Finding and arranging pages

Pages are listed under Pages in the sidebar. Each other kind of content the site defines has its own sidebar item, named after it, such as Snippets. The page list has two views, and a button in the screen's header switches between them: Table in the tree view, and Tree in the table view. Pages opens on the tree view.

The tree view

The tree view shows pages in their hierarchy, with child pages nested beneath their parents. Use it to understand or change the structure of the site.

To move a page:

1. In Pages, in the tree view, find the page's row.
2. Grab the row by its handle, labeled Drag to move.
3. Drop the row in its new position. Dropping it onto another page moves it inside that page as a child.

The page's address changes to match its new position, and the address of every page inside it changes with it. The CMS records a redirect from each old address, so existing links continue to work. A notification reading "Moved" followed by the page title confirms the move.

A page with children has an arrow beside its handle. Clicking the arrow collapses that branch, and the collapsed row states how many pages it hides, for example "3 pages". The Collapse all button in the header collapses every branch and then reads Expand all. The panel remembers which branches are collapsed, so the tree looks the same on the next visit, and collapsed branches stay collapsed while other pages are dragged.

A page that has never been published is marked Draft. A page that was published and has since been withdrawn is marked Unpublished.

The tree does not show deleted pages. The Deleted pages button in the screen's header opens the table view listing them; see Deleted pages.

The table view

The table view is a flat list with no hierarchy, which can be sorted and searched. Use it to open a page whose name is known. The search box above the table matches the page's title and its slug (the last segment of its address). Clicking a column heading sorts the table by that column. The Status column shows one of Published, Changed, Scheduled, Unpublished or Draft.

Ticking rows in the table enables three bulk actions: Publish, Unpublish and Delete. Pages the action does not apply to, such as an already-published page with nothing new to publish, are skipped, and the notification states how many were skipped. While the table shows deleted pages, two more bulk actions appear: Restore selected and Delete permanently. They are described in Deleted pages.

Deleted pages

A deleted page is not removed from the database. It stops being served, answers 404, and is hidden from the table and the tree, but it keeps its version history, its address and its place in its translation group. While a deleted page exists, no other page can use its address, and no new translation can be created in its language. The table view lists deleted pages through its Deleted records filter.

Deleted pages can be listed from either view. From the tree view:

1. In the sidebar, select Pages (or the sidebar item of the kind of content that was deleted, such as Snippets).
2. In the tree view, in the screen's header, select Deleted pages.
3. The table view opens and lists only deleted pages.

From the table view:

1. In the sidebar, select Pages (or the sidebar item of the kind of content that was deleted). If the tree view opens, select Table in the screen's header.
2. In the table view, open the filter menu with the funnel button above the table.
3. In the filter menu, set Deleted records to Only deleted records, and close the menu. The table lists only deleted pages.

To restore a deleted page:

1. On the list of deleted pages, open the page's ⋮ row menu.
2. Select Restore, then Restore in the confirmation.
3. The notification reads Restored. The page is back with its version history and its publication state: a page that was published when it was deleted is served again at once.

The restored page's address is recomputed from its parent as the parent is now. When the parent was moved or renamed while the page was deleted, the page moves with it; when the parent is itself deleted, the page is restored at the top of the tree. When another page already uses the recomputed address, the CMS restores nothing and shows a notification naming that address and the page that holds it. Move or rename that page, then restore again.

To delete a deleted page permanently:

1. On the list of deleted pages, open the page's ⋮ row menu.
2. Select Delete permanently.
3. Read the confirmation. Permanent deletion cannot be undone. Select Delete permanently.
4. The notification reads Permanently deleted.

Permanent deletion removes the page and every one of its versions. Its address becomes free for a new page, and its language becomes free for a new translation. Pages inside it move to the top of the tree; their addresses change, and the CMS records a redirect from each old address. Menu items that linked to the page remain in their menus without a link, as they already were while the page was deleted. The page's translations in other languages are not affected.

A page that is not deleted cannot be deleted permanently in one step. Select Delete first; Delete permanently then appears on the deleted page.

Restore and Delete permanently are shown only to accounts permitted to delete content.

Searching the whole panel

The search box in the panel's top bar searches pages, snippets and every other kind of content at once, so the right screen does not have to be open first. It matches a title, a slug or a full address. Each result shows its Type and its Address (and its Language, on a multilingual site), which tells two pages with the same title apart. Clicking a result opens it for editing.

Shared regions

Some templates contain a shared region: an area of the page, such as a sidebar, that is filled once for the template and shown on every page built on it. On a page's edit screen, a shared region appears as a section marked with a Shared Region badge. Hovering over the badge shows an explanation.

The section is collapsed when the page opens. Expanded, it lists the blocks in the region instead of offering a block builder. To change those blocks:

1. On the page's edit screen, expand the section marked Shared Region.
2. Select Edit blocks. A panel slides in from the side of the screen; the page stays open behind it.
3. Edit the blocks.
4. Select Save & publish to publish the change, or Save as draft to keep it as a draft.

The change applies to every page that uses the template, not only to the page the panel was opened from. For that reason the slide-in panel has its own save buttons, separate from the page's.

The row menu

Every page has the same menu in both views, opened by the ⋮ button at the end of its row:

On a deleted page, the menu offers only Restore and Delete permanently.