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.

See Screen Sample

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).

See Screen Sample

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

See Screen Sample

Alternatively, click the content’s title.

5. The View Content screen appears.

Learn about Options on the View Content Screen

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

Learn about Properties of the View Content Screen

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