# Managing CliDEsc structure ## Page types There are many different types of pages in the CliDEsc Application, each with its own functionality and purpose. By now you already know how to create a basic page. It is also possible to change a page from one page type to another. ## Different page types and their functions * **Page** - The most basic page type. It contains content, and has no customised functionality or special purpose. Most pages you create on your site will be of this type. * **ClassicViewPage** - This page is for displaying and running Product Generators. Only one of these pages should be created at a time. * **MapViewPage** - Displays stations on a map to run Product Generators. Only one of these pages should be created at a time. * **FavouriteHolderPage** - Allows users to favourite and display Product Generators. Only one of these pages should be created at a time. * **ProfilePage** - This allows users to edit their profile details. Only one of these pages should be created at a time. * **CataloguePage** - When a Product Generator is run it will create a catalogue page automatically. Creating a Catalogue page on its own will have no pre-generated content or relation to a Product Generator. * **CatalogueHolderPage** - The container page for all catalogue pages to list them in a single page. Only one of these pages should be created at a time. * **Error Page** - The page displayed when an error is produced by the website. Error pages can be created for individual error types, so for example, a 404 "Page not found" can look different from a 403 "Forbidden" page. * **Redirector to another page** - This page on the website redirects the user to either another page on the same website, or a page on an external website. * **Virtual Page** - A virtual page uses the content of another page. This is different from a redirector, as a redirector essentially links one location on the website to another, while a virtual page copies the content of the other page. Editing the page the virtual page is based on will, in turn, edit the copied virtual page. > Note that some pages are generated by default when CliDEsc is installed for the first time. ### Changing an existing page type To change a page type, look in the Pages pane for the page you wish to change. Click on it, and head to the "Settings" tab in the editing pane. You can change the page type from the "Page type" drop-down menu. Save your changes by pressing "Save Draft" or "Save & Publish" in the actions menu at the bottom of the editing pane. ### Moving pages within the site To move a page within the site, make sure you are in the "Pages" pane (selected from the navigation on the left side of the screen). You can move a page by clicking on it in the "page tree", and dragging it to its new position in the website. Once a page has been moved the draft site will display the new location. Each page which is moved will need to be published in order for it to appear in the new location on the live site. ### Hiding pages To hide a page, look in the Pages pane for the page you wish to hide. Click on it, and head to the "Settings" tab in the editing pane. You can remove your site from being listed in your site's navigation bar by removing the checkmark next to "Show in menus." You can remove your site from being listed in search results by removing the checkmark next to "Show in search." After you have made these changes, hit the "Save & Publish" button in the actions menu at the bottom of the editing pane. ### Archiving pages #### Archiving individual pages Any page in the CliDEsc Administration can be archived, which removes it from both the staging and live sites, but retains the page in the internal version history. To archive a page, look in the Pages panel for the page you wish to remove. Click on it, and you will see a "More Actions" option in the actions panel at the bottom. * "Unpublish" will remove the page from the live site, but leave it on draft. * "Archive" will remove the site both from live and draft simultaneously, but leave the page version history intact. #### Archiving multiple pages To archive or unpublish multiple pages, you can use the bulk action tool on the "Pages" pane. This can be accessed either by clicking "Pages" in the main menu or "Edit Tree" when editing a page. From the "Actions" drop-down menu at the top of the "Pages" pane, choosing "Archive" or "Unpublish". Available pages for the select action will have a checkbox disabled beside them. Select any number of pages, and then press "Go" to perform the selected action. ### Previous versions of pages #### Viewing previous versions Click on the page you want to view a previous version of in the "Page" pane's "Page Tree". Click on it, and head to the "History" tab in the editing pane. Click on any of the listed versions to look at the content of the page. If you want to view draft versions of pages as well as published versions, click the "Show unpublished versions" checkbox. #### Comparing page versions To compare two versions of the site, click on "Compare mode (select two)" and click on one version of the site, and then another version of the site. Items that have been added to the site in the newer version that were not in the older version will be highlighted in green, while items that were deleted from the older version will be highlighted in red, with a strikethrough through any text that was deleted. #### Rolling back changes To revert to a previous version, select the version you with to revert the page back to, and click on "Revert to this version" in the editing pane. > When a page is rolled back to the previous version, it is only rolled back in the CliDEsc Administration as a draft. To show the rolled back page on the public-facing website, it needs to be published by pressing "Save and Publish." ### Searching for pages To search for a page, enter your search into the "Content" entry form in the page "filter" panel. The default search mode is by text, and you can type any text to search your pages for that text. Pressing search will show only positive results in the Page Tree on the "Pages" pane. Search results will remain the only items in the Page Tree until the "Clear" button is pressed. You can also search by different criteria, including: * "Date" to select modified date * "Page Type" which is a dropdown of all the page types * "Pages" which includes the following filters: * All pages * All pages, including archived * Archived pages * Changed pages * Draft pages * Live but removed from draft * Modified pages * Published pages ### Publishing multiple pages To publish multiple pages, you can follow the same steps as in the archiving multiple pages step. When viewing the tree, select "Publish" from the batch actions dropdown. Check all the pages you want to publish, and then click the go button next to the drop-down.