North Dakota State University

There are several techniques you can use to move pages or content. You can choose your favorite.

A quick way to move any type of record (contents or pages) is to use the List module.

1. Select the List module
2. From the Pagetree, select the page that contains the element you want to move
3. Click the   button
   If you don't see this button, check the Extended view checkbox and then click the move button
4. In the Move Element screen, position the element by
   1. if moving to another page, click that page from the pagetree below Select position of the element (not from the Pagetree column!)
   2. click the desired position pointer
5. Save and publish the records as usual

To move a page to a new location in the page tree

1. Click and hold the page button  for the page you want to move
2. Drag the page to the new location
   
   Blue lines appear to assist with positioning the page.
   
   • If the blue line highlights a page title when you release the mouse button, the page you are moving will move beneath the blue highlighted page, becoming a child of that page
     
     This page move will result in Multimedia being the first sub-page, or child page, of Form. It will be appear before Thanks, at the same hierarchical tree level as Thanks.
     
     
   • If the blue line is a very fine horizontal line between two pages when you release the mouse button, the page you are moving will move to the same position as the blue horizontal line.
     
     This page move will result in Multimedia being located between Departments and Demo, at the same hierarchical tree level as both.
     
     
   • You cannot move a page as a child of itself
     
3. Release the mouse button
4. Save and publish the page as usual

To move a page to a new location in a page

1. Using either the Page or List module, click the up/down button
   • If using the List module, verify that the Extended View checkbox is selected
   • Refer to the graphics below that highlight the up/down buttons
2. Repeat until the content element is in the correct position
3. Save and publish the contents as usual

See missing pages from pagetree in Right Answers (link only works on campus).

For standard authors and publishers, moving content or pages between workspaces is not possible at this time.