Changing Page Properties - GeoDocs 8

There are many reasons you may want to change a page's properties.   You want to move a page, or change the title, or switch to a different template.  That's all in the Page Properties.  You must have the role of 'site author' in the group that owns the page in order to change page properties or publish the page.  If your site uses workflow you may also need to be a workflow approver to complete this process.

1. Log in 
2. Click the PAGE button in the toolbar, then select 'View Page Properties' in the dropdown menu.  A popup will appear, with information organized on three tabs.  
3. Make the property change (more detail below)
4. Click SAVE.  The popup will close.
5. Go back to the PAGE button in the toolbar and in the dropdown menu, either click 'Publish' if you don't have workflow, or 'Workflow < Submit' if you do have workflow.  (an approver will then need to go to the page menu and select "Workflow < Approve")

Page Menu in GeoDocs without Workflow

Where to change the properties?

First tab: Describe this page

• Change the page title - on the first tab, type in the new name.  
• Change the page name that appears in menus - change the page 'caption' on the first tab.
• Make a page private or public - check or uncheck the 'Public' box.  If the box is unchecked (non-public) then only users in the owning group can see it and only when they're logged in.
• Turn off or inactivate a page - uncheck or check the 'Active' box.  Inactive pages can only be seen by site authors while logged in and if they're a member of the group that owns the page.  
• Change page description - the 'Meta Data' field may feed the page's HTML description.  This depends on how the page template is designed.
• Change metadata for search engine optimization (SEO) - Again, the 'Meta Data' field on the first tab. 

Second tab: Where does the page belong on this site?

• Move a page to a new location in the sitemap - select the middle tab and simply highlight the page that you want this page to go UNDER.  

Third tab: Images

• Change the banner image on a page.  (Not all templates are designed to do this.)  - use the link selector tool to choose a new document (image) for the banner.  Note that only files cropped at exactly the right dimensions will work, not just any image in the system.

Page Properties Pop-up Window - click to enlarge