Replacing the Contents of a Page

Using the Expiration Feature

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Retaining a page's dependency tag is one of the most important priorities site editors should always be concious about. Deleting a page in turn deletes the its dependency tag which can cause major link breaking for you and other site editors.

Sometimes, you have the need to replace the contents of the page you want to keep so that your dependency tag and Page URL (Page Name) remain the same. This can be done using the Scheduled Expiration feature.

The Omni page expiration function allows you to automatically replace the contents of a webpage with another page's information, template, content, etc. when the expiration date is reached. This function is commonly used to keep your website organized without creating multiple pages that are unneeded or duplicative.

There are a few important notes to keep in mind when using this function:

• Identify the webpage that you want to keep and the one whose information you want to replace it with including its template, content, and any other relevant information. Let's refer to them as "Page A" (the one you want to keep) and "Page B" (the contents you’ll use to replace page A’s content).
• Both pages (A & B) must be published on the Production server for this function to work.
• This is not a “combining” feature. Only one page should be kept in the CMS.
• This is also not a “swapping” feature. You cannot swap the content between two pages.
• Expiring a page works most reliably when scheduled out a minimum of 15 minutes from the time you complete the function.
• Never keep both pages. This is intended to keep Page A and remove Page B.

This can be a complex function so we highly recommend watching this tutorial while following allowing the the steps on this page.

 

Steps to Replace Your Page's Contents

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Let’s cover the steps used to Schedule an Expiration and replace the contents of our "Page A" with "Page B."

 

STEP 1: Identify the target page: Identify the webpage that you want to keep (Page A) and the one whose information you want to replace it with (Page B) including its template, content, page name, and any other relevant information.

STEP 2: While inside Page A, select the Expiration dropdown found by expanding the green Publish button in the top right of the screen.

 

STEP 3: In the Schedule Expiration pane, set the expiration date at least 15 minutes in the future.

STEP 4: In the Replace With box, select the paper icon to locate Page B.

 

STEP 5: Adjust the notification settings you wish to be notified through and click the SCHEDULE button. You do not need to republish either page.

STEP 6: Once your expiration has taken place, navigate back to Page A to ensure its contents have been replaced with Page B’s content.

STEP 7: Once this has been verified, move Page B to the Recycle Bin to remove it from your site’s directory, and you’re done!