Here are some tips to help you enter content quicker throughout the site:
We suggest that while you're entering content to keep two website browsers opened side by side. One browser contains the backend page that you're updating and the other contains the front end page. Doing this will allow you to refresh the live site in order to see if you like the changes you're making in the backend.
Quickly update modules in the front end of the site by doing the following:
When selected the entry in the backend will open up in order for you to make your edit.
When saving an open entry, rather than clicking the "Save" button at top, we recommend you select "Command + S" on your keyboard. This will apply the newly made edit and still keep you on the entry page. If you hit the actual "Save" button then the entry will save, but you'll be kicked back out to the list of pages once the entry is saved, which can get annoying if you still have more edits to make.
If you need to make a new page that's similar to one that already exists we recommend doing the following in order to save time:
Update the "Title" and "Slug" of the new entry. Don't forget to update that "Slug" as it's easy to forget to do.
Once the "Title" and "Slug" are updated hit the "Save" button in the top right hand corner of the entry.
When referencing a local URL within a button, in-line link, etc. refrain from copying the entire URL which includes the homepage part of the link. For example, say you want to link to the "Lorem Ipsum" page on the "Sit Amet" page through a button. Rather than pasting this URL in the backend "https://sitename.com/lorem-ipsum" you would past in this URL "/lorem-ipsum"
If you make a change to a page and wish that you hadn't, you can click on the "Current" dropdown next to the page title. This will bring up a list of versions of the page that were previously saved. If you click on the version that you want to revert to the entry will update with the previously saved content. To apply the chance click the "Revert entry to this version" button in gray in the upper right hand corner and you'll commit the change to the entry.
In order to preview a newly created or edited entry select the "Share" button with the arrow next to it rather than clicking on "Live Preview". You can also select the little "Globe/World" Icon next to a page name or asset on the Entries or Assets overview pages.
To reference a PDF, Excel/Word Doc, etc. via a link on the site you need to upload it to the "Assets -> Downloads" section of Craft.
In order to quickly pull the URL to place in a Hyperlink field all you have to do is click the little "Globe/World" Icon in the row of the PDF and copy and paste everything past the website URL homepage.
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NOTE: If you're not seeing the little "Globe/World" Icon on the Assets overview page then do the following:
Save
If an asset has been updated or needs to also be updated on the site you can quickly do so by doing the following (NOTE: For this to work be sure to keep the name the same as the existing asset):
The asset will automatically be replaced anywhere it's referenced in the backend of the site and thus will appear as the new asset in the frontend
Below are some things at the module level that can help speed up your page editing and creation process.
Sometimes you might already have a module on your page that you want to repeat further down the page, but with new copy, images, etc. Rather than adding a blank module and resetting all of the "Advanced" settings you can instead "Copy" it. In order to do this follow the steps below:
If applicable, move the module to where you want it to appear on the page or keep it at the bottom if that's what you're after.
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Similar to the above, sometimes you might already have a module on a page that you want to repeat and change the content of, but you want it to appear on a new page or an already existing page. Rather than adding a blank module on your new/other page and resetting all of the "Advanced" settings you can instead "Clone" it. In order to do this follow the steps below:
If applicable, move the module to where you want it to appear on the page or keep it at the bottom if that's what you're after.
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Sometimes after you've duplicated a page there might be a slew of Modules that you want to keep and some that you don't. In order to quickly delete multiple modules at once you can do the following:
If an "Are You Sure..." pop-up appears select "Yes"
You can easily collapse and expand a stack of modules on a page in the backend by doing the following (this is helpful when reordering modules or if you have a really tall stack of them):
To expand all of the images do the same as steps 1–4, but in the dropdown select "Expand" instead
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