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To modify This article details the steps involved in modifying the content of an existing template for a static page (e.g. Contact Us, About Us). Changes to data-driven content (e.g. Product Metadata) are not covered here.
 

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When editing content, it is recommended that you have 2 browsers open.:

  1. One to use this to modify the content
  2. Second to view the changed content

This way you do not need to login and out to review the content.

 

Step-by-step guide

To Edit Page Content using the Content Editor:

  1. Identify the Template you want to change.
  2. Browse the page as an end user user.
  3. At the start of the page content that requires change, "'right click" in ' in the Web Browser.
  4. Choose "'Inspect Element"'.
  5. The browerbrowser's console will appear, and just above the area you have highlighted, you will see a HTML Comment with a title "'Template Name:" ' (This this usually appears in Green to denote it is a comment).
  6. Note Take note of this template name

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  2. Login as an Administrator.
  3. Go Navigate to "Content"
  4. Go to "Content Editor"
  5. In the Search For box, enter 'Content' --> 'Content Editor'.
  6. Search for the name of the template.
  7. Select the template record via radio button.
  8. Click on 'Content Editor - ' link; the editor will appear open in a window with the "'Content Editor" ' tab selected - when prompted about
  9. A prompt will appear regarding the Content Editor will alter altering your code , press - click 'OK' (refer Info below).
  10. Make your the required changes.
  11. Click 'Save'.

 

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You may see a message that the content editor Content Editor will modify your template. This can happen as the content editor Content Editor will attempt to make corrections to HTML code that it considers malformed. You can view the changes the content editor has made by clicking on the "'History" ' tab, and clicking the "'Compare" ' button.

If you do not want to save the changes made by the content editorContent Editor, you can "'Cancel" ' the editing operation and choose to use the "'Code Editor"', which does not modify your template.

See also How do I to edit content with the Code Editor (2014 R1), and

How do I review changes to my template before saving (2014 R1)?

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This document deals with changes to static content -

For Example - about us, contact us,

It does not relate to altering changes to data-driven content -

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