Article & Menu Trash Manager

What is it?

The article and menu trash areas are similar to the recycle bin on your computer.  When an article or menu item is deleted, it is moved to the trash area where it can be permanently deleted or restored to the site.  If you delete the wrong item or change your mind, it's easy to restore it back.  Items will remain in the trash area until they are restored or deleted - so it is a good idea to leave them there unless you're sure that they are no longer needed.

You may access the article or menu trash by navigating to Website > Article or Menu Manager > View Trash

Article Trash

• #: An indexing number automatically assigned for ease of reference.
• Checkbox: Check this box to select one or more articles.  To select all articles, check the box in the column heading.  After one or more boxes are checked, click a toolbar button to take an action on the selected article or articles.  Toolbar actions can work with multiple items.
• Title: The title of the article.
• ID: This unique ID number is automatically assigned and cannot be changed.
• Category: The Category to which this article belongs.

Menu Trash

• #: An indexing number automatically assigned for ease of reference.
• Checkbox: Check this box to select one or more items.   To select all items, check the box in the column heading.  After one or more boxes are checked, click a toolbar button to take an action on the selected item or items.  Toolbar actions can work with multiple items.
• Name: The name of the menu item.
• ID: This unique ID number is automatically assigned and cannot be changed.
• Menu: The name of the menu where this menu item belongs.
• Type: The type of the menu item.

Toolbar

At the top right of both the article and menu trash areas, you will see the following toolbar:

• Menu: To navigate back to the Article or Menu Manager, click on Menu.
• Restore: To restore one or more items, select them using the check box and then click this button.  A second screen will display with two options: restore or cancel.  To restore, press the restore button.
• Delete: To delete one or more items, select them and click this button.  A second screen will display with two options: delete or cancel.  To delete the items permanently, press the delete button.  The selected items will be deleted.
• Help: Opens this help screen.

Quick Tips

• You can keep menu items and articles in the trash manager as long as you like.  Don't delete these items unless you are sure that you will not need them again.
• Articles in the trash manager are not the same as archived articles.  Articles in the trash manager are not available for viewing or editing in the site.
• Restored items will be placed back where they were originally, but in an "unpublished" state.  Be sure to publish them once restored.