Connecticut State Sitecore Training and Fundamentals

Media Library Ribbon

The Media Library Ribbon at the top of the screen provides you with all the available functionality needed to manage your Media Library items.

NOTE: If you are a System Administrator, you will have access to additional tabs and functions. They are noted below.

 

 

HOME tab
Media Library Ribbon - Home tab

The Home tab allows you to:

  • Save - Save the item you are editing (Becomes active when an item is selected)
  • Edit - Edit the item (image or document file)
    • Check In - Check in (Unlock) the item you have edited
  • Insert - Upload an image or document file or create a folder to organize items under
  • Duplicate - Duplicates the selected item (System Administrators Only)
  • Copy to - Copies selected item to another folder area
  • Move to - Moves the page or folder to a different location (System Administrators Only)
  • Delete - Deletes selected item or all sub items under the selected folder (System Administrators Only)
  • Sorting - Sorts the selected item up or down the content tree or moves to first item listed or last item listed

 

NAVIGATE tab

Media Library Ribbon - Navigate tab 

The Navigate tab allows you to:

  • Save - Save the item you are editing (Becomes active when an item is selected)
  • Open - Displays a drop down of two tabs
    • Most Recent - The last nine items viewed
    • Content Tree - All items viewed in the Media Library Content Tree
  • Navigate - Navigate to items in the content tree
    • Back - Navigates to previous selected item
    • Forward - Navigates to the next selected item (Becomes active when you have selected the Back icon first)
    • Up - Navigates the parent folder above the selected item
  • Subitems - Displays a drop down of all subitems under the selected folder

  • Home - Navigates to root area of the Media Library

  • Favorites - Allows you to save favorite items for easy access

  • Links - Shows all pages that item has been linked to

  • Search - Launches the search application to search all items in the Media Library

NOTE: When searching the Media Library, you must enter in the EXACT file name of the item you are searching to get results.

 

REVIEW tab
Media Library Ribbon - Review tab

The Review tab allows you to:

  • Save - Save the item you are editing (Becomes active when an item is selected)
  • Spelling - Run the spellcheck on all text and HTML fields on the selected item
  • Markup - Send all HTML fields to the W3C HTML Validator
  • Validation - View the Validation Results from the W3C HTML Validator
  • Subscribe - Subscribe to the RSS feed for the selected item and/or all sub-selected items
  • My Items - View all items you have locked to check them in (unlock)
  • Check In - Check in (Unlock) the selected item
  • Reminder - Create or cancel an email reminder about the selected item
  • Archive - Archive the selected item or a version of the selected item immediately or set a date to archive it

 

 

PUBLISH tab
Media Library Ribbon - Publish tab

The Publish tab allows you to:

  • Save - Save the item you are editing (Becomes active when an item is selected)
  • Change - Set up publishing settings
  • Experience Editor - View the selected item in the Experience Editor (Not always applicable)
  • Preview - View the selected item in Preview Mode
  • Publishing viewer - View the publishing dates of each version

 

VERSIONS tab
Media Library Ribbon - Versions tab

The Versions tab allows you to:

  • Save - Save the item you are editing (Becomes active when an item is selected)
  • Reset - Reset Form Fields (Not currently available)
  • Versions - View prior versions of the selected item and remove the current version of the item being displayed
  • Add - Add a versions of the item
  • Compare - Compare two versions of the item
  • Language - Modify the current language display

 

 

PRESENTATION tab

Content Editor Ribbon: Presentation tab

The Presentation tab displays only for System Administrators. It allows you to:

  • Save - Save changes to the page
  • Aliases - Create or remove URL aliases (friendly URLs) for the page

 

 

VIEW tab

Content Editor Ribbon: View tab

The View tab displays only for System Administrators. It allows you to:

  • Save - Save changes to the page
  • View - Hide or view different components of the content editor window
    • Content tree - Show or hide the content tree in the left pane
    • Entire tree - Show or hide the folders and pages outside the "Content" folder
    • Hidden items - Show or hide items marked with a hidden attribute
    • Standard fields - Show or hide items from the standard template (system fields)
    • Raw values - Show field values as input boxes or raw values
    • Buckets - Show or hide the bucket repository items

 

 

MY TOOLBAR tab
Media Library Ribbon - My Toolbar tab

The My Toolbar tab allows you to:

  • Save - Save the item you are editing (Becomes active when an item is selected)
  • Customize - Customize the buttons on this tab for easy access

 

 

MEDIA tab
Media Library Ribbon - Media tab

The Media tab displays only for Content Authors. It allows you to:

  • Save - Save the item you are editing (Becomes active when an item is selected)
  • View - View the selected item full size in a new browser tab
  • Edit - Edit the selected item you are viewing in the image Editor (Not Recommended)
  • Download - Download the selected item to your computer
  • Delpoy - Deploy the Marketing asset (Not currently available)