Collections Wizard

Please Note
If you intend to delete a file from the file manger then you must make sure that it is not selected in the Content Browser. If the file is selected in the content browser then first use the content browser to select another image or delete the entry. If you do not remove the link to the file you delete then the render process will not render you page correctly.

Adding a new collection.

  1. First prepare the image so that it is in a supported format.

  2. Go to the file manager to upload the image into the correct folder.

  3. Now go to the content browser.

  4. From the wizards section click collections wizard.

  5. One the first screen of the wizard choose image/video/document based on the content type of the collection. Then choose the correct Collection Group Name. Now click next.

  6. Now choose New Collection for the collection name and then enter a Name for the new collection.

  7. Now click next.

  8. Next choose the folder that you uploaded the files into, then click next.

  9. Check the the details are correct and click finish, on the next screen click close.

  10. Now make any changes to the individual items via the instructions below.

  11. The changes will appear on your website the next time that you do a render.

Adding a new item to an existing collection.

  1. First prepare the image so that it is in a supported format.

  2. Go to the file manager to upload the image into the correct folder.

  3. Now go to the content browser.

  4. From the wizards section click collections wizard.

  5. One the first screen of the wizard chooseimage/video/document based on the content type of the collection. Then choose the correct Collection Group Name. Now click next.

  6. Now choose the correct collection name from the drop down list.

  7. Now click next.

  8. Next choose the folder that you uploaded the files into, then click next.

  9. Check the the details are correct and click finish, on the next screen click close.

  10. Now make any changes to the individual items via the instructions below.

  11. The changes will appear on your website the next time that you do a render.

Editing a collection item.

  1. Go to the content browser. Double Click on collections in the navigation tree.

  2. You will now see a list of sub items. Double Clickon required collection group.

  3. Now is a list of the different galleries.

  4. Double click on the gallery you wish to edit.

  5. You will now see a list of all the items in this gallery.

  6. Locate the item you wish to edit. Single click on it and choose edit block. If you wish to remove an item Single click on it and choose remove block

  7. The edit block window will now load. Make the required changes

  8. Once you have finished click Write. A green tick will appear when the data has finished being wrote to the database.

  9. Repeat this process for each item you want to edit.

  10. The next time you do a Render these items will be updated on your website.

Deleting a collection item.

  1. First go to the file manger and delete the image from the appropriate folder.

  2. Now go to the content browser.

  3. From the wizards section click collections wizard.

  4. One the first screen of the wizard chooseimage/video/document based on the content type of the collection. Then choose the correct Collection Group Name. Now click next.

  5. Now choose the correct collection name from the drop down list.

  6. Now click next.

  7. Next choose the folder that contains the files for this collection

  8. Ensure that Remove Existing Deleted Files is set to Yes, then click next.

  9. Check the the details are correct and click finish, on the next screen click close.

  10. The changes will appear on your website the next time that you do a render.