Managing your content with modules

Overview

The previous article provided the user with an overview of Modules and the web applications the user can build with them. This article will provide the user with a high-level overview of leveraging modules to manage their content. 

Step 1 – Creating a module

• Click Modules located in the Workspace section of the Solodev Dashboard.
• Click Add Module.

• The user is taken to a page with a list of modules.
• Click the Install button on the Blog Module to bring up the Module Window.

• Enter the Name of the module and click Browse to set the installation location.

• Solodev recommends installing modules into web files -> managers folder.

• Click Submit.

• The module can be found in the web files -> managers -> Blog Module folder.

Note: The module folder reflects the name of the module. 

Step 2 – Adding a module entry

• Open the web files -> managers -> Blog Module folder. 
• Click on the Blog Module to open it. 

• Click the Add Entry button to bring up the Add Entry Blog Module. 

• Enter the Name and choose the Status of the Blog. 
• Under the Image Uploads section, select the Image Type and upload the appropriate the Listing Image.
• Enter the title, introductory paragraph and blog content in the Heading Overwrite, Intro/Subtitle and Body Content fields located in the Post Content Section. 

• Under the META Data section, enter the Meta Title, Meta Description, and Meta Keywords. 

• Under the Advanced section, enter any custom JavaScript
• Enter a Start and End Date for publication. 
• Select the predefined categories or create a custom category for the post.  
• Select the Groups that can access the entry.
• Click Submit. 

Note: To save the blog entry without publishing it to the front end click Draft. To save the changes and make them publicly available on the front end click Publish. 

Note: Leaving the End Date blank makes the blog post permanent. Leaving the End Date blank on an event based calendar removes the event 24 hours after the Start Date.

Step 3 – Viewing entry details

• Open the Blog Module folder and click Blog Module to open it.

• Click on the pen and paper icon to open the entry in a new tab.

Step 4 – Exporting module entries

• Open the Blog Module folder and click Blog Module or the name of the module to open it. 

• Click the checkbox to the left of the Status column to select all entries or the checkbox next to each entry to select specific entries. 

• Click Export.

• A .csv  file with all the entries and their corresponding columns will be downloaded to the user’s machine.

Note: Users can export up to 250 entries at once. Click the select box below all the entries and choose the desired number entries per page before selecting all entries.  

Step 5 – Deleting module entries

• Open the Blog Module folder and click Blog Module to open it.

• Click the checkbox to select the desired entry.

• Click Delete to bring up the Delete window for the module.
• Review the warning and click Submit. 

Step 6 – Modifying a module 

• Open the Blog Module folder and click Blog Module to open it.

• Click Modify to bring up the module window.

• Users are given the ability to hide columns from the module schema, define advanced options, modify the table schema, or change the name and type of module. 
• After making the desired changes click Submit.

Step 7 – Delete a module

• Open the folder that contains the module. 
• Click the checkbox to select the Blog Module. 

• Click the Delete to bring up the Delete modal window. 
• Click Submit.