3 Article head
The article head holds the above-the-fold content, such as the headline, byline, introduction, and an optional basic aside.
The article head content is not version-controlled, but any changes made to it are immediately visible. That means that if changes to these need to be made as a result of a new version of the article body, release the new version, then immediately update the head content. Article headers scale with the width of the page, so their elements stay in the same spatial relationship to each other and will not suddenly wrap around at narrow widths.
If requiring a complete version of an article for saving in a records management system, save as a single self-contained file which many browsers offer, or print to a PDF file, though the latter may disable live links or other functionality .
Any changes made on this page will take effect immediately.
Navigation bar△
Descriptions of the navigation bar items.
# | Area | Description |
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a | Owner path | Article owner hierarchy as jumps to their listing in the Access section of the |
b | Phase details | Various details of the current phase. Only shown if the article is being edited |
Owner path△
The article body navigation bar provide jumps to the pages for it and its hierarchy of owners.
# | Name | Description |
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1 | Subsite | Owning subsite identifier as a jump to its entry in the Access section in the |
2 | Category | Owning category identifier as a jump to its entry in the Access section in the |
3 | Article | Article identifier as a jump to its entry in the Access section in the |
Phase details△
The article body navigation bar holds the details of the current phase.
# | Name | Description |
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1 | Phase | Current editing phase as a jump to the article's entry in the In-progress section of the |
2 | Locale | Locale being processed by the current phase. Only shown if an editing or review phase |
3 | User ID | User identifier of the person assigned the current phase. If not an editing or review phase, Manager is shown |
4 | Due | Duration in which the task is expected to be completed. Only shown if an editing or review phase |
Details△
This section describes the basic information for managing an article.
# | Name | Description |
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1 | Subtype | Subtype of article. One of Article, Navigation, Procedure or Test. Not displayed for subsite-specific articles |
2 | Headline | Headline for the article as a link to the latest release. Analogous to a newspaper headline as a short catchphrase to get attention. Cannot be changed if the resulting article identifier derived from it is the same as for an existing article |
3 | Navigation | Short version of the |
4 | Byline | Analogous to a newspaper byline that qualifies or extends the |
5 | Introduction | Plain text introduction of what the article is about. Also used to provide text about the article on various pages |
6 | Author | Full name of the writer of the current article. Used instead of the site and subsite |
7 | Signature | Whether the article is listed at the top of an alphabetically-sorted Category page. Checking disables |
8 | Dates | Date the article was created and last updated as a release |
9 | Subsite | Provides the numbers of categories and articles in the article's subsite. Not shown for writers |
10 | Category | Provides the numbers of articles in the article's category, as well as a means to change that category. Not shown for writers |
11 | Versions | Buttons for viewing and updating versions. |
12 | Show | Specifying how visible pages are in terms of discoverability. Listed means the article is listed on various public pages. Unlisted do not appear on those pages, but can be accessed if its URL is known. Hidden cannot be publicly accessed. Subsite-specific articles are never listed, but the articles can be accessed if their URL is known, though there are settings to show their links in the |
13 | Locales | Which non-master locales an article can be publicly rendered in. Not shown for writers |
14 | Delete | Delete the article. If cannot delete, see the list below for what is shown. Only shown for master manager |
The identifier used by links and URLs is derived from the master locale
Because Android phones usually show text about 8% larger than almost anywhere else, if not having access to an Android phone to check that
For a card, the article's
By default, new articles are only enabled for the master locale. Once all the text for a locale for the article has been completed, the locale can be enabled under
Enabling a locale for an article does not check if any text has actually been translated in it as some fall-through may be wanted, such as when having two different English locales where spellings differ, but some paragraphs may have no such differences, so the non-master versions do not need to have their own text. While editing, rich-text element blocks will have an ⧉ to indicate that it has no inline elements, while fields for sections, and asides and glossary headings will be empty.
- a.
Not hidden as a link to theHidden button. - b.
Is linked to as a link to the Linked from section of the page.
The home page cannot be deleted directly. When its subsite is deleted, the home page will be converted to a normal navigation page (h- in its ID is replaced with n-) and placed under
Basic aside△
A basic aside is a simple aside whose only content is an introduction, image and optionally a quote.
While a normal aside only has a heading but can contain several other elements, a basic aside is essentially a combination of an normal aside with a figure. Their advantage is that they are more straightforward to set up.
# | Name | Description |
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1 | Actions | Buttons are provided for enabling and removing the basic aside |
2 | Heading | Heading for the aside |
3 | Introduction | Plain text introduction for the image. If there is no image, this is displayed as a paragraph |
4 | Image | Details about the current image used for the aside, with an opportunity to select another, or remove it. Only Cards and Asides are available for selection |
5 | Quote | Optional plain text quote to be centred under the image. Insert @^ for each line break required. Use for a personal saying of the person in the image. Not shown on a page if no |
Specifying an image for a category can aid navigation when used in a card (if Card) or gallery (if Card or Aside) array of a Navigation article. For a card, the
- a.In a card as its image, if a Card.
- b.In a gallery as an image linking to the article.
- c.At the end of any listing for the article, such as in a catalog, or in a Category page, Latest articles page or Subsites page (if a home page).
Warning
An aside is a floating element that displaces the content next to it, forcing that content to wrap around the aside. Many elements, like a paragraph, can have an image that floats to its end side. Having two floating elements in the same area can sometimes produce odd results. In general, avoid having an element with a floating image next to an aside to prevent its image possibly appearing within the following element.
Links to△
This section lists all the article's links.
# | Name | Description |
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1 | Link type | Name of the link group. This jumps to the Links page to allow modifying which links are in that group |
2 | Target details | List of the group's links targets and their type, with jumps to them |
3 | Show | The visibility status for articles or categories |
# | Type | Description |
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1 | Cards | Articles or categories from which the heading, basic aside card image and introduction are extracted for an array of cards for informative navigation choices. Only for Navigation article pages |
2 | Catalog | Articles or categories from which the heading, basic aside image and introduction are extracted for a Category page-like custom themed list. Only for Navigation article pages |
3 | Gallery | Articles or categories from which the basic aside images are extracted for an array of images for visual navigation choices. Only for Navigation article pages |
4 | Inline | Any links in the article body, and times used if more than once. Can only change these by editing the link within the article's Article body page |
5 | Related articles | Articles and categories that are part of the site |
6 | Related sites | Pages from other sites |
Only one of a cards array, catalog or gallery can be used in the one navigation page. Cards are for primary navigation, while a gallery is more a way to show some pictures for people to select from on a whim.
For external links in the list of links for
The number of times a link is used is for that exact link target. For internal links, which will normally use the same target article, category or fragment for each locale for it, that will generally be the number of locales by the number of times it is used in the master locale. If it does not match that, then there may be some locales that have not been fully translated. External links should have similar numbers, but if the URL for them is different for one or more locales, they will be treated as different links with their own row and counts.
If wanting a catalog-like structure with external links, such as when using multiple sites as a set, use a list with specially formatted items, perhaps with a link to the page as the first element, followed by a break. For a more graphical structure, use a diagram element with boxes set up as links, perhaps with an overlay with an image behind each of them.
Linked from△
This section lists the sources of all the links to this article.
# | Name | Description |
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1 | Source | The type of owner of the link that points to the article. One of Subsite, Article or File |
2 | ID | The source identifier of the host of the link to the article as a jump to its manage page |
3 | Link type | The location of the link in its host as a jump to where that link is defined in the source |
4 | Show | The visibility status of the source |
Files△
This section lists all the files linked to by the article, either inline in the article, or by its basic aside.
# | Name | Description |
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1 | File ID | … | File identifier, extension and the number of times used |
2 | Thumbnail | Scaled down view of an image or video, and blank for any other type. Can be clicked on or tabbed to to expand it |
3 | Text | … | Text description of the file, file MIME type and its purpose (usage type). The text is used for images by the screen readers used by those who cannot see |
Keyboard shortcuts△
There are some keyboard shortcuts that help speed up common tasks.
# | Key | Description |
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a | \ | Opens the |
b | ~ | Safely refreshes the current management page |
c | _ | Activates the |
d | @ | Activates the |
e | & | Activates the |
New△
A new article only requires a heading, an introduction, and optionally a byline.
The fields for a new article are only available after clicking on the
Subsite pages have fixed headings and introductions, so are created as soon as
# | Name | Description |
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1 | Headline | Headline for the new article. The resulting article identifier derived from it cannot be the same as for an existing article |
2 | Byline | Analogous to a newspaper byline that qualifies or extends the |
3 | Introduction | Plain text introduction to what the article is about. Also used to provide text about the article on various pages. Not available if cloned |
For cloning, while the new article must have a different headline for the master locale to ensure it has its own URL, the rest of the article is as intact as possible. Especially if using multiple locales, this keeps the maximum amount of existing content to aid in deciding what to edit for the purpose of the new article. The cloned article will have a creation date at least one second after the article it was cloned from, reflecting the starting copyright date of the content cloned. The updated date will be that of the cloned article or the new creation date, whichever is later.