Settings - Content Manager

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The Content Manager is used to add, edit, and manage content. The following settings should be checked and adjusted if needed.

This page is divided into numerous tabs that reasonably separate the options into various logical sections. These tabs are:

  • General

    This tab contains general settings that apply to the Content Manager

  • Content List Settings

    This tab contains settings that apply to the content list found under "Content" >> "Pages"

  • New Page Defaults

    This tab contains settings that apply when adding or editing new content pages.

   General

Locking Expiration Time-out (minutes)

Specify the number of minutes after which a non-refreshed lock will expire. Specifying a value of 0 will disable locking all together. The minimum value for this field is 5 and the maximum value is 480.

Locking Refresh Interval (seconds)

Specify the number of seconds (at most) at which a lock should be refreshed. Setting a value of 0 will disable refreshing of locks.

Note: Locks are not refreshed unless there are some changes in the form. The minimum value for this field (other than 0) is 30.

Template list mode

This option controls how templates will be listed in the add/edit content form.