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Edit page content

To edit page content in TYPO3

  • Look for the button. Throughout the entire TYPO3 interface, the button indicates that content element is editable.
  • For content, you may often click on the text of the content or the header of the content as a shortcut.

Edit a page

To edit a page in TYPO3 (such as to create a new name or change the page type)

  • Right-click the page in the page tree
  • Select Edit Page Properties

Change page type

An occasion to change a page type may be when a page previously contained content but will now be a link to an external URL or vise-versa. To change the page type, begin to edit the page as normal

  1. Left-click on the page name in the page tree and select Edit Page Properties
  2. In the Type: section, select the desired page type
  3. Accept that the available fields will change by clicking OK
  4. Fill out the form options as applicable to the page type
  5. Save and close the page element

Change page name

To change the page name (OR URL segment), simply provide a new page name and/or URL segment.

After the change is published, you must clear branch cache for other pages to use the new link URL.

Open and recently used documents

 A list of current and recently-used contents are available to facilitate quickly finding items you need to edit. This tool displays the number of currently-open documents (these items appear as "the user <you>began to edit content on this page N minutes ago" until you close them).

To open a recent or current item,

  1. Click the  Open and Recently Used Documents button
  2. Select an element from the list to jump to the selected item

Do not select an item from the recently used list unless you have saved your current work in progress. TYPO3 does not auto-save work. Save early and save often.

To close a current item,

  1. Click the  Open and Recently Used Documents button
  2. Click the Close document button to close the selected item

Page Tree Filter

If the page you wish to edit is not in the list of recently used documents, the Page Tree filter may help you locate a page.

To use, simply begin typing in the filter box  and observe the page tree highlight pages matching your query, as shown below.

Query for Ne highlights News and News articles pages

Page tree indicators

TYPO3 draft workspace page tree

The colors/symbols used in the page tree carry significance. Specifically,

  • A red exclamation mark (1) indicates that another user is currently editing that page or page content. Hover your mouse cursor over the symbol to see who is editing the page or page content
  • A pale yellow background (2) indicates that the page content in the draft workspace differs from the live version. There may be work in progress or content that has been submitted for review/publishing
  • A pale gray background (3) indicates that the page in the draft workspace differs from the live version. There may be work in progress or content that has been submitted for review/publishing

Last updated: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 4:25:47PM

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