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What is a book?

Note: these help pages are all in a book. You can see the Book navigation menu in the side bar. At the bottom you will find the "Previous, Up and Next" menu. These menus are automatically generated.

A book allows the creation of content that has chapters, sections, subsections, or any similarly-tiered structure.

It is a structured group of content pages, arranged in a hierarchical structure called a book outline. A book's hierarchy can be up to nine levels deep, and can include content of type type Book Page+. The order of pages in a book is managed at Manage >> Structure >> books.

Every book has a default book-specific navigation block, which contains links that lead to the previous and next pages in the book and to the level above the current page in the book's structure.

Creating a new book

Simply create new content of type Book Page+.

In the Settings panel look for the Book Outline section.

In the book list-box select "- Create a new book -"

You should then place the NEW BOOK into the main menu.

When you save the content, it will be the first page of the book.

screenshot of Book Outline Settings

Creating a new page within an existing book

There are two ways:

  1. Create a new book page+ and select where it is to go in the book list-box drop-down.
    Do not place the new page into a menu - the book handles all of this.
  2. Find the page in the book below which you want the new content to appear, then at the bottom, click on the Add child page link.

How do I find the new book?

You can see all the content on the site at Manage >> content - you can filter it to show only Book Page+ content.