User's Manual

Chapter 6: Accessing Functions from the Back-end: Manager
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However, if you want to display say the News section in two columns instead of three, you can.
Figure 54: Three-Column Display with one column hidden
 Note: After all that about having to have Sections and Categories, there is a way to create a
Content Item that is not in a Section or Category. This is a Static Content Item. This does
not mean static as in static vs. dynamic it just means that it is not assigned to a Section or
Category.
So, think about how your site will be organised, and whether you want different parts of the site to
have different looks.
In Managing Content, we will be looking at:
Sections
Categories
ContentItems
StaticContentItems
ManageSections
² Access: Select Content > Section Manager.
² Access: Click the Section Manager button from the Home page.
TheSectionManager
The Section Manager screen will now be displayed.
Figure 55: Section Manager screen
The following information is displayed: