Sections in the list. Click the arrow icons to move the item up or down.

Order : Shows the order of Sections in the list. You may change it by editing 2 # conjointly and clicking on the ‘Save Order’ icon next to the Column Heading ‘Order’.
Note: the new ordering has an effect when Sections lists are provided in the Frontend of your site.

Access: This is the User access level.

ID: This is the ID for each section as defined in the database.

At the bottom of the list you may see a pagination feature, which will allow you to navigate to the next set of items in the list. You can also set the number of items displayed on a page by selecting the number in the drop down box at the bottom of the screen.