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This is part of the CV ecommerce multisite content management feature. Learn more: multisite content management
Overview
Content, structure and available functions on each webpage or email are based on the page/template configurations. These include page/template-level options, its layout and its widgets locations and settings. A whole page can be locked so that its structure and every data item in it cannot be edited or deleted except by CMS administrators on the source site. Or to allow selective editing, the whole page can be left unlocked and just individual data items locked.
To maintain target site control, locked whole pages or just individually locked data items can be deployed.
Use case: CV Franchise HQ wants specific 'About Us' pages on all its franchisee sites to have a consistent look-and-feel. A couple of widgets on these pages are used to render content relevant to a franchisee so these should be editable. These pages were created and saved unlocked. The layout and specific widgets were locked before these pages were deployed to all franchisee sites.
Quick Guide
Source site feature setting: Content Lock AND Deploy Content enabled.
Target site feature setting: To keep locked deployed pages and templates locked: Content Lock on target site enabled. If disabled, locked content can be edited.
Lockable content type: yes.
Deployable content type: yes.
What can be deployed? whole pages & templates, layout or widgets of a specific page/template, email templates, unlock status for previously deployed items.
Deployment notes: if the same page/template pre-exists on a target site, the deployed version will replace it.
How can a deployed page/template be edited or deleted on a target site? Re-deploy the items in unlocked status. This will unlock the items on the target site so CMS users can edit or delete them.
With Content Lock is enabled on a source (or any) site, the lock toggle with current status of the page displays at the top of the screen.
Unlocked layout
In a page/template, data items that can be locked individually have their own lock toggles. In locked status, the toggle is automatically displayed. If unlocked, the toggle displays only when you hover over the item.
Locked widget
On this page:
Page/template data items
Whole page/template
Locking the whole page/template will lock all data items in the page, including their locations for non-source site admin users.
Example: locked at page level.
Source site admin user view. (1) shows page was locked at page-level. (2) and (3) shows individual data items were not locked.
Non-source site admin user and target site user view. The page and all data items are locked.
Zone
Widget
Layout
Non-source site admin user view: unlocked page with only the layout locked from editing.
Lock/Unlock a Page or Template
To deploy the whole page or template:
- Go to Content → Content → Pages & Templates
- Find the page/template you want. You can lock a whole page/template if it appears on the Pages & Templates list or while editing the page.
Pages & Templates list: (1) locked page (2) unlocked page
Lock toggle on a page- Toggle to lock or unlock the page.
Troubleshooting
Updated layout deployment is failing
If a previously-deployed page has a changed layout on the source site, the page on the target site cannot be updated. Either deploy the page as a completely new page or the existing page on the target site must be deleted before re-deployment.
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