Steps in Editing HTML Content

There are several ways to edit content.

from a web page after you log in

- Edit

- Edit in Context

from the Ektron CMS400.NET Workarea

Editing Content from a Web Page

Options for editing content from a Web page are illustrated below.

This table compares the editing options.

	Edit in Context	Edit
How editor is displayed	Within the page you are viewing	In new window
Editing functions	Only a few	Complete set
What you can update	Content only	Content plus all editor tabs (Summary, Metadata, etc.)
Types of content available	HTML only	HTML HTML forms XML Smart Forms
What you can do after editing	Submit/Publish	Check in Submit/Publish
Available from	Web Site Content Menu	Web Site Content Menu and Web Site Server Control Menu See Also: The Web Site Content Menu
For more information, see	Edit in Context	Edit Option

Edit in Context

The Web Site Edit in Context option offers content authors quick access and editing within a page. But it has a limited set of editing functions (listed below). See Also: Editing Content from a Web Page

To Edit in Context from a Web page, follow these steps.

Prerequisite: You have permission to edit the content See Also: Folder Permissions

1. Sign in to a Web site.

2. Browse to the content you want to edit.

3. Click Edit in Context from the menu.

4. The content opens within the page, as shown below.

5. Use the following table to help you edit and save the content.

Toolbar button/ menu option	Description	For more information, see
	Save changes and submit content to the approval chain Note: Unlike other edit options, the check-in button is not available.	Approve/Decline Content
	Undo checkout, discard your edits, and close the editor
	Spell check	Checking Spelling
	Add/remove a hypertext link	Using Hyperlinks
	Insert library item	Adding a Library File to Content
,	Apply bold or italic formatting
Right click menu options
	Cut selected text	Cut
	Copy selected text	Copy
	Paste text	Paste
	Paste text from Word	Copying from Microsoft Word
	Paste plain text
	Set Image Properties (appears when you select an image)	Editing an Image’s Properties

Note: System administrators can remove toolbar buttons by editing the C:\Program Files\Ektron\CMS400v8x\workarea\ContentDesigner\configurations
\InterfaceEditInContext.aspx file.

Note: The content block server control’s Suppresswrappertags property must be set to false.

Edit Option

The Web Site Edit option offers content authors full access to all editing functions.

To access the Edit Content screen from a Web page, follow these steps.

1. Sign in to the Web site.

2. Browse to the content you want to edit.

3. Click Edit from the menu.

4. The Edit Content in Folder screen appears. One of two editors may appear. See Also: Ektron CMS400.NET Editors

From here, you can

edit content. See a description of Table of Toolbar Buttons

create or edit a summary

specify metadata for the content

enter or update a comment

enter or update start and end dates

review and update Web Alert information

if aliasing is enabled and you are an alias administrator, an Alias tab appears

assign or change available Creating/Updating Templates

assign taxonomy categories

save changes

check in content

submit content for approval

publish content to the Web site

access the library

5. Edit the content. See Also: Toolbar Buttons

Or, you can choose a toolbar option or tab from the top of the Edit Content window. These options are described in Buttons on the Add Content Screen and Tabs on the Edit Content Screen.

Editing Content from the Workarea

To access the Edit Content screen from the Workarea, follow these steps.

1. Access the View Content screen for the folder that contains the content you want to edit, as described in Viewing Content.

2. Select View > Language then the language whose content you want to view.

3. Hover the cursor over the triangle () and click.

4. Select Edit from the menu.

5. The editor opens with the content block inserted. One of two editors may appear. See Also: Ektron CMS400.NET Editors

6. From the Edit Content window, you can