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All properties editing view

Information on the All Properties editing view in Optimizely CMS 13.

The All Properties editing view provides access to content properties, including those not available in the Visual Builder. Select All Properties in the toolbar to access these additional properties.

This view is particularly useful for content editors who need to manage complex pages with multiple elements or for developers who are setting up templates and need to ensure all properties are correctly configured.

Content tab

The Content tab displays by default and lets you manage and edit the various content elements of a page or block. This tab provides an overview of available content properties where you can make changes directly.

From the administrative interface, you can customize and configure default values for selected properties or make certain properties mandatory for editors to fill in. See Define page properties.

Settings tab

The Settings tab contains built-in properties for managing publication dates, sort order, shortcuts, and more.

  • Name in URL – The URL is automatically created based on the page's name and its place in the navigation. It depends on the implementation whether this is visible in links on the application. If you copy a page, the URL of the original page is copied with a number added to it. Change this if you create content based on existing page copies. Changing the URL for an existing page may cause broken links.
  • Simple address – You can add this unique URL to frequently requested pages on your application, letting visitors locate the page by typing the simple address name directly after the main URL of the application. For example, providing products as a simple address lets you find the page just by entering the URL (https://www.company.com/products) in the address bar of the browser, even if the products page is located further down in the navigation tree. You can use Reports to manage simple addresses for your application.
  • Display in navigation – Select this checkbox if you want to display the page in the site navigation (as opposed to only in listings).
  • Content type – Click the link to edit the properties of the content type.
  • Content ID – The unique ID set by the system.
  • Published, Created, and Modified – System-generated timestamps for the content. You can change these if necessary.
  • Update modified date – Select this checkbox if you make significant changes to the content and want the system to update the modification date. For example, you can publish a fix to a typographical error without updating the modified date because it was a simple correction (and too trivial for notification). However, if you change the content (that could be months old) significantly, select Update modified date to show the date the content was updated at the bottom of the page, letting readers know how recently you updated the information. You can also write a job to get pages that were modified since a specified time period to see any changed pages.
  • Sort subpages – Define the order in which children of the page are displayed.
  • Sort index – Specify an integer for the index number of the page. When you select According to sort index for the parent of the page, the page with the lowest index is shown at the top.
  • Shortcut – Create a shortcut to another content item. For example, link to a page on the same website or a different website.

SEO Settings tab

Add keywords for search engine optimization (SEO).

Preview tab

Available for some types of content, the Preview tab manages content elements, like the Content tab, but for previews.