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Publish, Unpublish, Move, or Delete ItemsPublish, Unpublish, Move, or Delete Items

You can move, delete, or publish/unpublish exhibit items in bulk or on an individual basis. For instance, you can move multiple items from one exhibit to a different exhibit or into a section; or you may want to unpublish an outdated item in an exhibit. 

Bulk Manage Content in an Exhibit or Section

  1. Select Pages in the administrator sidebar, then the title of the exhibit. 
    The Pages menu selected in the sidebar, with an exhibit selected from the list.
  2. Checkboxes will appear to the left of the items and sections in the exhibit. (Items are marked with “Exhibit item page” in the Type column and sections are marked with “Exhibit section page.”) Select the checkboxes next to the items or sections that you'd like to move, delete, publish, or unpublish.
    Checkboxes selected next to two items in an exhibit's contents list, with a Move, Delete, Publish, and Unpublish toolbar at the bottom of the screen.
  3. Select the desired action from the menu at the bottom of the page. The menu appears after at least one row is selected.         
  4. Confirm the action on the following screen.

If you want to manage items within a section, first select the arrow to the right of the section to reach that section's items, then select the checkboxes as described above.  

Manage an Individual Item or Section

Navigate to an item or section in the exhibit contents list as above and hover over the row's three-dot More options menu.   

The three-dot More options menu open for an item, with options including Edit, View draft, View live, Move, Copy, Delete, Unpublish, History, and Sort menu order.

To publish an item:

  1. Select Edit from the item's menu.
  2. Then, on the item edit page, expand the Save draft menu at the bottom and select Publish.

To unpublish an item:

  1. Select Unpublish. This option will show up in the menu for currently published items.
  2. Confirm the action on the subsequent screen.

Move an item:

  1. Select Move from the item's menu.
  2. On the next page, expand the three-dot menu and select Choose another page.The "New parent page" field showing the item's current exhibit, with its three-dot menu open and "Choose another page" indicated as the option to select.
  3. Select the title of the exhibit to which you’d like to move the item. (If moving to a section, first select the arrow to the right of the containing exhibit and then select the title of the section.)        
    An exhibit selected as the new parent page for the item being moved.
  4. Select the Confirm button, then Yes, Move This Page.

Copy an item so it appears in multiple locations:

  1. Select Copy from the item's menu. (If copying an item from within a section, first select the arrow to the right of the section, then select Copy from the item's menu.)
  2. On the next page, enter a New title and New slug for the duplicate item. If you're copying to a different exhibit or section, you can generally keep the existing slug. If you're copying the item to the same exhibit/section it's currently in, give it a new slug so it gets a unique URL.
  3. By default, the New parent page field shows the original item's current location. To copy to a different exhibit or section instead, select the three-dot menu next to the parent page and select Choose another page.
  4. If you're copying a published item, select Publish copied page to publish the copy as well; leave it unchecked to create the copy as a draft. This option doesn't appear when copying a draft item; the copy is created as a draft automatically.
  5. To keep the copy updated with future changes to the original, select Alias.
  6. Select Copy this page.

The Copy page for an item, showing New title, New slug, New parent page, Publish copied page, and Alias fields.

Copy a section:

You may also copy a section in a similar manner. To copy a section, select its three-dot menu on its parent exhibit page. A page with options like the above will display, including a few extra options specific to exhibits/sections; you can generally leave them as is:

  • Copy subpages will be checked automatically and indicates that items contained within the exhibit/section should be included; leave this checked to bring over all items.
  • Publish copies will publish any of those pages that are currently published in the original location; you can leave this unchecked to create drafts or you can check this if you’d like to publish those items right away.

To copy a whole exhibit, select its three-dot menu on the exhibit site's main contents page and follow the prompts and tips for sections above.

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