What's New
We're excited to share some of the enhancements made to the Gato content management system. These updates have been designed with your needs in mind and are based off editor feedback and feature requests. Our goal is to provide a more efficient website editing experience.
Highlights:
Asset Update
Sooo, is this Asset Being Used? We saw that folks need to know where (or if!) an asset is being used, and now you can. Just go to the Assets screen and pick any asset that you want to see details about by clicking on the “Appears On” box. You'll be able to see any pages - in your site or any other sites in Gato - that are using it!
Event Cards
New Event Card Content Type: We've had the Calendar Events content type for a long time, and we still do, but sometimes you'd like to feature a single event in an attractive way, instead of an ongoing list of events.
Now you can create an Event Card in any of the column layouts to feature one event. The card will always display that same event; it does not automatically update to new upcoming events the way Calendar Events does.
We'll keep refining the editing environment each release, so if you run into something that you think could work better, go ahead and tell us about it!
Performance Improvements
Improved Performance: The Gato editing environment is already pretty fast, but our developers are always looking to make improvements. They used profiling tools to identify the parts of the code that have the biggest impact on the speed of the editing experience and found ways to rework the code to remove inefficiencies. The improvements will be felt all over the system.
Want to read more details about this release? Visit our Release Notes page for the longer version.
Questions about Gato
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Why am I seeing multiple asset folders under my main folder?
Anyone that used assets from their Calico-sandbox asset folder and their main asset folder will see both asset folders combined into a single asset folder now.
It's intentional as we're changing the architecture of a ‘site’. Going forward, every live site will have one asset folder assigned to it. It's part of our first step in helping editors understand where all their assets being used in a site are from.
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Speaking of assets, the asset detail looks totally different, what gives?
We’ve removed a lot of unused clutter from the asset detail screen (and some broken functionality). We also needed that real estate for future features that are in the works.
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How do I create links in Rich Editor/Text and Image?
The rich text editor we use in Gato has been updated from CKEditor 4 to 5, which has a few changes - including links. Linking has been consolidated to one icon. To add links in these content types:
- Highlight the text that you want to turn into a link. This will be the clickable element that users will interact with.
- Click the Link Icon: Look for the link icon in the toolbar. It resembles a chain link symbol. Click on this icon to open the link insertion dialog box.
- Enter URL: In the link insertion dialog box, you will see a field where you can enter the URL (web address) you want the link to point to. Type or paste the URL into this field.
- Linking to a Gato page or an asset: Instead of entering a URL, select Browse. Then choose either the Pages or Assets tab to select the correct item for your link.
- Confirm: Select the green check mark after adding the link to save.