Site Explorer
The Bitrix Site Manager’s Site Explorer module is an integrated solution that will allow you to view and edit static website content. However, effective content management isn’t just a matter of having a powerful visual HTML editor at your fingertips. You’ll also need to have the power to:
- Manage your website’s structure (move, copy, delete or create files and sections).
- Access frequent operations quickly—from via the site control toolbar.
- Use the visual HTML editor to create and edit site pages.
- Assign inheritable files and sections access permissions to user groups.
- Create and manage your site’s menu (add, edit or delete menu items; add new types of menus).
- Design and manage a navigation chain.
- Highlight and edit include areas.
- Check spelling and grammar with the visual editor.
- Upload files and images from a local machine.
- Optimize your site for search engines.
- Define keywords for advertising targeting.
Managing Site Structure via the Site Explorer Module
In the Site Explorer module’s Control Panel, your site’s structure will be rendered as a file manager with folders and files.
You’ll be able to edit current pages, create new sections or edit menus via the Control Panel’s web interface or from by using the site control toolbar commands.
The Site Explorer Module’s Site Control Toolbar
You’ll be able to start editing information directly by using the toolbar commands.
The Site Explorer Module’s control toolbar is invisible to and cannot be accessed by common visitors. Only an authorized visitor having sufficient permissions can use it. Certain buttons may be disabled or removed from the toolbar if a user does not have enough permission for operations that these buttons perform. Administrators can customize the control toolbar by adding buttons facilitating editing site content. For instance, you might want to add a button to edit news or product description etc.
Configuring permissions lets you to regulate user groups' access to files and catalogs of a site. The following permissions can be assigned to user groups:
- Deny – users can’t view information on a page or in a section
- Read – users can view files or a sections content.
- Workflow – includes read permission and lets you create and edit files in workflow.
- Write – includes read and workflow permission and lets you immediately create, edit, copy or move files and whole sections.
- Full access – includes read, workflow and write permission.
- Inherit - selected files and folders will be given the same access permissions as a parent folder.
Each access permission above is inheritable. If sections are copied or moved, they will retain permissions assigned to them.
Including Areas
By choosing the control toolbar’s Edit site tab on, you’ll be able to highlight editable areas (navigation chain, menu, banners, etc.) These areas display buttons that, when clicked, will open forms in which you can edit that area’s content.
The Site Explorer Module’s HTML editor
The Site Explorer Module’s HTML editor can be used with either Internet Explorer or Firefox. The editor can also implement split editing mode (two panes: the upper showing the design view, and the lower containing the HTML code).
The HTML editor empowers you with a strong tool allowing to:
- Edit page contents in browser.
- Format page text using a set of basic commands similar to Microsoft Word’s.
- Format text using CSS file defined styles.
- Insert hyperlinks into page text.
- Create event-driven links (so that you’ll be able to view visitor click statistics, number of downloads or other site activity).
- Upload images and insert them in your web pages.
- Use web page HTML templates.
- Edit page properties: (author, title for search engines, keywords, description, etc.).
- Edit the HTML code but leave your overall site design consistent.
Dynamic Content on Your Web Pages
The Site Explorer Module’s visual HTML editor will allow you to quickly add dynamic content to your site’s pages by dragging and dropping required visual component. Bitrix offers a variety of visual components:
- Web forms
- e-Store: shopping cart
- Polls and surveys
- Forum
- Helpdesk
- Newsletters
- Information blocks: lists of information block elements; customizable lists of information block elements, etc.
- Commercial catalog
Site Optimization via the Site Explorer Module
If you’ll be using the Bitrix Site Manager for web optimization, you won’t have to change page code yourself or even ask for assistance from a design professional. The Bitrix CMS makes SEO easier than ever. All it will take is one click of one button on the Site Explorer Module’s control toolbar. Simply by clicking this button you’ll be able to add new keywords and key phrases, change your site’s page titles or descriptions and much more.
Page Properties in the Site Explorer Module
The Bitrix Site Manager will allow you to easily change or add page properties. This feature will help your website reach the top of search engine results. The Bitrix CMS will increase your web page’s ability to be relevant to search queries.
To correctly optimize your documents for search engines you’ll be able to add different page properties (for example: "Site author") and change them according to your needs. Establishing page properties will allow you to not only to control Meta tags and the like (Keywords, Description, etc.), but also add individual data for each page, such as images, additional subtitles, and more.
Grammar and Spell Check with the Site Explorer Module
The spell checker uses the MS Office engine for spelling check. All you need is to have MS Office installed then add your website to the list of trusted sites. You can use grammar and spell check in the real time.
The HTML editor can be used with or among other features, the editor implements split editing mode (two panes: the upper showing the design view, and the lower containing the HTML code).
