Editing Other Assets

When editing assets in the Easy Edit Suite that are not Standard Pages, Files, Images or News Items, such as an Asset Listing Page or an Asset Builder, the Details, Metadata, Workflow, Linking and URLs screens are available, as shown in the figure below.

The screens available for other assets

You can use these screens to configure the general settings of the asset. Please note that the Easy Edit Suite does not support the editing of content of these asset types and these assets should be configured using the administration interface. For more information, refer to the Administration Interface chapter in the Concepts manual.

In this chapter, we will discuss the Details screen for other assets. For more information on the Metadata, Workflow, Linking and URLs screens, refer to the relevant Screen chapters in this manual.

Details Screen

The Details screen allows you to view and change the current status and name of the asset. Please note that the options on this screen are similar to those on the Details screen of a Standard Page in the backend. For more information, refer to the Details Screen chapter in the Asset Screens manual.

The Details screen is shown in the figure below.

The Details screen

Status

This section shows the current Status of the asset and allows you to change its Status. The following fields are available:

• Current: this field displays the current status of the asset. For example, in the figure below, the Status of the asset is Archived.

  
  The Archived Status

• View Future Status: this button will open the Future Status settings, allowing you to schedule a Future Status change for the Standard Page at a specified date and time. For more information, refer to the Editing a Standard Page chapter in this manual.
• Change: to change the Status of the asset, select the appropriate status from the list provided. The options available depend on the current Status of the asset, what permissions you have and whether or not Workflow is applied. For example, if the asset is currently Under Construction and you have Admin Permission, the available options are Approve and Make Live and Archive. If there is Workflow applied to the asset then the available options are Apply for Approval and Archive.

  Tip: You cannot change the Status of an asset if the current Status is Pending Approval, as Workflow is in progress.

• Cascade Status Change: check this box to cascade the Status change to all child assets.

  Tip: To cascade the current Status of the asset to its child assets, click Cascade Status Change and click Save. For example, if the asset is Live but the child assets of the asset are Under Construction, to make them all Live, click Cascade Status Change and click Save.

For more information on the Statuses available within Squiz Matrix, refer to the Squiz Matrix Concepts chapter in the Concepts manual.

Names

This section allows you to change the name of the asset. The following fields are available:

• Page Name: enter a name for the asset. By default, the name that was entered when the asset was first created will appear in this field.
• Page Short Name:  enter a short name for the asset. The Page Short Name is shown in the Asset Map on the backend and can be different to the asset's Page Name. By default, the name that was entered when the asset was first created will appear in this field.

Thumbnail

This section allows you to assign a thumbnail to the Standard Page. This thumbnail can then be used within the content of your Site.

In the Set Thumbnail field, select an Image or Thumbnail asset to assign as the thumbnail for the Standard Page. For more information, refer to the Editing a Standard Page chapter in this manual.  

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