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Created by	This section displays the IDIR account of the user that originally created the page.
Created date	The created date is the date and time that the page was initially created .
Exclude from search engines?	If selected, , the content will not be found by search engines. Do not use the Exclude from Search Engines? option to publish private or classified information, as per the Terms of Use.
Hide from navigation?	If selected, the Nav Title is hidden in the left side navigation in a web browser. This does not hide the page in the Content Navigation Pane.
Hide left side navigation?	If selected, the left side navigation will not appear on this page. Visitors to the page will only be able to navigate to parent using the breadcrumb. This page will still display in the Content Navigation Pane.
ID	This unique identifier (GUID) is automatically generated when a page is created or cloned and is tied to the Page Path. If the page path is updated or the page is moved, links will not be broken.
Locked by	This section shows the IDIR account of the current person to lock the page. The page is locked when a person uses the [Lock] or [Save] action. The field is cleared when the [Unlock] action is used. Once a page has been successfully published to the Production web server, the Locked Date/By fields are cleared
Locked date	Most recent date that the page was locked, either by invoking the [Lock] action or the [Save] action. The field is cleared when the [Unlock] action is invoked. Once a page has been successfully published to the Production web server, the Locked Date/By fields are cleared
Modified by	The 'Modified by' IDIR account of the last person to modify the page. This may also be the last person to publish the page.
Modified date	The modified date is the most recent date that a page has been modified by the [Save] action.
Moved by	IDIR account of the last person to move the page. If the page is currently being modified by another user, an email notification of the move will be sent to them. Moving a page within the same parent structure will not be recorded in the History tab.
Moved date	Most recent date that the page was moved. Moving a page will not impact the Modified Date. Moving a page within the same parent structure will not be recorded in the History tab.
Navigation title	The navigation title field is a mandatory field. It is displayed in the left navigation of the web browser. The navigation title may be the same as the Title or a short descriptor, but it should contain at least one of the same words as the Title. It has a limit of 256 characters The navigation title is does not form part of the metadata The following characters may not be used in the Title or Nav Title fields: greater than/less than ( > or < ) vertical pipe ( \| )
Page language	The page language section is used to define which language the page is displayed in. Only hard-coded labels found within the body of content (including the supplemental content boxes) will change to the language selected. The labels and links found in the header and footer area are NOT translated. To ensure quality and accuracy, all foreign language content should be provided by an official translator, and not obtained from an auto-translation service.
Page path	The page path is a mandatory field. It forms the human readable URL (HRU) which is displayed in a web browser. When a new page is created, or an existing page is cloned, the Nav Title will default to "new-page-x" or "existing-page-title-clone-x", where x is a unique integer that will automatically increment by one. Once you have updated the Nav Title field, copy the Nav Title value into the Page Path field. When the [Save] action is selected, system validation will ensure the value is unique and usable in the URL’s browser location bar. Only alpha-characters, numbers and dashes (a-z, 0-9, -) are valid characters. All others (e.g.: à, ç, &, ., _, ) will be replaced with a - (dash) All capital alpha-characters will be replaced with lowercase. The Page Path can be used to shorten the HRU. For example: Before: www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/education/kindergarten-to-grade-12/teach/training-and-professional-development/become-a-teacher-in-a-b-c-offshore-school/ After: www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/education/k-12/teach/training/offshore/ If you have updated a Page Path field after the page has been published, republish the page to reflect the new HRU.
Page status	The page status indicates if the status of the page is: Not Published: Never been published to the Production web server. Page may only be viewed on the Quality Assurance (QA) web server Published: Has been published to the Production web server at least once Unpublished: Has been published to the Production web server at least once and has subsequently been unpublished
Page type	The page type indicated which template is used to create the content.
Prod GUID URL	This field will be populated with the full content path including the GUID.
Prod URL	This field with be populated with the full content path including the HRU (human readable URL).
Published by	This is the IDIR account of the last person to publish the page to the Production web server. This may also be the same person that created the page.
Published date	The published date is the last date and time the page was published to the Production web server.
Title	The title field is a mandatory field. It is displayed as the title of the page. It has a limit of 256 characters Make your page title meaningful. The page title forms part of the metadata which in turn is used by search engines The following characters may not be used in the Title or Nav Title fields: greater than/less than ( > or < ) vertical pipe ( \| )

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Created by

This section displays the IDIR account of the user that originally created the page.

Created date

The created date is the date and time that the page was initially created .

Exclude from search engines?

If selected, selected checkmark , the content will not be found by search engines.

Do not use the Exclude from Search Engines? option to publish private or classified information, as per the Terms of Use.

Hide from navigation?

If selected, selected checkmark the Nav Title is hidden in the left side navigation in a web browser.

This does not hide the page in the Content Navigation Pane.

Hide left side navigation?

If selected, selected checkmark the left side navigation will not appear on this page.

Visitors to the page will only be able to navigate to parent using the breadcrumb. This page will still display in the Content Navigation Pane.

This unique identifier (GUID) is automatically generated when a page is created or cloned and is tied to the Page Path.

If the page path is updated or the page is moved, links will not be broken.

Locked by

This section shows the IDIR account of the current person to lock the page. The page is locked when a person uses the [Lock] or [Save] action. The field is cleared when the [Unlock] action is used.

Once a page has been successfully published to the Production web server, the Locked Date/By fields are cleared

Locked date

Most recent date that the page was locked, either by invoking the [Lock] action or the [Save] action. The field is cleared when the [Unlock] action is invoked.

Once a page has been successfully published to the Production web server, the Locked Date/By fields are cleared

Modified by

The 'Modified by' IDIR account of the last person to modify the page. This may also be the last person to publish the page.

Modified date

The modified date is the most recent date that a page has been modified by the [Save] action.

Moved by

IDIR account of the last person to move the page. If the page is currently being modified by another user, an email notification of the move will be sent to them.

Moving a page within the same parent structure will not be recorded in the History tab.

Moved date

Most recent date that the page was moved. Moving a page will not impact the Modified Date.

Moving a page within the same parent structure will not be recorded in the History tab.

Navigation title

The navigation title field is a mandatory field. It is displayed in the left navigation of the web browser.

The navigation title may be the same as the Title or a short descriptor, but it should contain at least one of the same words as the Title.

It has a limit of 256 characters
The navigation title is does not form part of the metadata

The following characters may not be used in the Title or Nav Title fields:

greater than/less than ( > or < )
vertical pipe ( | )

Page language

The page language section is used to define which language the page is displayed in.

Only hard-coded labels found within the body of content (including the supplemental content boxes) will change to the language selected. The labels and links found in the header and footer area are NOT translated.

To ensure quality and accuracy, all foreign language content should be provided by an official translator, and not obtained from an auto-translation service.

Page path

The page path is a mandatory field. It forms the human readable URL (HRU) which is displayed in a web browser.

When a new page is created, or an existing page is cloned, the Nav Title will default to "new-page-x" or "existing-page-title-clone-x", where x is a unique integer that will automatically increment by one.
Once you have updated the Nav Title field, copy the Nav Title value into the Page Path field.
When the [Save] action is selected, system validation will ensure the value is unique and usable in the URL’s browser location bar.
Only alpha-characters, numbers and dashes (a-z, 0-9, -) are valid characters.
- All others (e.g.: à, ç, &, ., _, ) will be replaced with a - (dash)
- All capital alpha-characters will be replaced with lowercase.

The Page Path can be used to shorten the HRU. For example:

Before: www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/education/kindergarten-to-grade-12/teach/training-and-professional-development/become-a-teacher-in-a-b-c-offshore-school/
After: www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/education/k-12/teach/training/offshore/

If you have updated a Page Path field after the page has been published, republish the page to reflect the new HRU.

Page status

The page status indicates if the status of the page is:

Not Published: Never been published to the Production web server. Page may only be viewed on the Quality Assurance (QA) web server
Published: Has been published to the Production web server at least once
Unpublished: Has been published to the Production web server at least once and has subsequently been unpublished

Page type

The page type indicated which template is used to create the content.

Prod GUID URL

This field will be populated with the full content path including the GUID.

Prod URL

This field with be populated with the full content path including the HRU (human readable URL).

Published by

This is the IDIR account of the last person to publish the page to the Production web server. This may also be the same person that created the page.

Published date

The published date is the last date and time the page was published to the Production web server.

Title

The title field is a mandatory field. It is displayed as the title of the page.

It has a limit of 256 characters
Make your page title meaningful. The page title forms part of the metadata which in turn is used by search engines

The following characters may not be used in the Title or Nav Title fields:

greater than/less than ( > or < )
vertical pipe ( | )

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