How do I move a child page up to make it a main page in AutoNav?
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I have Googled, and stared at the screen, and tried to drag a page any number of different ways and directions, searched the forum here, read countless posts, and to no avail. I just can't, for the life of me, move a child page up on par with it's present parent.
I created the page and then while trying to move it to be above some pages at their same level I accidentally dropped it under one of those pages. Now I can't get it out.
For example:
How do I get Page3 up to the same level as the other pages?
Does anyone have any suggestions? The next thing I am going to try is to go into the database tables and force a move by changing field values somehow but one shouldn't have to do that just to move a page up.
Carlos
I created the page and then while trying to move it to be above some pages at their same level I accidentally dropped it under one of those pages. Now I can't get it out.
For example:
Home
Page1
Page2
Page3
Page4How do I get Page3 up to the same level as the other pages?
Does anyone have any suggestions? The next thing I am going to try is to go into the database tables and force a move by changing field values somehow but one shouldn't have to do that just to move a page up.
Carlos
I can't even find the table containing the AutoNav settings so as to be able to change the location of the page in the AutoNav hierchy manually!
I've looked through a bunch of the tables. Nothing.
Anybody know what table would store such a thing?
Carlos
I've looked through a bunch of the tables. Nothing.
Anybody know what table would store such a thing?
Carlos
Carlos, I'm new here but I'd like to give this a stab.
I went to my dashboard > Sitemap (checked system pages),
Hovered over the name of the page, waited till my cursor became a hand then dragged it to Home.
A pop-up came up that asked me if I wanted to move the directory below "Home", duplicate it, etc.
Doesn't seem to be a problem with mine.
I went to my dashboard > Sitemap (checked system pages),
Hovered over the name of the page, waited till my cursor became a hand then dragged it to Home.
A pop-up came up that asked me if I wanted to move the directory below "Home", duplicate it, etc.
Doesn't seem to be a problem with mine.
Hi gnyma,
Thanks for the input but I did that too and can do that. Only thing is that the page in question then ends up at the very bottom of the heap and as the last option on the AutoNav menu.
In other words it ends up like this...
What I need is for Page3 to be moved between Page2 and Page4 (sorry for not making that clear in my original post).
On the same level as the other pages.
While your technique does indeed work to move the page out from being under Page2 as a child page it doesn't work to put it between Page2 and Page4.
If you figure out how to do that I would very much appreciate knowing how to do this as I am looking at having to delete and re-create the page in the right location which is akin to taking a tank to buy a loaf of bread instead of a car.
Carlos
Thanks for the input but I did that too and can do that. Only thing is that the page in question then ends up at the very bottom of the heap and as the last option on the AutoNav menu.
In other words it ends up like this...
Home Page1 Page2 Page4 Page3
What I need is for Page3 to be moved between Page2 and Page4 (sorry for not making that clear in my original post).
On the same level as the other pages.
While your technique does indeed work to move the page out from being under Page2 as a child page it doesn't work to put it between Page2 and Page4.
If you figure out how to do that I would very much appreciate knowing how to do this as I am looking at having to delete and re-create the page in the right location which is akin to taking a tank to buy a loaf of bread instead of a car.
Carlos
What gnyma illustrated for moving a child page up works for changing the order of upper level pages too. It works the same way! Hover over the page icon you wish to move in the sitemap and drag it to position ( a dotted line indicates where it will re-position to)
I just attached a screen clipping of moving an upper level page (Web Pricing) as an example
As with all edits that don't show up as expected... clear both your site and browser cache
I just attached a screen clipping of moving an upper level page (Web Pricing) as an example
As with all edits that don't show up as expected... clear both your site and browser cache
Okay I figured it out.
The solution is rather confusing, very frustrating, and something should be done about clarifying what is what in this in the documentation if it is even documented at all (I'd be happy to help with that if someone tells me where that change might best be done).
The problem is that I previously inserted a Sitemap button that shows up when editing a page to the left of the Dashboard button. That Sitemap does not work for moving a page up as you guys have described. No dotted line shows up. Instead one gets a very thin line that doesn't apparently indicate anything since nothing happens when one releases the dragged page where one wants it.
That Sitemap and the Sitemap accessible through the normal Dashboard are apparently different versions of a sitemap and do not operate exactly the same.
There are other differences in the way these Sitemaps operate but for purposes of my question and solution the above is the main difference.
Thanks again for your all's help!
Carlos
The solution is rather confusing, very frustrating, and something should be done about clarifying what is what in this in the documentation if it is even documented at all (I'd be happy to help with that if someone tells me where that change might best be done).
The problem is that I previously inserted a Sitemap button that shows up when editing a page to the left of the Dashboard button. That Sitemap does not work for moving a page up as you guys have described. No dotted line shows up. Instead one gets a very thin line that doesn't apparently indicate anything since nothing happens when one releases the dragged page where one wants it.
That Sitemap and the Sitemap accessible through the normal Dashboard are apparently different versions of a sitemap and do not operate exactly the same.
There are other differences in the way these Sitemaps operate but for purposes of my question and solution the above is the main difference.
Thanks again for your all's help!
Carlos
I had the same question and found this discussion. Also in my Sitemap I couldn't drag and move a page. Hover didn't have effect. I didn't see a dotted line.
Finally I discouverd it's a browser question: not working in Firefox 3.6.23, but it does work in Opera 11.52. (Linux Mint 10 2.6.35-22-generic)
Finally I discouverd it's a browser question: not working in Firefox 3.6.23, but it does work in Opera 11.52. (Linux Mint 10 2.6.35-22-generic)
1)Go to page you want to move to be a parent page.
2)Click edit.
3)Click move/copy.
4)On move/copy page, click the nav bar heading you want the page to appear under.
5)Select "move".
6)Click go.
7)Go to Site Map.
8)Put cursor on the page title. Cursor will turn into a cross.
9)Move the cross to where you want the page to appear on the dropdown.
2)Click edit.
3)Click move/copy.
4)On move/copy page, click the nav bar heading you want the page to appear under.
5)Select "move".
6)Click go.
7)Go to Site Map.
8)Put cursor on the page title. Cursor will turn into a cross.
9)Move the cross to where you want the page to appear on the dropdown.
If I then right click on the page name in the Sitemap a message comes up saying "You may not move/copy/alias the chosen page to that location".
I say HUH??
Anybody know what that is about?
Carlos