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Content filters in CMS Lite

Last updated on January 9, 2024

Content filters allow you to specify what you would like to display in the status grid in CMS Lite.

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Introduction to content filters

Content filters allow you to specify what you would like to display in the status grid.

Content Status Filters

Default settings

When you initially launch the CMS Lite application, the Modified By: field will default to your IDIR account and display only content that you have created and/or modified.

Applying filters

To apply filters:

  1. Select any combination of the filters outlined below
  2. Click the [Filter] button or the [Enter] key on your keyboard to apply the filters. The status grid will re-display results for content within your security group. 
  3. If desired, click the [Reset] button to remove all filters and restore the default settings. Otherwise, applied filters and pagination settings will be retained during the active session.

Content filter features

Content filter features
Filter type Details
Title You may filter on any portion of the title. The field is not case-sensitive and does not require any wildcard characters.
Modified By Filter by another IDIR account within your security group, or remove the filter to display all content within your group.
Modified Date
  1. Click in the applicable field to display the calendar to choose a start date and/or end date filter
  2. Select the date and then click anywhere outside the calendar to apply the selection.
More

Select from a list of additional filters. Use the Shift or Ctrl key to select multiple filters.

  • Has Children = N
  • Has Children = Y
  • In Use = N
  • In Use = Y
  • Locked
  • Locked by me
  • Moved Pages
Feature

Filter content that use supplementary content components (previously 'Right Column Components'). Use the Shift or Ctrl key to select multiple filters.

  • Use of Alert
  • Use of Contact Information
  • Use of Promo box
  • Use of Related Links
  • Use of Search
  • Use of a Subscribe
  • Use of Twitter Feed
  • Embedded Flickr accounts
  • Embedded Google maps
  • Embedded YouTube videos
  • Links to a Flickr account
  • Links to a Google map
  • Links to a YouTube video
  • Use of an Accordion

Page Type

Use the drop-down menu to select and display a specific page type. 

If External Link is selected: 

  • The More filter does not apply
  • The In Use column in the Content Status Grid will be 'Y' for in use.

Only page types within your security group will be displayed.

  • Example: If you choose BC Gov Home page type, no results will be displayed if you do not have security access to that page type
Status Filters content based on the specific state
Search Descendants of Page

Filter content based on a parent page (node) to display the parent page and all child nodes. 

  1. Click in the field to display the Page Picker
  2. Choose one of the following to locate the page
    • Search - use this wildcard search to find by page title content that contains the characters entered into the Search terms field
    • Tree Navigation - if you have access to more than one page with the same title, you may wish to use the Tree Navigation to drill-down to a specific page
  3. Locate the applicable node, click on it to highlight and choose the [Select] action button
    The Page Picker will be closed and the node id will be displayed in the Search Descendants of Page field
  4. Click [Filter] to refresh the content grid with the applicable results

Note:  The dynamic picker will default to the last tab used in the CMS Lite session.  When you log off, all default filters will be applied the next time you log on.

page picker search and tree navigation

Content states

The 'status' filter will filter content based on the specific state:

All Published

Displays all published content in both a Modified and Unmodified state

Published Modified

Content has been published to the Production web server. Changes to the content have been saved, but not published.

Published Unmodified

Content has been published to the Production web server. No changes have been made since the last published date

All Unpublished

Displays all unpublished content. This includes all content in Modified and Unmodified states that have been published, and then subsequently unpublished (removed), from the Production web server.

Unpublished Modified

Content has been unpublished from the Production web server. Changes have been made since it was unpublished.

Unpublished Unmodified

Content has been unpublished from the Production web server. No changes have been made since it was unpublished

New

Content has never been published to the Production web server. 

  • All 'saved' content is automatically saved to the QA web server and will remain there until deleted

 

 

Unpublished content remains on the Quality Assurance (QA) web server and within the CMS Lite. It may be re-published to the Production web server