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Copying Pages

Prerequisites: CMS administrators must grant permissions to users before users can duplicate content items in the Site Tree. See User Group Permissions Reference for details and other permission options.

Even though pages are typically copied in the Site Tree as exemplified below, users can move components and folders in the same ways. Using the Ctrl key while dragging a page changes the move action into a copy action. Pages can also be copied to a desired location via the context menu.

To copy a page in the Site Tree:

Navigate to Site > Site Tree.
Select the page to copy in the Site Tree.
Choose one of the following processes:
- Drag the page to copy.
  1. Press the Ctrl key.
  2. Drag the page to where you want a copy of it to reside in the Site Tree.
    Note
    You can copy the page to the location between two existing pages (i.e., as a sibling), or you can drop the copied page on to a target page. In the latter case, the copied page becomes a child of the target page.
    You can select more than one page to copy by pressing the CTRL+Click or the CTRL+Shift+Click shortcut keys.
    The copied page displays in the target location.
- Copy and paste the page via the context menu.
  1. Right-click the page, and select Copy in the context menu.
    Note
    You can select more than one page to copy by pressing the CTRL+Click or the CTRL+Shift+Click shortcut keys.
  2. Right-click the target page, and select Paste in the context menu.
    The copied page becomes a child of the target page.
    Note
    Alternatively, you can use the Copy (Ctrl+C) and Paste (Ctrl+V) shortcut keys to achieve the same results.
  3. Optional: If the copied page doesn't immediately display, then refresh the Site Tree.

After copying the page to the new location, keep the following in mind:

The xID for the duplicate page will differ from the original page because the duplicate page needs a unique identifier that distinguishes it from the original.
The CMS will automatically check in the duplicate page.
The CMS will not mark the duplicate page for publish, no matter if the original is marked. This ensures that the CMS will not prematurely publish the duplicate page.