Page Management

The fundamental building block of an Eprise page are the content "elements". Elements are reusable portions of HTML/DHTML code, script, or text that provide the underlying structure of your pages. Examples of different types of elements are:

• Event elements
• Freeform elements
• HTTPHeader elements
• Index elements
• Location elements
• Powercode elements
• Query elements
• Results elements

By adding these basic elements (and more!), a developer creates a basic page structure. An instance of an element on an Eprise page is called a "page block". A page block on an Eprise page allows different roles (or groups of users) to view, modify or manage the content on a page.

Eprise pages are composed of page blocks. A collection of page blocks on a page clearly define the layout of a page. An Eprise developer assigns permissions to a block to determine who creates and maintains the content. The page may be defined as a page template to be easily reused. A page template in Eprise is called a "page style". Using Eprise page styles facilitates the various pages of a site to maintain a consistent look and feel.

Two powerful attributes of the Eprise permissions model are inheritance and granularity. Permissions inheritance and permissions granularity implicitly yield flexibility to your content contributors. Eprise page block permission assignments are inherited from the page and the folder level. Eprise permission assignment occurs at a page block, page, or folder level, depending on the granularity that is required for the situation.

An Eprise developer creates the navigation, structure, and permissions of a page using Eprise page blocks. Content contributors use the Eprise pages to create, update, and publish content to the web site.