Content
Everything on a site that isn’t a product or a quote is managed under Content Management in the admin panel: the pages customers read, the blog, forms, and the files they use.
| Menu item | What it is for | Read |
|---|---|---|
| Pages | About, contact, landing pages, the front page | Pages |
| Posts | Blog articles | The blog |
| Post Categories | The blog’s topics | The blog |
| Reusable Blocks | A set of blocks you edit once and show in many places | Reusable blocks and merge tags |
| Media Library | Images and PDFs to pick into any upload field | File library |
| Forms | Contact and enquiry forms, and what people send through them | Forms |
The body of a page or post is built from blocks: a hero, some text, a row of cards, a form. Merge tags are the one content tool kept elsewhere, under System › Configuration › Content Management.
Who can use what
Section titled “Who can use what”| Screen | Roles |
|---|---|
| Pages, Posts, Post Categories, Reusable Blocks | Manager |
| Media Library | Manager, Catalog editor |
| Forms and form submissions | Manager |
| Merge tags | Manager |
Super admins can use everything. See Roles.
One piece of content, several sites
Section titled “One piece of content, several sites”You write a page once. It is not “on” a site because you created it there: each site has content rules that say which pages and posts it carries. So the same page can run on every site, and a change to it shows on all of them.
Publishing and availability are separate questions, and a page must pass both to be live:
- Status (on the page itself) applies everywhere. A draft is hidden on every site.
- Content rules (on each site) decide which sites show it.
When one site needs something different, you don’t copy the page:
| To change, for one site | Use |
|---|---|
| The title, slug or description | Override beside the field: see per-site wording |
| The address | Site Path Overrides: see URLs and redirects |
| Which blocks show | The globe button on a block: see Blocks |
| Search engine title and description | SEO templates |
| Banners and sidebars | Widgets |
| The frame around the content | Templates and layouts |