Content objects¶
Once a Content Type has been defined in the system - the user can create Content Objects of that Content Type. This is done either directly through the API or via the convenient Content Entry tools provided within the Flotiq Dashboard.
Authoring content 1¶
The Content Entry component consists of two elements - the content browser and the content editor.
Click tile on the Type Definitions to go to the content browser page:
or entry in the left menu:
The content browser provides a convenient grid interface to browse and search through large amounts of data quickly. Users can customize the grid according to their preferences:
From the grid, the users can go to the form that allows them to edit particular Content Objects:
Deleting content¶
You can delete the object either by clicking the Delete button on the edit object page (in the top right corner):
Or by selecting it on the content browser and clicking the Action then Delete button:
Warning
You can only remove objects that are not linked to any other object in the system.
Content versioning¶
The form view also displays information about previous versions of a particular Content Object.
From this view, you can also switch to older revisions.
To save older revisions, click on the version tile and click the Save button.
Mass edit¶
You can edit multiple object at the same time. To do that you need to select needed objects in grid and then click
Mass edit selected button that appears at Actions menu
You can change fields that are not read only and are not unique (unless you edit only one object using mass edit).
To edit particular field you need to turn on Edit field switch on the left of that field,
the field will become enabled. If you insert data in the field, but turn off the switch, the data will not be saved.
To accept the changes click Save changes button in the modal.
If all the data are correct the modal will disappear and toast with number of updated object will appear.
If something was wrong the errors will appear in modal nest to fields that are incorrect.