Page tree reference

The page tree lists every page of your site — published or not, shown in the navigation or not — and is the starting point for most page management tasks. This page describes what the tree displays. For a guided introduction see the page tree in the tutorial; for the tasks themselves see Managing pages.

Opening the page tree

• Select “Pages…” in the project menu of the toolbar. The page tree opens in the sidebar.

• Alternatively, open “Administration…” in the project menu and click “Page contents” in the “django CMS” section.

Anatomy of a row

From left to right, each row of the tree contains:

No.	Element	Meaning
1	Language menu	Selects which language version of the page tree is displayed. It sits above the tree and applies to all rows.
2	Drag handle	The dotted bar used to move the page by drag & drop.
3	Collapse arrow	Shown only for pages that have sub-pages; shows or hides the page’s child pages.
4	Page title	The title in the selected language. “Empty title” means the page has no version in that language yet.
5	Root indicator	A house marks the page served at the site’s root URL. A puzzle symbol marks a page handled by a third-party application.
6	Preview (eye) icon	Opens the page in preview mode.
7	Publication status menu	The current state of the page in the selected language; see Publication status colours below. Clicking it opens the available version actions.
8	“Menu” column	Whether the page appears in the site’s navigation menu: a green check means visible, a grey unchecked mark means hidden.
9	Settings button	Opens the page settings of the page.
10	Add button	Creates a child page below this page.
11	Context menu	The hamburger menu with further actions; see Context menu entries below.

Publication status colours

The colour of the publication status menu (number 7) reports the state of the page in the selected language:

Colour	Meaning
Blank	The page has no version in this language.
White with blue border	An unpublished draft exists; there is no public version of the page.
Green	The page is published in this language.
Blue	A draft with unpublished changes exists alongside the published version.

The states themselves are described in the version states reference.

Context menu entries

The hamburger menu at the right end of a row (number 11) offers:

Entry	Action
Copy	Copies the page including its sub-pages, ready to be pasted.
Cut	Removes the page, ready to be pasted elsewhere in the tree.
Paste	Inserts a previously cut or copied page as a child of this page.
Delete…	Deletes the page, its sub-pages and all their versions in all languages, after confirmation.
Set as home	Makes this page the page served at the site’s root URL.
Advanced settings	Opens the advanced settings of the page.

The menu also reports the date of the last change, whether access to the page is restricted, and the author of the last modification.

Above the tree

At the top right of the page tree you find:

• a search button to find a page by title,

• a “…” button to choose which site’s tree is displayed (most installations serve a single site),

• an add page button that creates a new top-level page.

The legend

The information icon at the bottom right opens a legend listing every symbol used in the page tree: