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CMS Scripts & Styles Editor |
Overview
Past functionality
Whenever you needed to upload customised JavaScripts or Style Sheets for use in CMS, you would use the File Manager function, then reference them in a HTML Snippet widget, and apply to a page(s).
If you had to change the scripts, you couldn’t edit them within CMS. Instead, you had to make your changes locally and then upload the amended files to CMS.
The HTML Snippet widget allows you to do so much more than applying styles or running scripts. Therefore, unless you added a meaningful description to the HTML widget, how would you know what it was doing? You couldn't.
New functionality
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The CMS Scripts & Styles function allows you to create and edit scripts and styles as CMS widgets. And because these widgets are dedicated only to running scripts or applying styles, you will know at a glance if a page is using customised JavaScript or Style Sheets. With the Scripts & Styles widget, you can bundle related scripts and styles into one widget, to function as a unit. Or you can load multiple Scripts and Style widgets to operate independently on a page. You can also easily turn them on and off by ticking the checkbox next to the widget in the page layout. IMPORTANT - Access to Scripts & Styles widgets is automatically available for version 4.13.02 or higher. If your system needs to be upgraded, please contact us. |
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To see the scripts and styles that exist in your CMS, navigate to Advanced Content → Scripts & Styles.
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When you enter the Scripts or Styles screen, all files are listed. At a glance, you can see the number of times a file is in use and its last edited details. Files can be sorted by file name and date last edited.
Once a script or style has been saved, it is available for adding to a page or template. See: Scripts & Styles Widget.
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Create a script or style
To best explain the functionality, we will make a simple change to the background colour of our Store Locator page.
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- In your CMS,
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- go to Advanced Content
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- → Scripts & Styles.
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- Select Style Sheets.
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- All existing style sheets are displayed.
- Click Add Script/Style
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- on the top right
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- In Add Script/Style, select Style Sheet.
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- In File Name, enter an appropriate name that follows the naming conventions of our site.
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- Click
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- Add
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- In the blank editing window
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- , start typing in your custom style sheet
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- . (For a guide to using the Editor, see Code Editor.) Or you can paste text
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- Click Save.
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- Click Cancel to exit
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Apply a script or style to a page/template
Now we will apply that style sheet to our Store Locator page (or the Page that you have chosen).
- In your CMS,
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- go to Content → Pages & Templates
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- Use the Search tool to find 'Store Locator'. NOTE - Your page name may be different.
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- Click Edit
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- next to the page/template name.
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- In the
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- template, click Add Widget.
- In the search field, start typing 'Scripts & Styles' — the system will auto-fill the results.
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- Select 'Scripts & Styles' and click
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- Add Widget
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- The Scripts & Styles
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- Widget automatically opens.
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- In Description, enter a meaningful description for
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- this use
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- in use.
- Add a Layer if
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- , select the style you created
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- , then click Add.
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- Click Edit
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- to make some last minute changes to the Style Sheet, otherwise, to apply the script or style, toggle ON Enable widget on Save, then click Save.
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- If the Page Preview setting is on, click Publish (top right of the screen).
- Go to your site and open the Store Locator page (or the page to which you made changes).
Deleting a Script or Style
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Compare or revert to an earlier version of a script or style
The file history of each script and style lists all versions with saved dates/times and users. You can compare versions. If you're not happy with the current version, revert to an earlier one.
- In the CMS, go to Advanced Content → Scripts & Styles.
- Click on either the Javascript or Style Sheets tab.
- Click the Edit button next to the script or style.
- In the 'Edit' page, hover on Options, then click File History.
- The current and previous versions are listed. To view a previous version, click on it.
- To compare two versions, in the Compare? column, toggle ON the two versions, then click Compare Version.
- Changes are highlighted. When you've finished viewing, click Clear Compare.
- To use a previous version, click on it, then click the Restore this version button.
- To confirm, click Save. The previous version is copied and saved as the latest version.
Delete a script or style
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Deleting non-system scripts and styles in the CMS is available from 4.17+. NOTE - Scripts and styles currently used on a page or template cannot be deleted. They have to be removed from templates first. |
- In the CMS,
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- go to Advanced Content → Scripts & Styles.
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- Click on the Javascript or Style Sheets tab.
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- User-created
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- files will have both 'Edit' and 'Option' buttons.
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- To delete the file, hover over
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- Options
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- , then click Delete. NOTE - System files cannot be deleted.
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Check where a script or style is
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in use
- In the CMS,
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- go to Advanced Content → Scripts & Styles.
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- Click on the Javascript or Style Sheets tab.
- Find the file name, hover over its Options button
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- , then click Where It's Used.
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- The templates currently using the script or style are shown.
Minify Scripts and Styles
To improve the load time of web pages on your website, existing files can be minified.
- Go to Advanced Content → Scripts & Styles.
- Hover over Options, then click Minify All Files.
- In the popup, confirm you want the files minified.
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