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Viewing Content from the Workarea

1. Navigate to the folder that contains the content, as explained in Viewing a Folder.

2. To change the type of content being displayed, click View then select a type.

3. If your system supports more than one language, you can view only content in any language via the View > Language menu option (illustrated below).

4. Hover the cursor over the content, click the triangle (), and select View from the dropdown menu.

Alternatively, click the content’s title.

5. The View Content screen appears.

After selecting content, you may have the following options.

Your options depend on your permissions and the content's status.

Button or Tab

Name

Description

For more information, see

Properties tab

Content Properties

View the content’s properties

Properties

Content tab

View Content

Displays content

 

Summary tab

Edit Summary

Edit content’s summary

Working with Content Summary

Metadata tab

Edit Metadata

Edit content’s metadata

Working with Metadata

Alias tab

Edit Alias

View and edit the content item’s primary alias

View all secondary aliases

Manual Aliasing

Comment tab

View Comment

View comments on changes made when editing content.

This comment also appears on the View Content and Content History screens. Use it to help distinguish one version from another.

 

Tasks tab

Add/edit tasks

Add or edit tasks for this content

Assigning and Reviewing Tasks

Web Alerts tab

Add/edit Web Alerts

Add or edit Web Alerts for this content

Administering the Web Alert Feature

Templates tab

Add/edit Templates

The template currently assigned to the content.

Creating/Updating Templates

Category tab

Add/edit Taxonomy Category

Any taxonomy categories currently assigned to the content.

Only appears if at least one Taxonomy is applied to the folder in which the content resides.

Taxonomy

Numbers on the View Categories Screen

Edit Content

Open content for editing

Editing HTML Content

View History

View older versions of content; restore older version

Viewing and Restoring Previous Content

View Published

Displays content as it is currently published

 

View Difference

Compares current and earlier versions of content

Comparing Versions of Content

Delete

Delete content

Deleting a Single Content Item

 View permissions View and edit permissions for content Setting Permissions for Content
View approvals View and possibly edit the content's approval chain Editing an Approval Chain For Content

Link search

Find all content with Quicklinks to this content

Link Checking

Add Task

Attach a task to content

Creating a Task via the View Content Screen

View Analytics View Analytics for this content Viewing Page-Level Analytics from the Workarea
View Content Reports

Displays the content item's

rating and reviews

messages

flags

Content Review

MessageBoard Server Control

Flagging

Edit Properties View and edit content's Content Searchable check box and flagging definitions The Content Searchable Field

Flagging

Return

Go back to previous menu

 

Export for translation Copy content to XLIFF files that can be submitted to a translation agency Using the Language Export Feature

View (language)

View

If you can view content in more than one language, select a language from the drop down list.

 

Add

-select language-

Add

-select language-

Lets you copy current content into a new item and translate it to selected language.

Translating Content to Another Language

Properties

The content properties screen contains information about the content.

Field

Description

Content Title

The title assigned to the content

Content ID

The ID number assigned to the content. The ID number is used to retrieve content from a database.

Content language

The content’s language

Status

The current status of the content. See Also: Content Statuses

Last User to Edit

The last user to edit this content

Last Edit Date

When the content was last edited

Start Date

When the content will go live on the Web site

End Date

When the content will be removed from the Web site

Action on End Date

What happens to the content when its end date and time are reached. See Also: Setting Archive Options

Date Created

When the content was created

Approval Method

Whether all approvers must sign off on content before it is published; managed by your system administrator. See Also: The Approval Method

Approvals

The users in the approval chain for this content. See Also: Approve/Decline Content

Smart Form Configuration

The Smart Form applied to the content. This is typically managed by your system administrator. See Also: Working with Smart Forms

Template

The template currently assigned to the content. This is typically managed by your system administrator. See Also: Creating/Updating Templates

Path

The folder path to the content’s folder. A slash (\) represents the Content folder.

Rating

Ektron CMS400.NET provides a Content Rating feature that lets site visitors rate any content item on a scale of 1 to 10. If this feature is enabled for the content item, the average numerical rating appears. See Also: Content Rating

Content Searchable

True appears if the content can be found when someone searches your Web site.

However, even if content is not searchable, the Workarea Advanced search still finds it. See Also: The Advanced Search Tab


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