Moving and Renaming Pages

Authors and publishers can both move pages. Pages can be relocated under a different parent in the author environment, or 'moved' to a new name even in the same location.

• UNPUBLISHED PAGES
  
  • Non-publishers can move or delete any page that is not activated. There are no side effects to this activity.
• PUBLISHED PAGES
  
  • Publishers can move any page that is activated.  There are no side effects to this activity. Any published page that is moved or renamed must be reactivated to avoid creating broken references on the publishers.
    
  • Non-publishers should NOT attempt to move an activated page. They are permitted to do so by the UBCMS, but the page will only be moved in author and not in the published version. The published version will now be orphaned, and intervention will be needed to affect future changes (see Known Issue).

A page title is not the same as the page's name.

• The title is displayed at the top of the browser window, in site navigation, in search and list returns, and by title components on that page.
• The name is the file name, the unique identification used to identify the page in the UBCMS. The name shows in the page's URL and is used by any links to that page.
  

Change a page's title by editing the Page Properties.

1. Open Page: right click the page in the List View, or use the sidekick in edit view.
2. Edit the Title field.
3. Click OK.
4. Re-activate the page if it is published.
5. You may need to refresh the List View to see the change appear.

A page name is not the same as the page's title.

• The name is the file name, the unique identification used to identify the page in the UBCMS. The name shows in the page's URL and is used by any links to that page. 
• The title is displayed at the top of the browser window, in site navigation, in search and list returns, and by title components on that page.

To rename a page, you must "move" it to a new page name.

1. If in the Websites console, select the page you want to move in the List View.
   (If you are already editing the page, Move will affect this current page.)
   
2. If in the Websites console, click the Move… button, or right-click and select Move.
   (If in the Sidekick, click the Move Page button.)
   
3. A dialog box will appear.
   
4. For Destination, leave as is (the location is not changing).
5. For Rename To, adjust to the new name.
   
6. Take note of the table showing all references to this page.
   
   • You will only be shown references for pages that you can view.
     
   • Adjust checkboxes are preselected - these links will automatically be adjusted for you.
   • Republish checkboxes are NOT preselected. You must decide which of these pages will be automatically activated. PLEASE BE VERY CAREFUL WITH YOUR CHOICES.
7. Click Move.
8. You will be asked 'Do you really want to move the page to the selected destination?' Click Yes.

To change the natural sort order of child pages under the same parent page, you can always drag and drop a page up/down the websites view (i.e. within the same 'folder'). You will be asked to confirm the new order.  This structure is also shown in the navigation on the left side of your pages.

To move a child page from under one parent page to another, use the Move tool in the websites toolbar, or in the Sidekick.

You can only move a page under an existing parent page. If that parent page does not yet exist, you will have to create it first – see Creating a New Page.

1. If in the Websites console, select the page you want to move in the List View.
   (If you are already editing the page, Move will affect this current page.)
   
2. If in the Websites console, click the Move… button, or right-click and select Move.
   (If in the Sidekick, click the Move Page button.)
   
3. A dialog box will appear.
   
4. For Destination, click the magnifying glass then find and select the name of the new parent page.
5. For Rename To, adjust the final name if desired.
   
6. Take note of the table showing all references to this page.
   
   • You will only be shown references for pages that you can view.
     
   • Adjust checkboxes are preselected - these links will automatically be adjusted for you.
   • Republish checkboxes are NOT preselected. You must decided which of these pages will be automatically activated. PLEASE BE VERY CAREFUL WITH YOUR CHOICES.
7. Click Move.
8. You will be asked 'Do you really want to move the page to the selected destination?' Click Yes.
   

By default, all child pages are listed in the parent’s navigation (left sidebar, dropdown, etc).

To change a page’s presence in the navigation, you adjust that page’s Page Properties.

There’s a setting called Navigation Options with options to “Hide in Lists” and another to “Hide in Navigation.”

To change the label applied to a page, you change its main Title in the Page Properties.

To change how its title appears in navigation, you change its Navigation Title.

You can also change the image that appears in a list by embedding an image in the Image tab, and change the default teaser descriptive text by adding different text into the Description box (adding a blank space is like adding a blank in alt text).

To change the natural sort order of child pages under the same parent page, just drag and drop a page up/down the Websites List View (i.e. within the same 'folder'). You will be asked to confirm the new order.  This structure is also shown in the navigation on the left side of your pages.

• Non-publishers should NOT attempt to move an activated page. They are permitted to do so by the UBCMS, but the page will only be moved in author and not in the published version. The published version of that page will now be orphaned, and intervention will be needed to affect future changes (see Known Issue). Also, any links TO that page will now be broken on other published pages.