Work with XM Cloud Pages
Describes how to work with XM Cloud Pages.
XM Cloud Pages is a WYSIWYG application where you can create new pages for your website, as well as edit existing pages. This topic describes how to work with Pages and lists useful keyboard shortcuts for editing.
Create pages and add content to your website
To build a website with Pages:
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Open XM Cloud Pages for the relevant instance.
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On the global toolbar, select the website you want to work on.
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On the Pages tab, in the left-hand side pane, use the action menu to create a new page at the relevant place in the site tree (you can always drag and drop that page to another position later).
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Open the page you created and add components.
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Assign content to each component. The content can already exist as content items in your site, or you can create new content.
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Configure components using the settings available in the right-hand pane.
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When the page is ready, publish.
Autosave, undo, and redo
The application saves your changes automatically at regular intervals, or when you click away from the field that you are editing.
To undo your changes:
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On the top toolbar, click Undo.
To reinstate your changes:
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On the top toolbar, click Redo .
Keyboard shortcuts in the text editor
You can use keyboard shortcuts to apply formatting to text in the rich text editor.
Editing
Use the following shortcuts to edit text:
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Copy selected text |
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Paste |
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Cut selected text |
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Undo last action |
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Redo action (after undo) |
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Select all |
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Save and close dialog |
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Line break (<br> tag) |
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Font formats
Use the following shortcuts to apply formatting to selected text:
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Underline |
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Italic |
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Bold |
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Lists
To format a paragraph as a list item, enter the relevant shortcut at the beginning of the paragraph followed by a space:
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Bulleted list |
* |
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Bulleted list |
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Numbered list |
1. |
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Numbered list |
1) |
To remove the bullet or number, place the cursor at the beginning of the paragraph and press backspace.